Event Manager

Job Description

Company: Cuffe and Taylor

Department: Operations

Location: Preston, London or remote (UK). Some travel required.

Reports to: Senior Event Manager

Working Hours: Working Hours: Full time, 09:00am – 17:00pm, 40 hours per week with extra weekend working throughout festival season onsite.

Contract Type: Fixed term contract, 12 months

Role Description

Cuffe & Taylor is one of the UK's top live music, theatre and event promoters. Established for more than 10 years and part of the Live Nation family, they present breath-taking tours, festivals and shows across the UK filling football stadiums, arenas, theatres and major historical sites.

Cuffe & Taylor's roster of artists is extensive and varied including Diana Ross, Lionel Richie, Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Lewis Capaldi, Sir Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Kylie, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Stereophonics, George Ezra, The Strokes, Sam Fender and Def Leppard. They also operate a hugely successful theatre touring department across the UK and internationally programming thousands of nights of entertainment ranging from live podcasts, screen-to-stage TV adaptations and musical theatre. In 2023 they were recipients of an Olivier Award, for Best Family Show, for their original production of 'Hey Duggee - The Live Theatre Show'.

The event manager will work within the operations team and be a key role in the planning and delivery of festivals, concerts and tours at Cuffe & Taylor. In this role, the successful candidate will be involved with all aspects of the event management including but not limited to procurement and budget management. Alongside, working with the finance, marketing, ticketing, promoting team to deliver a successful event.

For this role you should have exceptional organisational, communication and leadership skills. Having experience in the following roles: event management, project management; event co-ordination; production co-ordinator would be an advantage.

What it's like to work in the Team

Cuffe & Taylor is made up of a diverse group of individuals, but we all share the same passion for putting our employees first. We have a fun atmosphere within the team, which helps us maintain an open, approachable department, which can partner and build genuinely authentic and valuable relationships with our employees and leaders. We are committed to working as a team and so support each other to achieve wins as a team.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience
• Detailed project management / planning experience
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and tight deadlines
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office and Excel
• Extremely well organised and self-motivated
• Experience in budget management

Desirable
• Procurement management
• Event Management training
• SIA and Crowd Management training
• Experience with sustainability practices
• Experience in planning large scale events (5,000 people +)
• Experience in negotiation with suppliers
• Experience in liaison with local authorities
• Knowledge of live music industry and event management experience

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success
• Confidence to lead and manage
• Excellent communication skills
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills
• High level of integrity and discretion
• Flexibility
• Maturity and level-headedness
• Proactive approach to problem solving

What the role includes
• Delivery, planning and operational management of festivals, concerts and events
• Regular liaison with and progress reports to Senior Event Manager and Director of Operations via weekly meetings or any other means as appropriate
• Budget management of festivals and concerts
• Procurement, management and contracting of suppliers including but not limited to stages, structures, marquees, cabins, fencing, trakway, power, toilets, showers, catering, accommodation, Wi-Fi, CCTV, signage etc.
• Procurement management and contracting of site management, health and safety management, waste management, artist liaison, production management, traffic management, security and medical etc.
• Assisting with the preparation of site plans, specifications and the event management safety paperwork
• Strong liaison with statutory and non-statutory local agencies (e.g., police, fire, ambulance service, landowner, environmental health, licensing, building control, emergency planning, planning and Highways Agency where required) to include attendance at Safety Advisory Group meetings and meetings with agencies and regular updates
• Liaison with residents including management of the local resident information and ticket schemes
• Ensuring sustainability best practice through Green Nation
• Working with the promoting department to ensure the budgets are up to date and artist requirements are delivered
• Working with the marketing team to ensure the website customer information and graphical maps are correct and up to date
• Working with ticketing team throughout the ticketing process from set up to delivery
• Working with the finance team to maintain up to date budgets and to approve and submit invoices
• Working with the festival assistant on the management and response to customers
• Liaising with sponsors, sponsor activations, sponsorship teams and bars / traders (including boutique camping) and ensuring their requirements have been negotiated, booked and met
• Ad hoc tasks as required

Reality Check

While this is a great opportunity in an exciting industry this is not just a chance to see shows for free! The role is not your ordinary 9-5 and the industry is demanding with sometimes unsociable and long hours. The excitement and energy of the shows, tours and festivals we create comes from the hard work and dedication we commit to our work, and this role is no exception to this. So, get ready to bring your best to the role.

The Company

Cuffe and Taylor is part of Live Nation Entertainment which is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, LN Media and Artist Nation Management.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 6th JANUARY 2025. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

We are lucky enough to close during the Christmas period and will review your application when we return in the new year.

#CuffeandTaylor

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d2jbe5-3-144-43-7-42 in your application.