Director, Marketing & Creative Solutions EMEA

Company: Live Nation

Department: Marketing Partnerships

Location: Farringdon, London

Reports to: Head of UK Marketing & Creative Solutions

Working Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

You are a passionate and highly motivated individual looking to work in a fast paced and creative environment where your talent can thrive. You will embrace the opportunity to work in an award-winning team that consistently delivers excellence whilst continuing to innovate and grow. If you have an entrepreneurial spirt and enjoy working in an environment that is diverse, challenging and gives you scope for professional and personal development please read on!

As Director, Marketing & Creative Solutions, EMEA, you'll be tasked with developing and coordinating brand pitches with a multi-market, pan-European focus. You will use your strong knowledge of popular culture and consumer trends, proven marketing acumen and creative storytelling techniques to communicate a narrative that will compel brands to partner with Live Nation across multiple markets. You will work closely with the SVP and Head of Marketing & Creative Solutions, and SVP & Head of International / EMEA Media & Sponsorship.

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Demonstrable experience in brand marketing, advertising, media, digital or entertainment / sports marketing
• EMEA and / or UK market experience
• Experience writing sellable storytelling led marketing proposals
• Creative and strategic thinker
• Strong verbal / written communication and presentation skills to effectively articulate ideas internally and externally
• Ability to effectively manage multiple deadlines at once
• Extremely resourceful, team player
• Flexible, fast learner
• High degree of self-initiative
• Proficiency in using PowerPoint, Excel, Keynote, and Word to develop presentations and budgets
• Conversant in music culture / popular culture
• Additional language proficiency beyond English, a plus

Behaviours

The following attributes determine how the role will be carried out and are required to be a success

• Exceptional organisational skills, with a pro-active / self-starter attitude
• First class communicator (both written and verbal) - confident, friendly and professional, yet firm; able to build a rapport with all types of people across different markets
• Able to prioritise and hit deadlines consistently, keeping projects on track and pushing them continuously forward
• A highly motivated, tenacious and conscientious individual who takes pride in delivering work to the highest standard and encourages this approach across internal teams
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Flexible with a positive 'can do’ approach
• Innovative thinker with proven problem solving skills
• Extremely resourceful, team player
• Ability to keep cool under stress / thrive on challenges
• An eye for detail
• NOTE: Role may periodically require travel across Europe.

Proposal Development

• Lead ideation and collaborative work sessions to develop brand solutions leveraging Live Nation’s portfolio of assets (focus on multi-market EMEA)
• Develop impactful marketing proposals that tell a compelling brand story and strategically meet client objectives
• Leverage research assets to uncover insights, beliefs and behaviours of live music fans as pertaining to brand and proposition
• Collaborate with International Media Services and Digital Product teams to drive scale and reach of proposed marketing programmes
• Develop budgets within Live Nation and client parameters to support proposed proposition
• Acquire a thorough working knowledge of Live Nation EMEA assets and capabilities, and identify their role in achieving brands business objectives
• Brief and develop visually pleasing proposals leveraging Live Nation tools / templates and image archives in collaboration with a Jr Designer

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 12th JANUARY 2025. We reserve the right to close applications at any time.

We are lucky enough to have a break during the Christmas period and will review your application when we return in the new year.