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. Neste Live!, A Live Nation Company, provides talent buying, corporate sponsorships, event marketing, and event production services in the festival, fair, corporate, and venue marketplaces. Neste Live!’s emphasis on customer service and their commitment to producing first-class experiences has established them as one of the top talent buying, event production, and event sponsorship companies in North America. 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! THE JOB The Talent Buyer Assistant for Neste Live! will be responsible for assisting with the coordination of all activities within the department. We are seeking a highly organized individual with dynamic interpersonal skills, who will assist our Talent Buyer with booking acts and managing relationships in the live events industry. Confidentiality is very critical to this role. WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO + Directly assist Talent Buyer with day-to-day activities, including interfacing with agencies, management teams, and artist representatives, as assigned. + Assist with creating Artist Offers using proprietary software. + Request Artist availability and pricing for events. + Review & Edit Artist contracts, as directed, and track status of contracts throughout contract life cycle. + Track all Client contracts and payments. + Facilitate approvals of artist artwork and marketing assts for event announces & on-sales. + Create invoices, Day-Of-Show schedules, settlement sheets, and other supporting documents. + Coordinate Certificates of Insurance verification with vendors for all events. + Compile and maintain online and physical event show folders. + Correspond with all show personnel to ensure all event details are finalized in advance. + Schedule & coordinate meetings, conferences and appointments. + Maintain and update calendar of events. + Make travel arrangements and handle expense report processing, if necessary + Update logs and master pricing sheet, as directed + Conduct research for potential new clients, market analysis, etc. + Other duties as assigned. WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING + Motivated self-starter with a positive, team-oriented attitude. + Excellent verbal and written communication skills. + Detail-oriented and strong organization skills a must. + Proficient in Microsoft Office, as well as Mac iOS + Quick familiarization with all primary business contacts (both internal and external). + Proficient ability to detect errors and inconsistencies. + Must foster and provide a healthy work environment and adapt to an entertainment culture. + Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. + Desire to attend industry showcases and networking events. + Minimum of 2 years of work experience in an office setting, music industry or related field preferred. + Bachelor’s degree, preferred. 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 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.