Promoter Assistant

Live Nation (Music) UK Limited; London Borough of Islington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tickets to shows

Unlimited annual leave

Onsite gym

Coffee bar & subsidised lunch

Staff events

Job summary

Live Nation is seeking a proactive Promotions Assistant in London to support the UK Promoting department. You will source venue availabilities, help route tours, and assist in preparing tour costings and budgets while coordinating with agents, managers, and artists.

The role requires fast-paced organization, excellent communication, and a passion for music. Office-based at The Farmiloe Building in Farringdon with opportunities to grow within Live Nation's touring teams.

Qualifications

• Effective communicator.
• Highly adept at working with spreadsheets and databases – MS Office.
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in a fast paced environment.
• Strong knowledge of venue/general touring industry and avid interest in music/concerts.

Responsibilities

• Sourcing availabilities with venues and routing tours.
• Managing holds and dates, keeping records of what is held.
• Prepare accurate tour costings and budget templates.
• Confirming shows with stakeholders and updating itineraries.
• Processing show sign-offs and arranging insurance for shows.
• Occasionally booking travel and coordinating diaries.

Skills

Communication

Planning & organising

Relationship building

Artist knowledge

Business acumen

Problem solving

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Summary: Company: Live Nation Department: Promotions Location: Farringdon, London Reports to: SVP Touring Working Hours: 40 plus additional hours required by the business Contract Type: Permanent

The UK Promoting department is responsible for Promoting thousands of concerts throughout the UK every year. From worldwide headline acts to up and coming new talent, our promoters look after artists across all genres of music in a variety of clubs, theatres, arena and stadia. Our most recent additions to the Promoting team are looking for a hard-working individual to assist them on all aspects of this incredibly busy and fast-moving business.

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.

Who you are

• Effective communicator
• Highly adept at working with spreadsheets and databases – good working knowledge of MS Office
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in an incredibly fast paced environment
• Strong knowledge of venue/general touring industry and a keen interest in music/concerts
• Ability to establish and develop relationships within the Music industry
• Extensive knowledge of artists, music, genre, and audience
• Understands relationship between agents, managers, artists, and overall value chain
• Generates unique but workable and useful solutions to difficult problems
• Understands how the job/department fits in to the wider goals of the business and the industry as a whole
• Always up to date on changes to the touring and festival market
• Able to understand commercial priorities and highest value relationships

Behaviours

• Attention-to-detail
• Self‑motivated team player
• Flexible approach
• Good interpersonal, relationship management and negotiation skills
• Ability to lead from the front showing best practice across all disciplines
• Does not make excuses for errors or problems; acknowledges and corrects mistakes
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables
• Encourages team unity through sharing information or expertise, working together to solve problems, and putting team success first

What the role includes

• Sourcing availabilities with venues and routing tours
• Managing holds, challenging dates, keeping records of what is held
• Gathering venue and tour information to prepare accurate tour costings and budget templates
• Confirming shows with stakeholders, sending, and updating tour itineraries
• Processing show sign‑offs and placing insurance for shows
• Working closely with the office administrator to ensure artist/venue contracts and work permits are processed in a timely manner
• To project tour sales and keep up to date with ongoing tours from confirmation to show date – highlighting problem areas
• Answer and direct phone calls
• Updating and sending guest lists
• Updating reps with correct info
• Raising invoices
• Occasionally booking travel, hotels etc. and diary coordination
• Dealing with all incoming queries from internal departments (accounts, ticketing, marketing etc) and external contacts (agents, venues, other promoters, etc)
• To work with Promoter and develop new talent and aim to bring artists into LN covering a number of different genres
• On occasion you will be required to attend shows in the evenings and on weekends
• Build both formal and informal professional relationships
• Anticipates, and responds timely to artist/agent needs
• Provides artist status reports and progress updates
• Focus on the artists' business results
• Going beyond basic service expectations to help artists implement complete solutions
• Delivers products and services when and where the artist needs them
• Explores options when unable to deliver a requested product or service, and pursue solutions until the artist is satisfied
• Seeks artist feedback and ensures needs have been fully met
• Seek ways to improve service delivery
• Assess the organization and its services from the artist's point of view

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.

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 over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

Our many unique benefit programs are designed to help our teams live life to the fullest including generous vacation, healthcare, retirement benefits, student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, six months of paid caregiver leave for new parents including fostering and perks like Roadie Babies helping new parents care for their babies on work trips. And of course, access to free live events through our exclusive employee ticketing program. There is no bigger stage for your career. See what your future looks like at Live Nation Entertainment. Our world-class teams specialize in all aspects of the live entertainment industry, from ground‑breaking innovations in ticketing, global venue development and operations, concert promotion and production, sales and brand partnerships, and unparalleled artist management supported by professionals in all facets of corporate operations. We believe in taking care of the countless employees helping artists bring live music to fans all around the world.