Talent Manager - Music

Duties and Responsibilities

General

• Responsible for the management of service providers in the area: artists agencies, producers, managers and talent agencies for performances.

• Brief Suppliers, receive offers, negotiate and close deals according to budget.

• Set deadlines and weekly milestones to be checked with internal team and with suppliers/ third parties. 

• Coordinate crew and suppliers/ third parties. 

• Coordinate crew and suppliers' jobs during pre- production/ planning, production set up, event, dismantling. 

• Keep Constant communication with other section's leaders. 

• Provide final report and feedback. 

Music Content and Booking 

• Creation of line up according to each concept, divide among artists with different significance ( Headliners, support, locals) 

• Offer to artist's agencies, considering: Date/ slot + Artist value x festival ( or local) parameters x potential side shows + Announcement dates + Media deals for streaming and use of image + Logistic ( Landed/ no landed) + Production riders ( backline, light, video, special effects, fireworks) + Hospitality riders+ Payment schedule + Visa requirements.

Artist Media and Promotion

• Coordinate together with Marketing the communication plan related to line up announcements and each artist promotion.

• Interface between PR and artist: coordinate together with Marketing the requests from press related to interviews before and during the event. 

• Ensuring artists follow schedules with press at festivals. 

• Coordinate the special media deals together with Marketing. 

Performers

• Coordinate the hiring of performances, dances, choreographers, performance directors, according to Creative design.

• Admin/ Finance and Legal  for artist 

• Follow up on contracts considering the deals closed and the media agreements, when included in the offer. 

• Follow up payment plan, following with Finance the invoices, taxes payments, payment proof.

• Checking together with Legal, the requirements related to music rights. 

Education & Training 

• Bachelor's Degree

Knowledge and Experience 

• At least 10 years of relevant experience with booking talents

Skills & abilities 

• Strong connections with booking agencies and managers

• Strong knowledge with music industry and industry trends

• High organizational skills and strong attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and communication skills

• Ability to multitask and work in a high stress and noisy office environment

• Negotiation skills

• A cultured and sophisticated personality

• Creative, resourceful and connected with contemporary lifestyle

• Great team of smart people, in a friendly and open culture
• No waste of time in enterprise processes, real responsibilities and autonomy
• Expand your knowledge of various business industries
• Create content that will help our users on a daily basis
• Real responsibilities and challenges in a fast evolving company