Regional Marketing Manager, Comedy

This is a Full Time Job

THE JOB

The Regional Marketing Manager, Comedy will be a critical part of the Live Nation Comedy marketing team, facilitating marketing efforts for the 2024 Netflix is a Joke (NIAJ) comedy festival. Reporting to the Director of Festival Marketing, Comedy and working closely with the Live Nation regional marketing team in Los Angeles, this 9-month temporary position begins in October 2023 and will be focused on executing marketing plans and tactics aimed at amplifying festival visibility and fostering fan engagement to drive ticket sales. This role will also be responsible for leveraging existing relationships with partners, vendors, and venues to maximize the reach and impact of the festival's marketing efforts.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Using a high level of organization and project management skills, oversee a high volume of assets from creation to revisions and resizing, to approvals and delivery
• Manage workflow and project assignments via internal tools and NIAJ external tools
• Oversee all source of truth documents as it pertains to festival and artist assets
• Work as primary lead with artist teams in conjunction with Directors and Bookers, ensuring that all show ticketing links have been communicated to artist/artist representatives
• Secure placements of local media buys (radio, TV, billboards, print, etc) and ensure assets are distribution
• Coordinate with regional marketing teams and venues to ensure the correct assets are received and kept up-to-date
• Execute sales promotions for all festival ticketed events
• Coordinating grassroot marketing efforts as needed
• Leverage the support of Live Nation's regional marketing team as it relates to the festival by disseminating information/updates, assigning tasks and following up as needed
• Schedule and participate in internal and NIAJ team marketing meetings as appropriate or requested
• Assist in summarizing all individual show budgets for artist/show settlement
• Act as the primary liaison with all festival venues
• Work with internal stakeholders to develop post festival marketing analytics and recap reports
• Manage one or more employees within the festival marketing team

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• 5-6 years marketing experience preferably in related field such as music, entertainment, or media; festival experience a plus
• Ability to manage projects, develop processes, and effectively collaborate across teams
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Self starter who works well in a team environment
• Proven track record of outstanding client relationships
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• Ability to adapt, communicate and manage processes in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to recognize and define problems, collect information, establish facts, and implement innovative solutions
• Creativity skills and problem-solving aptitude
• Strong computer skills including proficiency in MS Office and strong G-Suite knowledge
• Ability to learn and efficiently use project management software/tools
• Proven experience with digital asset management systems and workflows
• Live Nation's policy regarding vaccinations and masking will evolve based upon updated regulations and factors related to COVID-19. Currently, we strongly encourage employees to be fully vaccinated or have received a negative COVID test within [24] hours of entering an office.

BENEFITS & PERKS - Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
• HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network

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.

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