Tour Coordinator

Manhead; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Manhead is seeking an experienced tour merchandising lead to drive product lines for live events, balancing brand integrity with revenue growth. You will collaborate with brand managers, coordinate with artist relations, and manage road operations and vendors across national tours.

Responsibilities include forecasting on-site sales, inventory planning, and ensuring precise financial settlements while traveling to key events as needed.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in tour and event merchandising for artists.
• Strong project management skills and ability to meet deadlines.
• Experience with inventory and vendor management tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Brand Managers to develop tour merchandise lines maximizing sales while preserving branding and quality.
• Prepare tour projections for Clients and Artist Relations for financial planning and signings.
• Hire and manage day-to-day operations of road managers, staff and vendors.
• Liaise with artist managers on product viability, storage space, and on-road troubleshooting.
• Forecast on-site sales leveraging ticket counts and historical data to order and replenish inventory.
• Maintain accuracy within AtVenu and Manhead Internal Systems.
• Traffic all product shipments with Tour Logistics Coordinator to venues and warehouses.
• Work with accounting to ensure venue collections, client settlements, and 3rd party payments.
• Identify and manage international touring partners.
• Reconcilie ending inventory with tour warehouse manager and liquidate excess stock.
• Occasional travel to concerts, festivals, pop-up shops and award shows for merchandising and logistics.

Skills

Project management

Vendor management

Inventory management

Market/trend awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management, accounting or marketing

Tools

Atvenu

MerchIQ

ShipHero

Monday

Excel

QuickBase

Tallie

Job description

What you'll do

• Collaborate with Brand Managers to develop compelling tour merchandise lines that maximize sales and profits while maintaining creative integrity, cohesive branding, and product quality.
• Prepare tour projections for both Clients and Artist Relations for financial planning and new artist signings.
• Hire and manage day-to-day operations of road managers, staff, and vendors, such as trucking, trailers, 3rd party vend teams etc.
• Liaise with artist managers to help communicate the viability of certain products, determine storage space, and trouble-shoot issues on the road as they arise.
• Forecast on-site sales leveraging ticket counts and historical data to accurately order and replenish inventory levels throughout the tour cycle.
• Maintain accuracy within AtVenu and Manhead Internal Systems
• Work closely with the Tour Logistics Coordinator to traffic all product shipments to venues and warehousing facilities.
• Work with Manhead's accounting team to ensure accurate, timely, and complete venue collections, client settlements, and 3rd party payments.
• Help identify and manage international touring partners.
• Work closely with Manhead's tour warehouse manager to reconcile ending inventory and liquidate excess stock through all sales channels.
• Sporadically travel to concerts, festivals, pop-up shops and award shows to ensure visual merchandising, logistics and quality standards are upheld.

Qualification

• 3+ years of experience working in tour and event merchandising for independent and major label recording artists.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet ambitious deadlines.
• Proficient in inventory and project management, tools such as Atvenu, MerchIQ, ShipHero, Monday, Excel, QuickBase, and Tallie a plus
• Broad knowledge of all music merchandising verticals, including E-commerce, Retail/Licensing, and VIP Ticketing.
• Existing relationships with local sellers, vendors, suppliers and 3rd party logistics companies preferred but not required.
• Must have a strong pulse on music-fashion trends and a deep understanding of fan demographics across rock, country, hip-hop and Pop music genres.
• Bachelor's degree in business management, accounting or marketing is preferred but not required.
• Work Location: Nashville is preferred but not required.