Event Operations Project Director

Live Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Live Recruitment seeks an experienced Event Operations Project Director to take full operational ownership of a leading creative venue in London. The role covers ground-up infrastructure, six spaces, and a six-space program including live music, immersive experiences and performance art.

A flexible engagement model is offered, with on-site offices in Central London. You will recruit and lead a large back- and front-of-house team, shape licensing and safety processes, and coordinate with

Qualifications

• Experience running multi-space operations at scale in live events or venues.
• Proven ability to recruit, structure teams and ensure licensing and compliance.
• Experience with private hire and dry-hire activities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end operational planning and delivery for the venue.
• Recruit, structure and lead a large multi-disciplinary team across all front and back-of-house functions.
• Oversee licensing, health and safety, and compliance across all venue spaces.
• Coordinate with creative and programming leads to align operational resources with live schedules.
• Manage contractor relationships, supplier agreements and on-site logistics.
• Develop and implement operational processes and standards from a standing start.
• Support private hire and dry-hire activity between primary programming periods.

Job description

Venue based with some flexibility to work from home on an ad hoc basis

Full strategic ownership of one of London's most ambitious new creative venues, from ground-up infrastructure build through to a large-scale team leading live music, immersive experience and performance art across six spaces at once.

• Build venue operations from the ground up, with full strategic ownership
• Lead a large-scale multi-disciplinary team across a genuinely unique creative destination
• Work inside an experimental, non-corporate culture where creative ambition drives every decision
• Flexible engagement: permanent, contract or freelance to suit your situation
• Offices on-site at the venue, Central London

The Company

This is a creative venue brand built around experimental live programming: simultaneous performances across multiple spaces, secret lineups, immersive cinema, performance art and live music running together under one roof. With a Central London base and a programme running Friday and Saturday nights, the operation is deliberately unconventional. The team is small and permanent at its core, with a wider creative and programming network ready to mobilise around it.

The Role

This Event Operations Project Director role carries full operational leadership for the venue launch and its ongoing Fri/Sat programme, managing a large back-of-house and front-of-house team across six distinct performance spaces, with responsibility for everything from recruitment and compliance to day-to-day delivery, licencing and council liaison. .

• Own end-to-end operational planning and delivery for the venue
• Recruit, structure and lead a large multi-disciplinary team across all front and back-of-house functions
• Oversee licensing, health and safety, and compliance across all venue spaces
• Coordinate with creative and programming leads to align operational resource with live schedules
• Manage contractor relationships, supplier agreements and on-site logistics
• Develop and implement operational processes and standards from a standing start
• Support private hire and dry-hire activity between primary programming periods

The Candidate

The right person for this Event Operations Project Director position has run complex, multi-space operations at scale, with direct experience managing large teams across live event or venue environments. You will have handled recruitment, built operational structures and held accountability for compliance and licensing in a live-event or venue setting.

A background in immersive or experimental events, nightlife operations or the wider creative industries is beneficial but not essential. What matters most is the operational rigour to bring order to a deliberately chaotic creative concept, and the confidence to build from day one.

In return, you will get full strategic ownership of one of London's most ambitious new creative venues, a flexible engagement structure and a Central London base at the heart of the project.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, embracing diversity across all intersecting dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, well-being, abilities, and neurodiversity. We are dedicated to ensuring a supportive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any adjustments or accommodations for any reason, please do not hesitate to let us know.

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