Event Manager - Festivals and Touring

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Job Summary:
Company: Live Nation (Music) UK
Department: VIP Nation UK & Ireland
Location: Farringdon, London and onsite working at festivals & tours around the UK and Ireland
Reports to: Director of Event Management
Working Hours: 40 hours per week, with unsociable hours, some weekends, and prolonged time on site during the summer
Contract Type: Fixed term March 1st - Aug 31st 2026

Role Description

VIP Nation is Live Nation Entertainment's premium experiences business. We are looking for an experienced Event Manager to help deliver unforgettable VIP packages across our UK festivals and domestic tours.

You'll take ownership of events from planning through to delivery, turning ideas into high-quality guest experiences on site - on time, on budget, and exactly as advertised.

The role is a combination of office-based and home working, but during the summer you should expect lengthy periods working away from home on festivals and tours. You'll work closely with venues, suppliers, internal teams and occasionally customers, while also recruiting, briefing, and managing on-site staff. There's also scope to use your creative side.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers a genuinely great working environment, including:

* Games room with arcade machines
* On-site gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes
* Complimentary coffee bar with in-house barista
* Subsidised lunch options
* Regular staff events, talks and open-mic nights

Who you are

You're organised, practical and calm under pressure, with experience working on live events and festival sites.

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

* Greenfield festival site experience
* Team management
* Ability to mark out sites from plans
* Full UK driving license (essential)
* AutoCAD experience (advantageous)
* Health and safety knowledge, including risk assessments and Event Management Plans
* Effective communication skills
* Confident using Microsoft Excel and Word
* Experience delivering VIP or premium consumer events
* Able to write and deliver staff briefings

Nice to have:
* Food hygiene and alcohol licensing knowledge
* Admin-heavy role experience
* First aid or plant licenses

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
* Highly organised and detail-focused
* Comfortable working under pressure
* Initiative-taking with strong ownership
* Solution-focused
* Calm, professional, and people-focused
* Logical and outcome-driven

What the role includes

Pre-event:
* Book goods, services and staffing sustainably
* Attend site visits
* Collaborate with main show production
* Produce and approve site plans
* Raise purchase orders via Salesforce
* Recruit staff where required
* Create schedules, itineraries, and briefing packs
* Coordinate logistics, builds and breakdowns
* Produce H&S and event documentation
* Track budgets and work with finance
* Monitor sales and staffing levels

On site:
* Manage staff and contractors
* Adapt quickly to changing conditions
* Mark out sites accurately
* Monitor suppliers and service levels
* Ensure Health and Safety compliance
* Deliver staff briefings
* Resolve customer issues

Post-event:
* Report on customer feedback and improvements

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: 11th January 2025. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

We will be closed over the Christmas period. All applications will be carefully reviewed when we return in the New Year. We appreciate your interest and wish you a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.

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