VENUE PROGRAMMER AND PROMOTER (QUARTERS BRIGHTON)

AMAAD; Brighton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay subject to experience

Pension and other benefits

Job summary

Quarters Brighton is seeking a Venue Programmer and Promoter to manage its programming diary and develop a diverse, commercially successful annual programme. The role involves promoter relations, talent booking, budgeting, and cross‑team coordination with operations, finance, and marketing.

You will work closely with the Head of Bookings to input into a coherent programme, balance local and national promoters, and represent the venue at key shows while driving growth and innovation.

Qualifications

• Experience programming live entertainment venues, music venues or event spaces; minimum 2 years.
• Booking and promoting own events in a variety of venues.
• Strong understanding of the UK live music and events industry.
• Experience advancing shows and basic technical production.
• Excellent organisational and diary management skills.
• Commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Experience dealing with promoters, agents or event organisers.
• Strong administration skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; proficient in MS Office and file sharing systems.
• Confident working across multiple departments in fast-paced settings.

Responsibilities

• Hold and manage the programming diary and ensure timely sharing of relevant info.
• Coordinate bookings to create a diverse annual programme with balance of local/national promoters.
• Source and develop new promoters, brands, in-house concepts, and commercial opportunities.
• Book lineups and progressively book headline talent with AMAAD Booking Team guidance.
• Develop understanding of events, audiences, and risks; track trends and attendance.
• Build relationships with promoters, agents, managers, and community groups.
• Negotiate talent deals, budgets, venue hire and commercial terms.
• Represent Quarters Brighton professionally and as the venue’s face at promoted shows.
• Lead event advancing and ensure contracting, budgeting, and payments are on track.
• Share learnings with wider team to improve operations and customer experience.

Skills

Programming live entertainment

Booking and promoting events

UK live music industry knowledge

Show advancement

Diary management

Negotiation skills

Administration and detail orientation

Multi-project management

Communication skills

Job description

VENUE PROGRAMMER AND PROMOTER

QUARTERS BRIGHTON

Location: Brighton
Reports to: General Manager

Type: Full time, PAYE, weekend and late-night work required.

Overview

The Venue Programmer and Promoter is responsible for the diary management of Quarters Brighton and heavily contributes to a diverse, commercially successful, and culturally relevant programme.

They will increasingly take on programming responsibilities, whilst ensuring seamless administration and communication across the diary, programming, operations, technical, finance, and marketing teams.

Key Responsibilities

Programming & Diary Management

• Hold and manage the programming diary, ensure it is accurate, diary protocol is always followed, and relevant info is shared in a timely manner.
• Work closely with Head of Bookings to coordinate club, live, non-music, corporate bookings, and private hires to input into a coherent, diverse and compelling annual programme with an appropriate balance of local and national promoters and in-house events,
• Source and develop new promoters, brands, in-house concepts, new event formats, underserved audiences, and commercial opportunities,
• Book support line ups and progressively book headline talent with support and guidance from the AMAAD Booking Team.
• Develop a strong understanding of different events, audiences, talent and genre types, their operational requirements, associated risks and commercial benefits. Track local, regional and national event and trends, monitor seasonal patterns affecting attendance, ticket sales, bar revenue and customer behaviour. Provide insight and local market feedback to the wider team.
• Build and nurture relationships with promoters, artist agents, managers, event organisers, local artists, brands, and cultural and community groups.
• Negotiate talent deals, create and manage budgets, assist in negotiating venue hire agreements and commercial terms.
• Represent Quarters Brighton professionally and in the best interests of the venue.
• Presence at certain internally promoted shows as the face of the venue and provide the artist liaison function.
• Ensure learnings are shared with the wider team to improve programming, venue operations, production, and customer experience.

Contracting & Event Administration

• Oversee promoter venue hire agreement contracting and ensure all paperwork is completed accurately and on time.
• Book and brief appropriate production and artists liaison resource in line with event budgets.
• For internally promoted shows, lead event advancing alongside operational and technical (if necessary) teams, manage contracting, budgeting, and payment processing
• Work closely with the accounts team to administer:
  • Venue hire and artist invoicing
  • Event recharge processes
  • Prompt post-event settlements
• Ensure all event information is accurately recorded within internal systems and communicated with relevant people.
• Work closely with AMAAD Booking Team, Ghostwriter Live Booking Team, Quarters General Manager, Quarters Marketing Executive, AMAAD Finance Team to ensure effective communication and the smooth delivery of all events.

Experience & Skills

Essential

• Experience programming live entertainment venues, music venues or event spaces. A minimum of 2 years experience required.
• Booking and promoting own events in a variety of venues.
• Strong understanding of the UK live music and events industry.
• Experience of advancing shows and of basic technical production
• Excellent organisational and diary management skills.
• Commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Experience dealing with promoters, agents or event organisers.
• Strong administration skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong working knowledge of all Microsoft office and file sharing and info sharing systems, programmes
• Confident working across multiple department and with multiple people in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• Existing network of local and national promoters, artist agents and managers.
• Experience using event management or ticketing systems.
• Knowledge of venue operations, production and event logistics.
• Experience analysing event performance data and commercial reporting.

Success Measures

The successful Venue Programmer will be measured against:

• Delivery of a balanced, diverse and commercially successful events programme.
• Growth in venue utilisation across all event types.
• Increased engagement from both local and national promoters.
• Efficient contracting, advancing and settlement processes.
• Effective communication across all internal departments.
• Strong financial performance of programmed events.
• Development of successful in-house event concepts.
• Positive promoter and stakeholder feedback.
• Contribution to the continued growth of Quarters Brighton' local and national reputation.

This role requires an organised, commercially minded and passionate programmer who can balance creativity with operational excellence while helping establish Quarters Brighton

What We Offer

• Competitive pay subject to experience, pension and other benefits
• Opportunity to work in an exciting, innovative and growing organisation and to develop skills.

Equal Opportunities

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all applicants, and to providing employees with a positive and supportive work environment. We actively encourage applications from those with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and/or from marginalised communities.