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.

Diversified Production Services (DPS) is a global leader in live production and broadcast, delivering world-class experiences for some of the most high-profile events in entertainment, music, sports, and culture under the Live Nation Entertainment umbrella. Our team has produced large-scale events including the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, Super Bowl halftime shows, and international fan festivals, as well as prestigious galas such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation Gala and LOVE Rocks NYC benefitting God’s Love We Deliver. From live network broadcasts to marquee corporate and special events, DPS brings together creativity, precision, and technical expertise to execute unforgettable moments on some of the biggest stages around the world.

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

The production department steers the execution, management and administration of production operation details on all 50+ events a year. In tandem with operations, talent management, and finance, the department plays a direct role in liaising with clients, event planners, performing talent, venues, technical and site vendors, labor unions and other key planning agencies to ensure success for all events both front and back of house.

In this role, the Production Manager will have the opportunity to manage and support various events throughout the year, creating new ways to address unique challenges and collaborating directly with internal and external stakeholders through the process. The ideal candidate will have the ability to handle multiple projects and adapt to fast-paced changing environments while maintaining quality and exemplary leadership and teamwork.

What This Role Will Do

Responsible for all of the on-stage, backstage, and other technical and site planning details of events
Includes advancing and obtaining technical information, including venue details, production needs, rider requirements, staging and event capacity changes
Developing and maintaining relative documents including production and site drawings, on-sale layouts, timelines, schedules and artist technical riders
Advance technical and site planning details for assigned shows/events
Maintain regular communications with all stakeholders
Assist in managing technical production (i.e. stage, sound, video, lighting, backline, broadcast, labor crews)
Assist in managing site operations (i.e. power, heavy equipment, traffic management, crowd control measures, sanitation, permitting and engineering)
Assist with budget management and tracking of assigned responsibilities
Overseeing multiple projects from start to finish, including presence on-site from load in to load out
Ensure positive and creative environment for planning teams
Facilitate proper interdepartmental communication and organization
Follow up on all action points from internal and external meetings
Assist in producing event debrief documents including settlement notes for finance and suggested notes for the following year
Regular liaising with senior directors of production and managing director via weekly meetings, calls and email communications

Essential

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

Detailed project management / planning experience
Production management experience (3+ years)
Vectorworks knowledge and ability to use / AutoCAD experience acceptable
Computer literate in Windows applications
Exceptional organizational and administrative skills, both written and verbal
Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
Procurement of vendors (staging, audio, lighting, video…etc) and managing staff, services, and budgets
Working under pressure and ability to make clear concise decisions, sometimes with limited information
Ability to work on and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Flexible work and travel schedule (days/nights, late hours, weekends, and holidays)
Strong people skills with an emphasis on competent and diplomatic communication with client, vendor and artist representatives
Ability to learn and adapt to new technology, information, resources and environments
Tolerance of all cultures, music and art forms
Tolerance of loud noise level in working environment

Desirable

Experience planning large scale events (5,000 people +)
Experience in stage management / show running
Experience in site planning and coordination
Negotiation and liaising with agencies
Event management training
Health and safety/crowd management training
Excellent communication, collaboration and analytical skills
Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
Exceptional organizational and administrative skills
Anticipatory and proactive approach to problem solving

Benefits & Perks

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)

YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days

WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program

FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support

CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment

OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match

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 applicable laws in the area.

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-by-case basis.

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.

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

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