Communications Assistant, Touring and Festivals

Live Nation; Farringdon; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Show tickets

Unlimited leave

Games room

Onsite gym

Fitness classes

Coffee bar

Subsidised lunch

Staff events

Job summary

Live Nation UK is seeking a highly organised Communications Assistant, Touring and Festivals, to support PR campaigns across intimate shows to stadiums and major festivals. You will monitor press coverage, manage media lists, send releases, and assist on site at events, travelling as needed.

You will work with journalists and creatives, coordinating communications and content campaigns while maintaining meticulous media reporting and on-site support during busy festival seasons.

Qualifications

• Experience in PR or comms, particularly within entertainment, music, live events, or similar fields.
• Experience managing press lists, reporting on coverage, working on press releases and securing media coverage.
• Experience working with journalists, photographers and media.
• Highly organised with a meticulous eye for detail.
• A strong communicator, both written and verbal.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain department mailing lists, ensuring contacts remain up-to-date and developing targeted lists and segments.
• Manage department email inbox, routing requests to relevant stakeholders and teams.
• Send out press releases and localise third-party releases to LN UK template.
• Monitor media coverage and report on coverage for priority shows,optimising department tools and processes and developing AI workflows to simplify reporting with the support of their manager.
• Work with the Creator Partnerships Manager to manage creator invites and ticketing, monitor and report on content creator campaigns.
• Pitching shows to key listings pages, festival guides and gift guides.
• Support the team on site at events, assisting with show accreditation, escorting media, managing photographers, press areas and ad hoc assistance.
• Support the team in planning and delivering large-scale media engagements including launches, trips, publicity stunts and gifting campaigns.
• Travel as required for events, press engagements, and meetings.
• Work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed

Skills

PR experience

Comms experience

Press lists

Media relations

Organised

Communication skills

Writing

Job description

Job Summary

Company: Live Nation

Department: Communications, Touring and Festivals

Location: Farringdon, London with some UK travel

Reports to: Communications Manager, Touring and Festivals

Working Hours: Full time with additional hours around festival/touring season

Job Type: Permanent

Role Description

Live Nation UK are seeking a highly organised and proactive Communications Assistant, Touring and Festivals, to support the team on PR campaigns from intimate shows to stadiums and music festivals. You will have an integral role within the team, with a range of administrative and media-facing duties including monitoring and reporting on press coverage, managing media lists and sending press releases, fielding the department press inbox, assisting the team on site at major music events and festivals, pitching listings and festival guides, and supporting on content creator campaigns.

What we can offer you

• tickets to shows and festivals
• unlimited annual leave
• use of arcade games in the basement games room
• onsite gym equipment
• fitness and meditation classes
• fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office
• heavily subsidised lunch options
• regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent

Who you are

• Experience in PR or comms, particularly within entertainment, music, live events, or similar fields.
• Experience managing press lists, reporting on coverage, working on press releases and securing media coverage
• Experience working with journalists, photographers and media
• Highly organised with a meticulous eye for detail.
• A strong communicator, both written and verbal.
• Excellent writing and communication skills

Behaviours

• A self-starter with the right attitude - proactive, adaptable, and solution-oriented.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure in a fast-paced live environment, problem-solving and ability to balance many stakeholders and shifting priorities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of teams, from artists and creatives to production, ticketing, finance, marketing and many others.
• Passionate about live music and entertainment
• Enthusiasm to develop a career in live music and communications

What the role includes

• Maintain department mailing lists, ensuring contacts remain up-to-date and developing targeted lists and segments
• Manage department email inbox, routing requests to relevant stakeholders and teams
• Send out press releases and localise third-party releases to LN UK template
• Monitor media coverage and report on coverage for priority shows, optimising department tools and processes and developing AI workflows to simplify reporting with the support of their manager
• Work with the Creator Partnerships Manager to manage creator invites and ticketing, monitor and report on content creator campaigns
• Pitching shows to key listings pages, festival guides and gift guides
• Support the team on site at events, assisting with show accreditation, escorting media, managing photographers, press areas and ad hoc assistance
• Support the team in planning and delivering large-scale media engagements including launches, trips, publicity stunts and gifting campaigns
• Manage department subscriptions
• Travel as required for events, press engagements, and meetings
• Work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as needed

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

The Company

Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in o