LN Concerts, Sr. Ticketing Manager

Who are we?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and eCommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster.com , Live Nation Conce rts, Artist Nation and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster.com is the global event ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five eCommerce sites, with over 26 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 20,000 shows annually for more than 2,000 artists globally. Artist Nation is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling over 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit www.livenation.com/investors .

Who are you?

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

The Role:

Live Nation is seeking a qualified individual for a Ticketing Sr. Manager position for the Concerts division . This detail - oriented position requires excellent organizational skills, professional interaction with tour partners of all levels, an ability to work efficiently, accurately and effectively under pressure, and ability to complete and prioritize tasks in a timely manner . The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a venue box office or similar ticketing role working with ticket ing software . The ability to communicate with respect and diplomacy across all levels of business is essential to this position . Maintaining knowledge of current ticketing trends in entertainment industry is an essential element to this position .

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary ticketing point of contact and own the ticketing process for Live Nation’s marquee national ly promoted tours playing in San Diego market.

• S upport talent buyers and venue partners on all operational aspects related to ticketing for Live Nation's largest clients.

• Implement and execute ticketing focused revenue-maximization opportunities in partnership with talent buyers .

• Communicate and oversee the setup of all required t icket offers, pricing programs, inventory allocations and other ticketing information for show build s .

• Monitor and maintain event inventory and seat holds, releases, flex pricing, rescaling and dynamic pricing for assigned shows .

• QA events to ensure accurate and consistent event information and set-up.

• Work r egularly with promoters, venue teams, Ticketm aster staff, Live Nation Ticketing staff, vendors, customers , and affiliated parties .

• Develop strong working relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders to ensure ticketing needs are met .

• Manage box office staff as needed at events.

• Oversee show ticket requests .

• Adhere to Live Nation ticketing initiatives, programs, policies and procedures.

• O n-site support at local events.
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or comparable work experience

• 5+ years as a Box Office Manager or Ticketing representative

• Experience and proficiency with multiple Ticketing systems including, but not limited to, Ticketmaster, AXS, Eventbrite, Ticketweb , SeatGeek

• Self-starter with a track record of taking ownership and successfully driving projects to completion

• Flexible and reliable team player that can adapt to changes in a rapidly evolving work environment

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a track record of building strong working relationships across all levels of an organization

• Effective time-management skills and adept at juggling multiple projects simultaneously

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, etc.)

• Ability to work evening and weekend hours, based on the needs of daily business operations

• Detail-oriented with a strong ability to work under pressure to meet strict and fluid deadlines

• Ability to provide leadership, prio ritize, organize, motivate , problem solve, delegate, follow-up, and communicate .
  

If the above description sounds like you and fits your background, a pply online at http://www.livenation.com/careers/index.html to join the Live Nation Entertainment team today!

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
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HIRING PRACTICES
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Live Nation Entertainment recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation Entertainment may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, Internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.