Assistant Artist Manager - Vocal & Opera

Airborne Comrades Association; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 27 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Intermusica is seeking an Assistant Artist Manager to join the London Vocal & Opera team. You will provide essential administrative support to artists and the Head of Vocal & Opera, coordinating travel, visas, diaries, and schedules with attention to detail.

You will work closely with managers and promoters, developing knowledge of artists and the sector while contributing to contracts, financial paperwork, and marketing updates.

Qualifications

• Graduate calibre with administrative experience in arts/culture
• Excellent written and verbal communication with tact and discretion
• Resilient and calm under pressure with multitasking ability
• Understanding of forward planning and scheduling
• Team player with accountability and practical problem solving
• Attention to deadlines and detail
• Proactive and flexible
• Reliable and highly organised with IT skills
• Interest in classical music and opera

Responsabilités

• Admin support for the Vocal & Opera team and Head of Vocal & Opera
• Book travel and accommodation for artists as needed
• Arrange visas and work permits
• Maintainartist diaries and schedules with managers
• Prepare detailed itineraries and information for artists
• Process contracts and initial checks
• Produce financial paperwork with tax details and commissions
• Update artist profiles and marketing materials
• Support other Artist Managers and organise meetings/ travel
• Liaise with promoters for tickets
• Attend concerts and industry events as required
• Develop knowledge of artists and promoters
• Provide general office administration

Connaissances

Communication skills

Organised

Calm under pressure

Forward planning

Team player

Deadline driven

Proactive

Reliability

MS Office

Classical music knowledge

Formation

Graduate calibre

Outils

Overture

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

Develop your expertise to support the careers of the world's greatest opera singers.

Leading artist management agency, Intermusica, is seeking a highly-organised, capable, and dependable Assistant Artist Manager to join our dynamic Vocal & Opera team, working from our London office.

In a role where no two days are the same, you'll provide essential operational support to a roster of world-class artists, while also providing administrative support to Head of Vocal & Opera, Nathan Morrison. This is a unique opportunity to work closely with major international opera houses and gain insight into the strategic and logistical workings of a fast-paced, artist-focused team, providing the perfect stepping-stone to a long and fulfilling career in artist management.

ABOUT INTERMUSICA

Intermusica is an award-winning international classical music management agency. We seek not just to represent the world's greatest artists, but to inspire them to new creative heights. We are constantly exploring what it means to bring classical music to life in the 21st century, driven by our key values: integrity, support, dynamism, and innovation.

We offer imaginative, personalised management for over 150 world-class and emerging artists. Our first-class roster includes some of the most famous and respected artists, including singers Elīna Garanča, Sondra Radvanovsky, and SeokJong Baek.

Founded in 1981 by Chief Executive Stephen Lumsden, Intermusica has a highly experienced work force of 50 staff, operating from our headquarters in London, and offices in Berlin and New York.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Artist Administration
• Booking travel and accommodation for artists where required.
• Responsibility for visa and work permit arrangements.
• Responsibility for keeping artists' diaries (via online database) up-to-date, clear, and correct - keeping in constant contact with managers to ensure all the necessary information is included.
• Producing detailed schedules for artists, showing a careful eye for detail, and ensuring that the artists have all the required information to fulfil their commitments.
• Initial checking and prompt processing of contracts.
• Producing financial paperwork promptly (financial summaries, invoices, etc.) with full tax details and other relevant information such as commission rates.
• Maintaining artist profiles on website (including updating biographies and other marketing materials, drafting news stories, and adding reviews).
• Providing general administrative support for the department and the Head of Vocal & Opera.
• Supporting other Artist Managers, including organising internal and external meetings; organising trips including travel, hotel, meetings, and concerts.
• Keeping abreast of developments in areas that might affect your work, such as tax, immigration, travel, accommodation.
• Miscellaneous errands, such as attending visa centres for artists.
• Liaising with promoters for complimentary tickets.

Additional

• Attend concerts and industry events on behalf of Intermusica as required.
• Develop and maintain a thorough knowledge of artists' careers and the promoters that we deal with.
• Assist with general office admin.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Required/essential

• Graduate calibre with previous administrative experience, ideally in an arts/cultural organisation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to be able to communicate with artists, promoters, and colleagues in a clear, meaningful, and effective way, using tact and discretion at all levels.
• Resilient and calm under pressure, with the ability to multitask and deal with conflicting priorities in a frequently fast paced environment.
• An understanding of forward planning and the ability to manage scheduling challenges.
• Team player who builds trust by being solutions-focused and accountable for their work.
• Works to deadlines and with an excellent eye for detail.
• Proactive and able to demonstrate a positive and flexible approach.
• Reliable, conscientious, and highly organised.
• Good IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrable interest in and knowledge of classical music and opera.

Desirable

• Previous experience organising international travel and managing diaries.
• Fluency or strong proficiency in a second language.
• Prior experience of Overture (agency software).

We are committed to improving equality and diversity within Intermusica and the wider classical music sector. We believe that more diverse teams foster greater creativity, and we encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. We ensure that the successful candidate is selected based on their relevant merits and that Intermusica staff are given equal opportunities.

Intermusica operates a hybrid home/office working policy.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Closing date: 23:59 GMT on 15 November 2026

First interviews: Tuesday 24th & Wednesday 25th November 2026

Second interviews: Tuesday 1st December & Wednesday 2nd December 2026

The next ABO conference will take place in Birmingham from 3-5 February 2027 .