Senior Producer, Festival Activations

Job Description

THE JOB:
We're seeking an ambitious and highly skilled Senior Producer, Festival Activations to bring their passion and talents to a tenacious Experiential & Events Team. You have a passion for the festival life you thrive when project managing, advancing with multiple partners, and onsite bringing brands to life.

The Media & Sponsorship, Experiential & Events team is tasked with creating unforgettable live and virtual music moments that help our brand partners stand apart from the rest. From festival activations to consumer facing and corporate events to touring hospitality, we produce hundreds of award-winning global B2B and B2C brand experiences each year.

You should be a strong strategic thinker and an outstanding communicator, proficient at both leading a team and working independently to produce quality results, capable of building relationships and trust across all levels and teams at Live Nation. Experience within a fast-paced sales organization is also preferred.

THE ROLE:

The Senior Producer will work both independently and within a team environment to concept, budget, advance, and direct successful festival activations. He/She/They will coordinate with multiple Festival partners, Brand Management teams, clients, agencies, venues, vendors, etc.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO:
• Become a partner/extension of the Festival teams: understanding their goals, culture and audience and sharing those opportunities with LN internal teams.
• Manage internal LN Experiential team members as well as Independent Contractors
• Work with Integrated Marketing team on vision, design, experience, and budgeting of new business opportunities involving experiential opportunities for both B2B and B2C
• Coordinate brand placements on site plans ensuring high traffic/visibility and success against KPIs.
• Coordinate logistics for activation installation/tear down across multiple environments
• Find efficiencies across multiple activations; identify bottlenecks and create new systems
• Manage credential request process for all working teams
• Organize and secure all suppliers such as power, heavy equipment, WIFI, staffing, trucking, sound & lighting, stagehands, security, etc. as project needs within budget constraints
• Ideate with other Experiential team members on new business opportunities involving festival activations and custom events
• Oversee the logistics, fabrication, installation/tear down in multiple environments
• Manage RFP process with vendors including evaluation and granting
• Creation and execution of budgets (vendors, permits, labor, fabrication, etc.)
• Deliver or source training as needed and ensure onsite supervision and safety
• Monitor competitive trends in the festival and event business; identify and target emerging new marketing and experiential trends
• Ensure program aesthetics, activities, fabrication, feasibility, etc. take into consideration the client's guidelines/goals
• Research vendors, suppliers, etc. offering new technologies or approaches
• Suggest new best practice recommendations for internal operations
• Develop and maintain internal departmental relationships

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING:
• BA Degree required
• 7+ years of experience in festival, event and experiential production with an established record of success
• Knowledge of music and entertainment marketing preferred
• Experience in festival site ops and custom festival activations required
• Experience working with recognizable global brands required
• Leadership experience: dedicated to the management and growth of internal and freelance teams
• Adept in Microsoft Office applications including Word, PowerPoint and especially Excel.
• Superior project and time management skills. Ability to juggle multiple projects and rapidly changing deliverables at once, prioritizing and re-prioritizing multiple times each day.
• Work independently with necessary status updates
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
• Eye for details with impeccable project oversight, ability to see the big picture
• Have a creative yet practical event management approach
• Proven ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure
• Must be available to work occasional weekends and evenings, with ability to travel approximately 50%
• Ability to leverage your experience and existing industry relationships

Applicants for employment in the US must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
• HEALTH: Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network

Live Nation's policy regarding vaccinations and masking will evolve based upon updated regulations and factors related to COVID-19. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated or have received a negative COVID test within [24] hours of entering an office.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

A COVID-19 vaccination will be required for this position subject to legally valid exemptions.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyb12m-52-14-150-55-42 in your application.