LN Concerts, Executive Assistant

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

This position assists the VP Tour Booking and their teams in all necessary aspects as it relates to the Comedy department. This includes office administration, contract administration, production coordination, etc.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Provide daily support to VP Tour Booking and other members of the team, which includes but is not limited to:
  • Answering phones
  • Schedule and calendar upkeep
  • Monthly expenses
  • Book travel
    • Directly coordinate, or coordinate with Travel Department, travel arrangements including flights, hotels, and car services as requested and create itineraries, including all confirmations and contact information for flights, hotel and transportation. Updates itineraries and check for new information pertaining to travel. Prepare and update office travel schedule.
  • Generate deal sheets in Rome
• Professionally communicate and collect information with artist agencies and management and show personnel
• Use sound judgment and carefully ascertain the nature of incoming phone calls, accurately records messages, address issues on your own, and transfer calls as necessary. Follow up with callers regarding information requests.
• Proactively manage the workflow of the VP Tour Booking, including meetings, correspondence, and milestones.

• Help organize critical work projects. Prioritize with the VP Tour Booking to make sure that all objectives are addressed and handled in a timely manner.

• Complete and distribute Show Confirmations and Event Status Sheets to internal staff, venues and partners
• Create reports as needed and distribute to pertinent internal and external stakeholders
• Manage show files to ensure all essential documents are present prior to day of show and festival.  Including but not limited to headliner and support contracts, riders, and W9’s.
• Assist with industry and guest ticketing requests and serve as liaison on site as needed
• Work with other members of internal departments as requested to promote departmental objectives.
• Compose, type, and prepare correspondence, memos, PowerPoint presentations, confidential materials, etc. of the highest quality.
• Coordinates, administrates and tracks show contracts, payments and other paperwork from beginning to end.
• Provide general administrative support and perform diversified administrative duties; prioritize, and manage projects with minimal supervision.
• Interface with agents and venues to verify availability and build a calendar of events
• Manage internal documentation using internal booking systems, calendars and ticketing schedules.
• Assist in administration for booking amphitheaters, arenas, and theaters.
• Run errands as requested by assigned executive(s).
• Multitask in a fast-paced environment and remain organized, with attention to detail.
• Help gather avails and organize avails grids for routing tours and shows.  
• Help finalize settlements from shows and reconcile shows with venues/accounting.
• Need to be available to work occasional nights and weekends.
• Complete other duties and projects as assigned

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Strong verbal/written communication, phone etiquette, computers (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Photoshop or similar programs
• Comedy industry or talent agency experience highly preferred
• Experience with systems such as Ticketmaster and SalesForce is a plus
• Ability to engage in positive interaction with co-workers, executives and high-level industry professionals; prioritize, organize, problem solve, follow-up, communicate and diffuse possibly volatile situations with tact
• Ability to multi-task daily, be organized, detail-oriented, self-driven, forecast issues and handle last-minute projects to meet deadlines
• Strong attention to detail
• Fast learner with a strong work ethic and a high sense of responsibility in an ever-changing environment.
• Must be able to handle sensitive matters and exercise excellent judgment.
• Passionate about comedy and the live business

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 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-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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The expected compensation for this position is:

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