LN Venues, National Sustainability Coordinator

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! 

THE JOB

Live Nation is seeking a National Sustainability Coordinator to support with administrative, analytical, and resource development support across our U.S. amphitheater portfolio. Under the guidance of the Sustainability Operations Manager, this role supports multiple areas of the sustainability program and requires flexibility to work across different priorities as needs evolve. Key tasks include: updating and evolving training resources and presentation decks, monitoring data and performance across venues and summarizing insights, coordinating special projects across teams and departments, and conducting periodic venue site visits to support operations and identify areas of improvement. While a priority focus area for this role is to support and expand on activities related to material circularity targets (e.g., waste reduction, reuse, and efficiency) this role may also support other sustainability objectives.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

Resource Development:

• Coordinate venue resources including training toolkits/resources and orientation decks.

• Coordinate venue onboarding for new and returning personnel.

• Support the implementation of cross-department programming, such as partnerships with Food & Beverage, procurement, and analytics.

• Work with creative teams to update venue communications assets including signage, digital communications, and functional sustainability touchpoints.

• Maintain and update the Venue Sustainability SharePoint Hub, including resource updates, uploading meeting recordings/notes, and general upkeep.

• Maintain and organize the team’s internal SharePoint folder structure.

Data Reporting & Analysis Support:

• Monitor venue sustainability performance through internal dashboards, flagging gaps, identifying discrepancies, and discovering actionable insights in data.

• Support internal management by coordinating new data integrations, including the integration of traditional cross-department data into sustainability dashboards.

• Summarize venue analytics into clear and visual mid-season and post-season reports for leadership to understand areas for improvement.

• Monitor environmental mandates and legislation that may affect venue markets.

• Summarize fan, crew, and other survey data and responses from venues to identify trends and insights.

Venue Operational Support:

• Serve as the internal point of contact for team scheduling, notetaking, attendance reports, and action items/follow-ups during internal, leadership, and venue meetings.

• Help maintain and grow a centralized resource repository to help venues best-practice share.

• On occasion, step in to support venue crews during marquee or high-visibility venue productions.

Design, Innovation, and Storytelling

• Identify common portfolio challenges and opportunities for improvement by researching new best-in-class tools, processes, tracking mechanisms, and technologies.

• Help coordinate the successful implementation of new programming, innovation/technologies, and special projects.

• Assist in the implementation of high-visibility crew and artist engagements across multiple regions.

• Research and coordinate submissions to third-party recognition systems.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• At least 2 years in one of the following: operations/event coordination, event or campus sustainability/zero waste events.

• Demonstrated experience in at least one of the following: data and analytics, supply chain and waste systems, marketing and communications, built environment, energy systems and policy, NGO and community partnerships, climate resiliency.

• Comprehensive understanding of technical environmental concepts and their unique impacts on the live music and entertainment industry.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including the ability to analyze large datasets in Excel, and effectively communicate insights through visually engaging reports and presentations in Word and PowerPoint.

• Proficient in using SharePoint, Google Drive, Asana, Airtable, and Tableau for program management and organization, leveraging these tools to effectively manage multiple competing priorities.

• Strong time management and prioritization skills, with the ability to adjust to changing demands and determine when to work quickly or meticulously based on the project needs.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, demonstrating initiative and self-direction in completing tasks.

• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication styles to various stakeholders (peers, venue staff, leadership) to ensure clarity and collaboration.

• Creative systems thinker and problem solver.

• Acute sense of judgment, tact and diplomacy.

• A strong sense of teamwork and ability to execute programs.

• Ability to travel, including weekends.

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, 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 PRACTICES
The 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.

Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.