Venue Sustainability Manager - Huntington Bank Pavilion

Live Nation Entertainment; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Part time

Job summary

Live Nation Entertainment seeks a Venue Sustainability Manager for Huntington Bank Pavilion, a seasonal, part‑time role (April–October, ~30 hrs/wk) in Chicago. You’ll drive zero waste initiatives, coordinate with national teams, and support green artist operations while leading onsite operations and community engagement.

You will design plans, supervise waste sorting, track metrics, and collaborate across departments to embed sustainability into daily venue activities and events.

Qualifications

• At least 1 year in a leadership position in operations, events, or sustainability.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage time and coordinate cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Attend pre-season orientation and meetings with Live Nation’s sustainability team.
• Be onsite during pre-season venue set up to ensure zero waste procedures.
• Lead Zero Waste Supervisor and Coordinator hiring and onboarding.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive zero waste plan for the venue.
• Oversee material sorting for recycling, composting, reuse and donations.
• Analyze waste flows and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Track metrics using Word/Excel/SharePoint and reporting tools.
• Collaborate with venue departments and marketing/experience teams on sustainability.
• Create engaging reports and share sustainability highlights venuewide.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Time management

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

WHO ARE WE?

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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

Job Summary

WHO ARE WE? 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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU? Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!

THE JOB Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island is seeking a Venue Sustainability Manager to help us take our sustainability programs to the next level. This role will provide both administrative and operational support to drive successful implementation of venue sustainability programs, including but not limited to, developing, and executing resource recovery and material circularity programs, promoting educational and engagement campaigns, supporting green artist operations and activations, and creating a strong culture around sustainability. This role will operate under the guidance of Live Nation’s national sustainability team, reporting to and working closely with the Regional Zero Waste Manager. This role will also report directly to the Venue Operations Manager and be part of the venue operations team. Coming into 2026, HBPNI is setting new targets to become an industry leader in zero waste, which will be a priority task for the selected candidate. This is a seasonal, part-time position from April to October working an average of 30 hours per week. Hours per week will vary depending on show schedule and business needs at the time.

What This Role Will Do

• Training & Engagement: Participate in pre-season orientation and mid-season meetings with Live Nation’s national sustainability team.
• Attend all scheduled 1-on-1 meetings with Regional Zero Waste Manager providing updates on all initiatives.
• Be onsite during pre-season venue set up to ensure zero waste operational procedures are in place.
• Drive Zero Waste Supervisor hiring, training, and onboarding.
• Drive Zero Waste Coordinator hiring, training, and onboarding.
• Deploy sustainability communication and engagement assets to help lead pre-season venue orientation trainings.
• Provide regular updates to entire venue staff to share progress, recognize employees, and identify areas of improvement.
• Work closely with all venue departments to integrate sustainability into operations.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Lead to regularly share venue sustainability highlights on all social channels.
• Collaborate with the Experience Manager to build enthusiasm and participation around venue sustainability efforts.
• Other tasks as assigned by the Operations Manager and National Sustainability Team including but not limited to local community and vendor engagement.

Resource Recovery & Material Circularity Operations

• Work with venue leaders and Regional Zero Waste Manager to design a comprehensive zero waste plan for your venue with actionable goals, improvement areas, a current map and material flow, and a tracking system for accountability.
• Oversee and assist with the material sorting process of all recycling, composting, reuse, and donations materials to increase resource recovery and diversion from landfill.
• Analyze existing venue infrastructure, event set up, and waste flows to identify areas for improvement.
• Be present on show days and non-show days to manage teams, and to ensure compliance and quality control of materials entering the waste stream.
• Identify key opportunities and partnerships to expand the material circularity model throughout the season.
• Build or maintain connections with local partners and waste haulers to stay up to date on accepted divertible materials and options for resource recovery.
• Create a lively and positive atmosphere across front of house and back of house waste operations.

Reporting And Data Collection

• Utilize Microsoft Office (primarily Word, Excel, and SharePoint), Google Drive, and Box programs to track and report on key program metrics.
• Acquire weight tickets and chain of custody receipts by establishing relationships with waste haulers and resource recovery vendors.
• Update the mandatory venue data tracking and reporting spreadsheet on a minimum monthly basis.
• Document operations and upload photos to shared folders.
• Create engaging visual reports throughout the season that can be shared venue wide.
• Complete the post-season venue sustainability survey.

What This Person Will Bring

• Show days require about 90% of the time spent walking, bending, reaching, stooping, lifting, and carrying 50+ lbs. with about 50% of that time spent helping/overseeing the sorting of materials.
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• At least 1 year in a leadership position in one of the following: operations/event coordination, Guest Services and communications, event, or campus sustainability/zero waste events
• Creative thinker and problem solver
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Acute sense of judgment, tact, and diplomacy
• A strong sense of teamwork and ability to execute programs
• Time management and the ability to excel in an unstructured environment
• Passion for driving environmental impact through both hands-on and administrative work

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve.

Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events.

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.

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law.

As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations.

Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek.

Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.

Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case, ...

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

The Expected Compensation For This Position Is

$20.00 USD - $25.00 USD Hourly

• Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.