LN Concerts, Production Manager
About The Position
The New York City Production Department is seeking a Production Manager to oversee the execution, management, and administration of production operations for Live Nation-operated and third-party venues in the region, including amphitheaters, arenas, and stadiums. The role works with operations, talent management, and finance, and liaises with clients, event planners, performing talent, venues, technical and site vendors, labor unions, and other stakeholders to support successful front- and back-of-house event operations. The Production Manager will manage more than 75 shows annually, handle multiple projects in fast-paced and changing environments, and maintain quality through strong leadership and teamwork. Regional travel is required. The position spans event planning and execution, technical and site operations, budgeting, stakeholder coordination, and show settlement. The expected compensation is $112,000 to $140,000 USD, depending on factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of production management experience across varied venue types and event scales.
- Proven project management and planning expertise, with the ability to manage multiple events simultaneously.
- Strong leadership and decision-making skills, including under pressure and with limited information.
- Proficiency with Windows and Mac OS applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, and SharePoint.
- Exceptional organizational and written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and remain composed in fast-paced environments.
- Experience procuring vendors, such as staging, audio, lighting, and video vendors, and managing staff, services, and budgets.
- Flexible availability for nights, weekends, holidays, and regional travel as needed.
- Ability to communicate diplomatically with clients, vendors, and artist representatives.
- Adaptability to new technologies, workflows, and changing event environments.
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting live events, entertainment, music, production, hospitality, or another project-based industry.
- Familiarity with QuickBooks, PEX, DocuSign, Dropbox, and spreadsheet-based tracking tools.
- Experience with accounts payable, vendor onboarding, payroll coordination, contractor agreements, or expense reconciliation.
- Experience coordinating meetings, calendars, staffing details, and cross-functional project follow-up.
- Familiarity with event budgets, project codes, cost allocations, or post-event closeout processes.
- Comfort working collaboratively when priorities can change quickly.
Responsibilities
- Oversee on-stage, backstage, technical, and site planning for events.
- Advance and obtain technical information, including venue specifications, production needs, rider requirements, staging, and capacity changes.
- Develop and maintain production documents, including site drawings, on-sale layouts, timelines, schedules, and artist riders.
- Prioritize and complete show settlements.
- Produce events across venue types and sizes, from clubs and theaters to amphitheaters, arenas, and stadiums.
- Manage technical production elements, including stage, sound, video, lighting, backline, broadcast, and labor crews.
- Support site operations, including power, heavy equipment, traffic flow, crowd control, sanitation, permitting, and engineering.
- Track and assist with budget management for assigned responsibilities.
- Lead projects from planning through execution, including on-site presence from load-in to load-out.
- Communicate consistently with stakeholders and senior leadership through meetings, calls, and emails.
- Coordinate across departments and follow up on action items from internal and external meetings.
- Foster a positive, collaborative environment for planning teams.
- Contribute to event debriefs, including financial settlement notes and recommendations for future improvements.
- Perform additional duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental, and mental health benefits for employees and their families.
- Access to a health care concierge and Flexible Spending or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA).
- Free concert tickets.
- Paid time off, including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days.
- 401(k) program with company match.
- Stock reimbursement program.
- New-parent programs, including caregiver leave.
- Fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support.
- Career and skill development programs through School of Live.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Student loan repayment.
- Volunteer time off.
- Crowdfunding match.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
