Assistant, Music (Festivals)
About The Position
Wasserman Music is a leading global agency representing prominent artists across all genres for live performance, touring, brand partnerships, and beyond. We are long-term career development strategists who work with artists to expand their reach and deepen their impact with audiences around the world. Wasserman Music is part of Wasserman. Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music and entertainment, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman's presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Nashville, Chicago, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Toronto, Paris and Sydney. For more information, please visit www.teamwass.com. The festival department focuses on selling all Wasserman Music acts to fairs, festivals, city events, concert series and soft-ticket public events around the world. We do so by building relationships with talent buyers globally and working with Wasserman artist teams to help curate multi-act events of every size across every musical genre. This role is ideal for someone looking to build a long-term career in festival booking, live events, or talent representation, and who is eager to build upon their understanding of the festival business from the inside out. SUMMARY DESCRIPTION An Assistant is responsible for performing a variety of administrative tasks to provide support to the agent in client and internal matters.
Responsibilities
- Maintain accuracy of deal memos in booking system.
- Assist in building and tracking festival grids.
- Enter offers and related show details into the booking system.
- Liaise with relevant teams to complete fest-related administration.
- Issue contracts for confirmed performances.
- Track unreturned contracts.
- Flag/review/address contract markups.
- Organize information and assets for festival announces and on sales.
- Create and send invoices for show-related payments (deposits, balances, etc).
- Track unpaid deposits and balances; liaise with accounting team to ensure funds are received and allocated on time.
- Set and confirm meetings; maintain agent calendar
- Manage inbound phone calls on behalf of agent.
- Book agent business travel as necessary.
- Submit agent expense reports.
- Support festival guest list requests.
- Track festival artwork approvals.
- Take on additional tasks and responsibilities as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
