Creative Director

Reports to: SVP, Marketing & Creative Solutions

Working Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Who Are We?

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. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

We are a business where talent and enthusiasm thrive and are proud of the positive and inclusive culture we have nurtured – one where we all can play an active role. We take care of our own and give our people every opportunity to develop their careers and enjoy the benefits of working in a diverse business that operates in over 40 international markets.

Role Description

Live Nation UK’s Marketing Partnerships Division is looking for a Creative Director.

This role will help us develop breakthrough ideas and new platforms for prospective and existing strategic brand partners through the power of live music and Live Nation’s arsenal of assets across festivals, venues and touring. We’re looking for a passionate and inspiring strategic creative thinker and motivator who has a strong mix of creative and marketing acumen. You’ll bring high level thought leadership and storytelling skills that combine commercial goals and Live Nation assets with music culture to solve brand’s business challenges in collaboration with the Marketing & Creative Solutions team. Knowledge of current trends in music, culture and brand and experiential marketing is key.

The Team

Live Nation UK Marketing Partnerships architects, sells and manages the company’s national corporate sponsorship programmes with the world’s most recognizable brands. It’s an exciting, fast-paced team that collaborates with all facets of Live Nation’s business including festivals, venues, touring, ticketing, artists, content, media, promotions, and concert production. The Marketing & Creative Solutions team within Partnerships create innovative and engaging marketing platforms that are designed to solve client challenges through the powerful lens of live music culture.

What we can offer you

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave. The newly opened 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.

Who you are

• Strong creative vision with commercial/business acumen
• Proven success developing and successfully pitching impactful and effective new creative concepts with a focus on experiential
• Depth of experience across:
• Client facing presentations at a senior level – the ability to articulate what makes effective and impactful work and how it meets brand objectives
• Project management
• Track record of successfully delivering highly impactful creative on time and within budget
• Knowledge of and passion for music and popular culture, marketing trends
• Understanding of the creation of integrated campaigns across all marketing channels from digital, social media, paid media (secondarily, offline channels such as traditional print, OOH)
• Strong understanding of live events a plus

Behaviours

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

• Curious. Imaginative. Brave. Resilient.
• Thrives on collaboration and interaction within a high energy team and cross functionally across multiple departments
• Discerning yet respectful creative judge and advocate for effective, innovative work
• Inspirational leadership; can maximise the talent of the team
• A hands on do-er, not just a director
• Not afraid of taking risks and trying new things
• Ability to take on feedback positively and collaboratively
• Authoritative and able to gain consensus across cross functional teams to push ideas and initiatives forward in a motivating way
• Tenacious and resilient, with a sense of urgency; ability to prioritise and hit deadlines consistently, keeping projects on track
• Adaptable; ability to move between various brand categories with ease
• A highly motivated self-starter; a conscientious individual who takes pride in delivering work to the highest standard of excellence
• NOTE: Role may periodically require travel and weekend work within the UK during Summer months in particular

What the role includes

• Hands on creative direction and concepting for experiential, digital and traditional creative in the live music space. Focus on large scale multi event experiential concepts and new propositions that enhance the fan experience.
• Present and clearly articulate vision and strategy behind ideas to executive level clients and internal stakeholders
• Help launch new commercial initiatives that promote Live Nation as a forward-thinking strategic partner and marketplace leader year-round. The SVP Marketing & Creative Solutions will offer guidance and oversight in some cases, and partnership in others.
• Oversee an existing, high performing graphic design team; guiding, motivating and mentoring for growth
• Collaborate with Marketing & Creative Solutions team VP, Brand Strategy on brand/category role in music and comms plans, leveraging the live music fan journey and our proprietary research
• Stimulate creative energy and nurture the talent within the Marketing & Creative Solutions team to inspire effective and impactful new business work
• Curate creative best practices through the lens of live music and the Live Nation ecosystem for existing brand partnerships to drive growth
• Brief and work with external producers, production agencies and vendors, as needed
• Direct the production of creative outputs, within client goals, timelines and budgets, as needed

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.

The Company

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. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com

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