Communications Manager, Touring and Festivals

Responsibilities

• Manage PR campaigns across the Live Nation UK portfolio, from intimate gigs to high-profile arena and stadium tours, outdoor shows and festivals, ensuring campaigns are aligned with wider strategic goals
• Line manage two communications executives in the team, overseeing campaigns, strategy, and budgets
• Oversee press announcements, interviews, and promotional opportunities including launch events and media trips, ensuring clear messaging and campaign focus
• Handle media accreditation and press at events, ensuring smooth execution and top-tier media experiences
• Lead on media partnerships on certain festivals and events, negotiating and executing contracts with agencies and media partners, overseeing media partner activity on site
• Recruit and manage PR agencies on certain festivals and events, overseeing strategy, media targeting, and feature ideas, in line with the wider business objectives around each event
• Maintain and develop a network of influential media contacts
• Collaborate with the Creator Partnerships Manager to deliver creator and influencer campaigns for shows as needed
• Monitor and analyse media coverage, providing insights and reports to internal teams
• Problem-solve and manage potential crisis communications with discretion and efficiency

Requirements

• Substantial experience in music, live events, or entertainment publicity
• Adept at handling talent, from emerging artists to global superstars, with confidence and professionalism
• Deep UK media network across key verticals with proven placement and storytelling success
• Experience managing or supervising people
• Highly organised with a meticulous eye for detail and the ability to manage a number of projects at one time
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with marketing, ticketing, artists teams and corporate stakeholders

Benefits

• Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave.
• The Farmiloe Building in Farringdon, London is a beautiful office to work in.
• Staff can enjoy use of arcade games in the basement games room, onsite gym equipment plus fitness and meditation classes.
• In addition to this, the office has a fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your favourite coffee as you walk into the office and offers heavily subsidised lunch options.
• We hold regular staff events in our atrium stage space including hosting speakers and open mic nights to showcase Live Nation employee talent.