Production Director LATAM
Live Nation · Miguel Hidalgo · MXN 10,000/month (stated in the posting)
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’s Latin America Concerts business is looking for a Production Director who will be responsible for supporting all aspects of production for LATAM concerts and tours across our region.
In this role, the Director will have the opportunity to manage and support various events throughout the year, creating new ways to address unique challenges and collaborating directly with internal and external stakeholders through the process. The ideal candidate will have the ability to handle multiple projects and adapt to fast-paced changing environments while maintaining quality and exemplary leadership and teamwork.
The Production Director is a senior role responsible for overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of high-impact productions across diverse venues and client types. This individual plays a critical role in driving operational excellence, fostering client relationships, and ensuring creative and technical standards are met at every stage of production.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
- 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.
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
- 5+ years’ experience in the live music business and working with live events
- Must be fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Proficiency in Portuguese a plus.
- 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 all cultures, music and art forms
- 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/COMPENSATION
Compensation and benefits for this role will be determined based on the employee’s location and aligned with local market practices and Brazilian labor regulations. Details will be provided during the offer process. This role may be eligible for bonus subject to plan terms and local eligibility.
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.