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Job Summary:

Company: Soundcrash

Department: Operations and Production

Location: Farringdon, London plus onsite working and occasional work from Margate

Reports to: Promoter

Working Hours: Full time plus some evenings and weekends when necessary for shows

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Description

Soundcrash Summer Series – Operations and Production Manager

Soundcrash is looking for a new senior member of staff with strong production, music promotion, budgetary and organisational skills. They will look after multiple areas within our outdoor Soundcrash Summer Series business which has seen huge growth in the last four years. This is a hard working and accomplished small team (fully within the Live Nation Entertainment family).

What it’s like to work in the Team

Soundcrash is a small, fast growing and cutting edge promotions company that organises tours, boutique festivals and special events across the country. We have a unique and enviable position being sat within the Live Nation Entertainment family, contributing to and benefitting from their vast network.

Soundcrash currently organises and promotes 50 outdoor arena sized shows within a three month period in the summer, comprising of: 25 shows in Margate, 12 shows in South London, 4 shows in Hertfordshire and 9 shows in Essex. We do shows with artist of all genres, from The Chemical Brothers to Nile Rogers to Maribou State to Noel Gallagher.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Exceptional organisational, communication and leadership skills

• Strong reporting skills

• Expertise and previous experience in a role such as: event management, project management, event co-ordination, production co-ordination

• Experience in the live entertainment industry – this may be from promoting, ticketing, production, operations

• Strong excel skills, and experience with production budgets and procurement as well as working with finance on budgeting and accounts

• People management skills

Desirable:

• Event management training / SIA and Crowd Management training

• Some knowledge of how shows are marketed

• Some knowledge of how shows are booked

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success

• This is a broad role that will require dedicated multitasking and ability to prioritise

• You will have the confidence to follow initiative

• Can-do, positive attitude

• Desire for success

What the role includes

• Regular liason with and progress reporting with the external production teams at our events, via weekly meetings or other means as appropriate

• Checking shows are running at safe level

• Ensuring good customer experience

• Managing and maintaining adherence to budgets alongside the Promoter and the Tour Accountants

• Liaising with and some selecting of show reps

• Liaising with Live Nation finance and accounts to do best to meet our targets

• Attending some SAGs with Promoter

• Advancing

• Deputising for Promoter in occasional situations / meetings

• Ownership of the relationship with Live Nation marketing partnerships to ensure good communication and delivery on sponsorship targets at events

• Delegating tasks to Ops Assistant within the Soundcrash team

• Some Soundcrash team leadership e.g. take team meetings in promoters absence

• Some liaison with Live Nation ticketing and ticket agencies.

• Some liaison with booking agents

• Gerenal problem solving within the live music business

• Dealing with some matters with F&B companies and merch companies.

• Some HR liaison

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. 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. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

The Company

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 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 6th JANUARY 2025. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

We are lucky enough to have a break during the Christmas period and will review your application when we return in the new year.

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