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Live Nation LN Concerts, Production Manager - Archer Music Hall in Allentown, Pennsylvania
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 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 .
Live Nation’s Concerts Division is where tours are born, artists come to life, and fans get to experience the rush of live music. From our dozens of owned/operated Amphitheaters to our Global Touring team, from Ticketing and Venue Operations to Marketing and Sales... we foster a fun and upbeat work culture with no shortage of opportunities. With perks ranging from free concert tickets to dog-friendly offices, to progressive benefits like student loan reimbursement and adoption/fertility support... it’s no wonder we are certified as a Great Place to Work organization and one of People Magazine’s “50 Companies that Care”. We want everyone to feel like they belong and can thrive in our community, so we strive to help you achieve your career and personal goals. Live music is our passion and where we find our common ground. There has never been a better time to join Live Nation.
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 Manager is responsible for all of the on-stage, backstage and other technical details of concerts and events. Includes advancing and obtaining presale technical information, including production needs, rider requirements, staging and capacity changes.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
Ensure positive and creative environment for management team
Assist in maintaining department manuals and training materials for all production positions
Develop and maintain department manuals and training materials for all production positions
Assist and support production department personnel with job functions as needed
Assist in creating budgetary requirements and tracking the financial aspects of department
Create and maintain daily band cost spreadsheet
Ensure all procedures are cost effective
Creates daily and weekly show schedule
Assist in scheduling appropriate number of staff while maintaining labor costs within the assigned budgetary guidelines
Maintain regular communications with Venue and Corporate Management
Facilitate proper interdepartmental communication and organization
Assist in Managing stage, sound, and lighting crews
Coordinate operational feedback with Talent Buyer
Advance technical details for shows/events
Assist with the maintenance of audio, lighting, backline and video systems advising on repairs when needed
Advance food and beverage/hospitality requirements
Ensure information is distributed to Operations Managers in a timely basis
Responsible for safe and consistent operation of all equipment
Advise on design and purchase of stage and site audio/lighting systems (patio, restaurant, etc.)
Maintain “past show” files
Maintain accurate vendor records, following Purchase Ordering Systems
Responsible for documenting and delivering disciplinary actions to production crew
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
Required:
Flexible Schedule (days/nights, late hours, weekends, and holidays)
Experience in stage lighting, pro audio systems and basic video systems
Strong people skills with an emphasis on competent and diplomatic communication with tour/production manager representatives
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Ability to make clear concise decisions, sometimes with limited information
Computer literate in Windows applications
Must possess superior interpersonal communication and organizational skills
High School Diploma
Tolerance of all cultures, music and art forms
Preferred:
Minimum 3 years prior production management in an entertainment venue, tour management, or stage management
Some College or College Degree in related field
Behavioral Based Interviewing Skills
Cash handling experience
Experience in a live music environment
Experience working with Collective Bargaining Agreements and union stagehands
Physical Demands/Working Environment:
Working environment is fast-paced and often loud and stressful
Position requires extended periods of prolonged standing, lifting, bending, reaching, and working on your feet
Must be able to lift or move up to 75 lbs using proper lifting techniques
Tolerance of loud noise level in working environment
Able to wear a radio earpiece during the scheduled shift
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
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, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.
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, 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.
**Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act and Equal Pay Transparency Rules. It is estimated based on what a successful Colorado applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in Colorado or perform the position from Colorado. Similar positions located outside of Colorado will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Live Nation takes into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the CO EPEWA, a potential new employee’s salary history will not be used in compensation decisions.