Comedy Assistant

Job Description

Company: Live Nation

Department: Comedy

Location: Farringdon, London

Reports to: President European Comedy Touring

Working Hours: 40 hours per week with flexibility to work additional hours as required by the business

Job Type: Permanent

Role Description

The Promoting department is responsible for Promoting thousands of shows throughout the UK every year and works closely with our colleagues in Europe, America and Australia to tour headline acts worldwide. Our comedy department is looking for a hard-working individual to assist the department with administrative duties on all aspects of this incredibly busy and fast-moving business.

The comedy team at Live Nation have launched a management service so you could have the opportunity to gain aditional exposure and experience to this side of the business as it develops.

What it's like to work in the Team

We have a varied skillset within our team, but we all share the same passion for comedy. We encourage a fun atmosphere and pride ourselves on being a department where you can grow your potential according to your individual strengths. The comedy team are known for their exciting output of shows, from upcoming acts at Edinburgh Festival Fringe to comedy greats such as Dave Chappelle and Katherine Ryan at the Hammersmith Apollo, right up to arena tours with favourites such as Ricky Gervais and Micky Flanagan. We are committed to working as a team and so support each other to achieve wins as a team, across all levels.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The newly opened Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in. Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes. In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options. We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
• Knowledge of venue/general touring industry and a keen interest in comedy would be advantageous
• Proven admin or assistant experience
• Ability to work spreadsheets and databases – good working knowledge of MS Office
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in a fast-paced environment
• Good level of numeracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated team player
• Flexible approach
• Ability to lead from the front showing best practice across all disciplines

What the role includes
• Processing and filing contracts
• Submitting expenses
• Preparing immigration/work permit applications in timely fashion
• Arranging and attending meetings and taking minutes where required
• Preparing and sending regular sales reports
• PRS submissions for tour shows
• Raising invoices and chasing payments
• Answering and directing phone calls
• Collecting avails and logging accurately in Excel spreadsheets
• Liaising with European offices for avails, tour planning and logistics
• Assisting in the co-ordinating of marketing materials
• Booking travel, hotels etc. and diary coordination
• Dealing with all incoming queries from internal departments (accounts, ticketing, marketing etc) and external contacts (agents, venues, PR etc)
• General office duties and remote assistance with Zoom meetings
• Providing general support to the Comedy Promotions team where required
• On occasion you will be required to attend shows in evenings and on weekends

The Company

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Wednesday 4th December 2024. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dy6be3-13-58-215-45-42 in your application.