VP Marketing & Creative Solutions (Maternity Cover)

VP Marketing & Creative Solutions (Maternity Cover)

Company: Live Nation

Department: Marketing Partnerships

Location: Farringdon, London

Reports to: SVP, Marketing & Creative Solutions

Working Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Fixed term contract, one year maternity cover

Role Description

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 spirit and enjoy working in an environment that is diverse, challenging and gives you scope for professional and personal development please read on!

Live Nation UK’s Marketing Partnerships Division is looking for a highly resourceful team player to bring their passion for marketing and music culture to the fixed term contract position of VP, Marketing & Creative Solutions (one year maternity cover).

As VP, Marketing & Creative Solutions, you'll be tasked with developing strategic level brand pitches and new proposition ideas focusing on the fan experience. 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. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for leading and managing three direct reports (and a total team of five people).

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.

Who you are

Competencies / Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Demonstrable experience in brand marketing, advertising, media, digital or entertainment / sports marketing
• Experience writing sellable storytelling led marketing proposals
• Strong verbal / written communication and presentation skills to effectively articulate ideas internally and externally
• Knowledge of and passion for music and popular culture, marketing trends
• Understanding of digital and social media platforms
• Ability to effectively manage multiple deadlines at once
• Creative and strategic thinker
• Demonstratable managerial experience with the ability to direct and develop team members
• First class communicator (both written and verbal) - confident, friendly and professional, yet firm; able to build a rapport with all types of people
• Exceptional organisational skills, with a pro-active and thorough, eye for detail approach
• Flexible, fast learner
• High degree of self-initiative
• Proficiency in using PowerPoint, Excel, Keynote, and Word to develop presentations and budgets

What the role includes

Proposal & Proposition Development

• Hands on development of impactful strategic level marketing proposals that tell a compelling brand story and meet client objectives
• Leverage research assets to uncover insights, beliefs and behaviours of live music fans as pertaining to brand and proposition
• Lead collaborative work sessions to develop brand solutions and new proposition ideas leveraging Live Nation’s portfolio of assets in collaboration with Marketing Creative Solutions team members including strategist, research & insight experts and creatives
• Develop budgets within Live Nation and client parameters to support proposed proposition
• Collaborate with Media Services and Digital Product teams to drive scale and reach of proposed marketing programmes
• Develop visually pleasing proposals independently and in collaboration with Marketing & Creative Solutions design team
• Present and clearly articulate marketing proposals and proposition ideas to executive level clients and internal stakeholders
• Responsible for overseeing dept sales material development across Live Nation sellable assets
• Acquire a thorough working knowledge of Live Nation assets and capabilities, and identify their role in achieving brands business objectives

Line Management

• Lead and manage an existing, high performing Marketing & Creative Solutions team (three direct reports; total of five team members)
• Responsible for scheduling, prioritization and project management of multiple pitches including setting expectations, providing updates to key stakeholders and tracking project status
• Maintain work flow processes and drive high standard of excellence across the team

Client Communication

• Liaise with prospective clients alongside senior sales team members to acquire brand information pertinent to the proposal development process
• Where necessary, attend client meetings to present programme proposals, alongside senior sales team members

Equal Opportunities

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.