
Job Information
House of Blues LN Concerts, General Manager in Woodinville, Washington
Job Summary:
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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
Establish and maintain high standards of customer service for staff, customers and vendors
Identify and maximize revenue drivers while optimizing the overall guest and artist experience
Possess excellent working knowledge and oversight of Health & Safety and Security plans and protocols
Oversee Recruiting, training, scheduling, and motivation of a highly skilled and functioning team of full and part-time staff
Manage team to high standard through clear communication of goals and expectations
Create and maintain a positive venue culture with employees, guests, and visiting artists
Collaborate with venue ownership/partner on priorities and policies
Oversee interactions with all departments and divisions including Marketing, Premium Seat Sales, Food and Beverage, Ancillary Sales, Security, and Sponsorship teams to create innovative offerings that drive incremental revenue growth, fan and partner engagement, safety, and profitability
Manage overall expenses of concerts to maximize profits while protecting the guest, artist, and crew experience
Manage relationship with King County, State, and municipal governments, as well as local business and homeowner organizations
Oversee food and beverage and merchandise performance and strategies (point of sale ratio, variety, etc.)
Day to day management of all venue vendors/subcontractors – HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Landscaping, Cleaning, Security, Trash/Recycling
Work with legal department on contracts and insurance requirements for all outside contractors and vendors
Promote and establish venue rental events
Work closely with Live Nation promoters and Venue Nation Operations management and provide direction on standards and compliance to venue team
Coordinate and facilitate event set-up with Operations Manager and team
Perform and execute timely financial Flash Reports after events. Understanding and ability to perform event settlement functions
Create and update event and venue budget forecasts, including operational and production expenses and ancillary revenue streams.
Implement and comply with the company’s audit procedures
Ensure that employee performance is monitored and reviewed
Manage employee attendance records
This position typically supervises many exempt and non-exempt positions
Day to day management of all venue vendors/subcontractors – HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Landscaping, Cleaning, Security, Trash/Recycling
Responsible for meeting staffing levels and budget targets for each event
Ensures advance contact for each show with tour/event security directors. Fulfills tour security requirements
Available to work nights, weekends, and holidays. On site for events prior to load in and until load out
Any other reasonable duties as assigned by the executive management
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
Minimum 5 years experience as a general manager or operations manager in a hospitality related business
Ability to perform all job duties and responsibilities
Requires excellent communication skills, both verbally and written
Must have expertise in profitability analysis and budgeting
Exhibits strong problem-solving skills in long term and immediate situations
BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:
HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. 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.
Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation.
We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.
We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.
HIRING PRACTICESThe preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.
The expected compensation for this position is:
$82,000.00 USD - $104,000.00 USD
** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.