Entertainment Consultant

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment•New York, NY

17h•Onsite

About The Position

Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment creates bold, authentic, and unforgettable experiences that redefine sports, entertainment, and hospitality, The Brooklyn Way. As the parent company of marquee properties including the Brooklyn Nets, NY Liberty and Barclays Center, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment operates at the intersection of live entertainment, premium hospitality, and community engagement. As it expands its existing portfolio, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment now includes a media portfolio including BK Mag, as well as Brooklyn Wine Club, and a hospitality business developing several location-based entertainment properties. Whether on the court, on stage, or in the workplace, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment is driven by a pursuit of excellence—constantly evolving, innovating, and pushing boundaries to elevate its business and expand its fan base. The company is deeply committed to fostering a culture of belonging and inclusion, both internally and across its communities, ensuring that every interaction reflects its values of growth mindset, integrity, accountability and care. We are guided by our core values: Integrity: Be intellectually honest at all times. Demonstrate the highest professional and ethical standards. Care: Care for everything and everyone around us. Practice empathy, respect, and inclusion to promote an environment of excellence and success. Growth Mindset: Develop ourselves and those around us. Experiment, learn, and improve from everything we do. Accountability: Deliver on our word, take responsibility for our actions, and work in the interest of our team. SUMMARY This consultant will help define, develop, and operationalize the live entertainment experience for a new hospitality-integrated venue concept. This role will shape the entertainment programming and talent strategy, while ensuring creative decisions are executable within the realities of venue operations. This is a 6-month contract. Working in close partnership with leadership, the GM, venue operations, technical production, hospitality, and ticketing, the consultant will contribute from pre-opening through launch and provide ongoing advisory support to ensure long-term quality, continuity, and evolution of the live experience. This role blends hands-on creative execution with strategic advisory input, with scope and ownership defined collaboratively.

Requirements

Experience in immersive theater, cabaret, magic, spectacle, or other nontraditional talent-dependent live entertainment formats
Experience in hospitality-integrated entertainment concepts where guest flow, timing, atmosphere, and service are tightly linked to the show experience
Experience with casting, talent sourcing, audition processes, and roster planning
Experience supporting or leading rehearsal processes, show development, and performance quality control
Experience maintaining a live show post-opening, including cast changes, schedule management, and operational continuity
Familiarity with balancing creative priorities against budget, labor, and operational constraints
A highly organized and flexible creative operator who can translate artistic vision into a repeatable, high-quality live guest experience
Comfortable working across both creative and operational teams, with the ability to align stakeholders around a shared execution plan.
Strong networker and communicator with the ability to manage talent, creative collaborators, and cross-functional partners with professionalism and clarity.
Detail-oriented, solutions-oriented, and capable of maintaining quality control in a fast-paced, live operating environment.
Able to think strategically about guest experience while also managing the practical realities of financials, staffing, scheduling, and execution.

Responsibilities

Identify photo opportunities in the venue; concept and design props and work with builder(s) to execute
Shape and finalize entertainment programming across all entertainment spaces throughout venue including main bar stage(s) and theaters
Identify, recruit, audition and hire talent needed; lead all outreach, casting and hiring processes
Coordinate with the GM / other teams on guest flow, theater queuing and timing considerations
Inform the Show team structure, including key hires, freelance support, and role responsibilities
Participate in hiring the Show team (Company Manager, Tech Director, Stage Manager, etc.)
Help define the overall entertainment concept, show format, and guest experience with leadership
Consult with the theater builder for any theater, stage and show specifications
Consult with the interior designer and architect for any roving program needs and guest wayfinding
Coordinate with hospitality / F&B to create offerings and establish venue hospitality standards and best practices