Production Director, LATAM
Live Nation Entertainment
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Miami • California, Florida, Texas • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $120,000 - $150,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Provide strategic direction and leadership to production teams, freelancers, and venue partners across multiple simultaneous projects
- Lead and mentor production staff, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Serve as a key liaison between internal stakeholders and clients to ensure alignment on production goals and deliverables
- Responsible for all on-stage, backstage, and other technical and site planning details of events
- Leverage deep knowledge of venue operations, union and labor protocols, technical systems, and safety standards to make informed decisions and mitigate risks
- Include advancing and obtaining technical information, including venue details, production needs, rider requirements, staging and event capacity changes
- Develop and maintain relative documents including production and site drawings, on-sale layouts, timelines, schedules and artist technical riders
- Ensure all production elements are executed on time, on budget, and to the highest quality standards
- Advance technical and site planning details for assigned shows/events
- Maintain regular communications with all stakeholders
- Manage technical production (i.e. stage, sound, video, lighting, backline, broadcast, labor crews)
- Manage site operations (i.e. power, heavy equipment, traffic management, crowd control measures, sanitation, permitting and engineering)
- Assist with budget management and tracking of assigned responsibilities
- Oversee multiple projects from start to finish, including presence on-site from load in
- Maintain oversight of show quality and technical precision across all deliverables
- Ensure positive and creative environment for planning teams
- Proactively identify and resolve production risks or issues before they impact show timelines or client satisfaction
- Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, and labor regulations
- Facilitate proper interdepartmental communication and organization
- Follow up on all action points from internal and external meetings
- Produce event debrief documents including settlement notes for finance and suggested notes for the following year
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience in the live music business and working with live events
- Must be fully bilingual in English and Spanish
- Proficient and detailed project management / planning experience
- Exceptional organizational and administrative skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Experience with the procurement of vendors (staging, audio, lighting, video…etc) and managing staff, services, and budgets
- Working under pressure and ability to make clear concise decisions, sometimes with limited information
- Ability to work on and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Flexible work and travel schedule (days/nights, late hours, weekends, and holidays)
- Strong people skills with an emphasis on competent and diplomatic communication with client, vendor and artist representatives
- Ability to learn and adapt to new technology, information, resources and environments
- Tolerance of loud noise level in working environment
- Desirable : Proficiency in planning large scale events (5,000 people +)
- Experience in stage management / show running
- Proficiency in site planning and coordination
- Negotiation and liaising with agencies
- Event management training
- Health and safety/crowd management training
- Excellent communication, collaboration and analytical skills
- Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy
- Exceptional organizational and administrative skills
- Anticipatory and proactive approach to problem solving
Benefits
- Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family
- Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
- 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
- New parent programs including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
- Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
- Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementstage managementsite planningevent managementbudget managementtechnical productionvendor procurementrisk mitigationtechnical systems knowledgesafety standards compliance
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsproblem solvingdecision makingadaptabilityattention to detailtime managementinterpersonal skills
Certifications
event management traininghealth and safety trainingcrowd management training