LN Concerts, National Sustainability Coordinator

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

Live Nation is seeking a National Sustainability Coordinator to support the successful implementation of the Green Nation environmental Charter across our U.S. venue portfolio. Under the guidance of the Sustainability Operations Manager, you will assist in the deployment, coordination, and improvement of regional strategies and localized action plans aligned with national objectives. This role will support regional and venue sustainability teams, update and evolve educational/training documents, develop and lead sustainability trainings, conduct periodical venue site visits to identify opportunities and areas of improvement, coordinate and participate in weekly calls with regional leads, and compile, organize, and communicate sustainability metrics across regions. While a priority focus area for this role is to support and expand on activities related to material circularity targets (e.g., waste reduction, reuse, and efficiency) this role may also support other sustainability objectives within the Charter and beyond.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

Regional Venue Support:

• Serve as coordinator for regional and venue teams, executing day-to-day tasks to support venue development, training, and improvement.
• Help maintain and grow a centralized resource repository to scale sustainability solutions across the U.S. venue portfolio.
• Execute a strong venue support model, including but not limited to coordinating monthly, bi- weekly meetings, office hours, 1:1s with venues, and being prepared to put together and communicate gap analysis reports and progress reports.
• Identify common thematic challenges across venue operations teams and coordinate tools, tracking mechanisms, and resources to support improvement
• On occasion, step in to support venue crews during marquee or high-visibility venue productions.

Design, Innovation, and Storytelling

• Support the successful implementation programming, technologies and innovations across regions and into new venue categories.
• Compile innovative solutions from across regions to assess feasibility and identify growth opportunities in other markets and venue types.
• Assist high-visibility artist activations and engagements (e.g., Green Riders) across multiple regions.
• Work with creative teams to build and deploy presentations, digital communications, and onsite assets.
• Research and coordinate submissions to third-party recognition systems.

Administrative and Analytical Support:

• Coordinate pre-season venue resources including toolkits, orientation materials, signage, procurement guides and educational programming.
• Support with cross-departmental resources and projects throughout the season.
• Support pre-season Venue Sustainability Manager onboarding plans and meetings for new and returning personnel.
• Support the Sustainability Operations Manager to:
• Administer venue data tracking systems including energy, water, waste, stakeholder surveys, and more.
• Summarize venue analytics into clear and visual mid-season and post-season reports for leadership to understand areas for improvement.

Venue Travel and Assessments:

• Upon supervisor request, travel to venues to support audits, assessments, major projects, and significant artist activations.
• Effectively manage travel budget (up to 20% travel anticipated during peak seasons)

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• At least 2 years in one of the following: operations/event coordination, event or campus sustainability/zero waste events
• At least 2 years in a leadership position preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in at least one of the following: data and analytics, supply chain and waste systems, marketing and communications, built environment, energy systems and policy, NGO and community partnerships, climate resiliency.
• Comprehensive understanding of technical environmental concepts and their unique impacts on the live music and entertainment industry
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including the ability to analyze large datasets in Excel, and effectively communicate insights through visually engaging reports and presentations in Word and PowerPoint.
• Proficient in using SharePoint, Google Drive, and Asana for program management and organization, leveraging these tools to effectively manage multiple competing priorities.
• Strong time management and prioritization skills, with the ability to adjust to changing demands and determine when to work quickly or meticulously based on the project needs.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating initiative and self-direction in completing tasks.
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication styles to various stakeholders (peers, venue staff, leadership) to ensure clarity and collaboration.
• Creative systems thinker and problem solver
• Acute sense of judgment, tact and diplomacy
• A strong sense of teamwork and ability to execute programs
• Ability to travel, including weekends

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.