Sponsorship Operations Manager / Country Festivals

Job Description

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, and collaborative. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you, please read on!

THE JOB

We're seeking a Sponsorship Operations Manager – Freelance to oversee brand partner site operations at Live Nation country festivals. This is a freelance role for 2022. The role reports into the SVP of Live Nation's Experiential & Events team within LN Media & Sponsorship.

Live Nation Media & Sponsorship designs, sells, and manages the company's national corporate sponsorship programs with the world's most recognizable brands. It is an exciting, fast-paced team that collaborates with all facets of Live Nation's business including venues, festivals, ticketing, artists, content, media (digital, social, mobile), promotions, and concert production. To learn more about our division, check out: https://livenationforbrands.com/

You are 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.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

The Sponsorship Operations Manager will work both independently and within a team environment to advance and direct successful executions. This person will primarily focus on festival site operations for branded activations. He/She/They will coordinate with multiple Festival partners, Brand Management teams, clients, agencies, venues, vendors, etc.
• Become a partner/extension of the Festival team: understanding their goals, culture, and audience and sharing those opportunities with LN internal teams.
• 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, permits, 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
• Ensure onsite supervision and safety
• Suggest new best practice recommendations for internal operations
• Develop and maintain internal departmental relationships

FESTIVALS AND DATES
• Tortuga – April 8-10
• Bottlerock – May 27-29
• Country Jam – June 23-25
• Faster Horses – July 22-24
• Watershed – July 29-31
• Tidalwave – August 12-14
• Headwaters – August 18-20
• Seven Peaks – Sept 2-4

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• BA Degree required
• 6-8 years of experience in festival site ops and custom festival activations preferred
• Experience working with brands preferred
• Adept in AutoCAD and festival organizational apps such as MyFest
• Business acumen and sensibilities needed for interacting with various audiences: corporate clients, festival stakeholders, site ops/production teams, vendors, artist teams, staff, etc.
• Eye for details with impeccable project oversight, ability to see the big picture
• Have a creative yet practical event management approach
• Must be available to work occasional weekends and evenings, with ability to travel for lengths of time
• Ability to leverage your experience and existing industry relationships
• COVID-19 vaccination will be required for this position subject to legally valid exemptions.

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

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gqy5z1-18-189-2-122-42 in your application.