Junior Talent Buyer: Live Music & Programming

City Winery; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K match

FSAs/HSA and Dependent Care

Wine discounts

Free Family Meal

Show tickets

nDORFins program

Job summary

City Winery Boston is seeking a Programming Manager / Jr. Talent Buyer to join our Programming team.

You will source, negotiate, and book local and regional talent for the Haymarket lounge, handling contracts, advances, and show execution with a focus on strong artist relationships. This role offers growth in deal-making and calendar management within a national hospitality and entertainment network, requiring collaboration with marketing, production, and ticketing teams to drive sell-through

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in talent buying, booking, artist management, or live entertainment
• 2+ years in artist hospitality and live show production
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate and close artist deals
• Existing relationships with agents, managers, and industry professionals
• Strong understanding of local and regional touring economics
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Must be self-reliant and able to meet tight deadlines
• Proficiency with Google Suite, Adobe and spreadsheet applications
• Ability to work nights, weekends, and occasional travel as needed

Responsibilities

• Actively source, pitch, and secure talent for local and regional programming for assigned City Winery market
• Build and negotiate artist offers (fees, deal structures, ticket scaling) for approval by the National Programming Director
• Maintain and grow relationships with agents, managers, and artist teams
• Identify artists with multi-market potential and support routing opportunities across the City Winery network
• Assist in developing repeatable formats, touring concepts, and residency-style programming, brunch series for both the Concert Venue and Haymarket Lounge
• Book and manage supporting acts and openers as needed
• Work closely with the Senior Programming Director to execute market-specific and regional booking strategies
• Manage assigned calendar holds, booking pipelines, and offer tracking across multiple markets
• Monitor ticket sales performance and adjust booking strategies to support sell-through and profitability
• Ensure appropriate on-sale timing and alignment with marketing and ticketing teams
• Maintain accurate booking grids, artist histories, and contact notes
• Manage all administrative duties to assist the Programming Directors and create the most successful outcome for each City Winery location
• Mark up, manage and execute all show contracts and deposits
• Collaborate with Marketing and Ticketing teams to align booking strategy with sales performance
• Represent City Winery professionally in all artist-facing communication
• Support and execute activations and public events alongside Operations

Skills

Talent buying

Booking

Artist management

Live entertainment

Negotiation

Industry relationships

Touring economics

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Self-reliant

Deadlines

Google Suite

Adobe

Spreadsheets

Evening/weekend availability

Job description

City Winery Boston is seeking a Programming Manager / Jr. Talent Buyer to join our Programming team.

You will source, negotiate, and book local and regional talent for the Haymarket lounge, handling contracts, advances, and show execution with a focus on strong artist relationships. This role offers growth in deal-making and calendar management within a national hospitality and entertainment network, requiring collaboration with marketing, production, and ticketing teams to drive sell-through