Senior Talent Buyer: Privée & MAINLINE

GigFinesse•Austin, TX

11d

About The Position

GigFinesse is hiring a Senior Talent Buyer to grow Privée and MAINLINE through artist relationships, programming, and deal execution. The role owns talent buying across both divisions, from interpreting client briefs and sourcing artists through negotiation, contracting, artist advancing, and final settlement. For Privée, the buyer advises private hosts, family offices, corporate planners, and luxury brands on talent suited to the occasion, audience, and service expectations. For MAINLINE, the buyer works with fraternity and sorority leaders, student organizations, university programming teams, and alumni stakeholders to book talent for formals, philanthropy events, homecoming concerts, and campus festivals. This is a hands-on position combining musical judgment and industry relationships with commercial judgment. The buyer recommends suitable acts, explains full costs, negotiates workable deals, and follows through on booking and event details. The role also supports the development of the roster, booking workflows, and operating practices as both businesses grow.

Requirements

At least 5 years of relevant experience in talent buying, agency booking, concert promotion, or a comparable role with direct responsibility for negotiating and closing artist engagements.
A demonstrated record of successful bookings, with clear examples of contribution to artist selection, negotiations, budgets, and execution.
Established working relationships with agents, managers, and artist representatives relevant to the company's clients.
Strong understanding of artist pricing, offers and holds, performance agreements, and technical and hospitality requirements.

Responsibilities

Turn client briefs into compelling, realistic talent options based on audience, budget, date, venue, and production needs.
Guide clients through artist selection and booking decisions with clear recommendations, accurate expectations, and timely communication.
Identify emerging artists and established acts suited to each business using industry knowledge, audience signals, and booking performance.
Build and maintain productive relationships with agents, managers, artists, and independent representatives.
Manage availability checks, holds, offers, negotiations, contracts, and booking deadlines.
Negotiate artist fees, payment schedules, riders, cancellation provisions, and exclusivity requirements; escalate nonstandard terms and material risks for review.
Develop routing opportunities and coordinated bookings across campuses, markets, and the broader GigFinesse network.
Build complete booking budgets covering artist fees, travel, accommodations, buyouts, and production requirements.
Structure bookings to meet client expectations and approved company margin targets.
Secure necessary approvals, document scope changes, and coordinate deposits, balances, and final cost reconciliation.
Work with client-facing colleagues to convert qualified inquiries into confirmed bookings and develop repeat business.
Lead artist advances with producers, venues, and vendors to confirm technical riders, hospitality, transportation, security, and show schedules.
Communicate contractual commitments and client expectations clearly to everyone responsible for delivery.
Provide on-site artist liaison coverage at key events and resolve changes calmly and professionally.
Handle confidential client, artist, and event information with discretion.
Keep contacts, rates, availability, offers, contracts, budgets, and booking status current in company systems.
Maintain reliable calendars and handoffs across simultaneous bookings.
Help improve the roster, booking workflows, and operating practices as Privée and MAINLINE grow.