LN Concerts, Concept Director

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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.

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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!

Direct the development of assigned venue concepts from ideation through execution while collaborating closely with and reporting to the Head of Concept Studio to ensure alignment with overall studio vision and standards.

This is a senior role within the Concept Studio requiring both creative and technical fluency. The Concept Director plays a key role in translating brand and experiential strategy into physical environments across global projects while helping maintain and improve the highest creative standards across the Concept Studio and Blueprint Studio’s pipeline.

• Direct development of venue concepts from narrative through spatial expression (look and feel) and detailed concept books, including specifications (finishes, FF&E, decorative ligting, Art & Styling, etc)
• Translate concepts into built environments
• Develop briefs, mood boards, material palettes, and design intent packages
• Present concepts clearly to teams and stakeholders
• Maintain design clarity across project phases
• Hire and direct design consultants for new concepts and during development phases when required
• Understand the difference between rollout concepts and bespoke concepts, and maximize efficiency for both while preserving the ultimate look & feel and design intent

• Participate in projects from concept through opening
• Direct, review, and redmark drawings and shop drawings when necessary
• Ensure execution aligns with design intent (safeguard the concept)
• Identify risks and proactively propose solutions
• Support live projects when direction requires clarification

• Collaborate with architecture and design teams
• Provide specification input and sourcing recommendations
• Support technical problem solving
• Balance design ambition with feasibility, cost constraints and durability

• Direct or support FF&E sourcing, specifications and schedules
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of materials and fabrication methods
• Source custom solutions and maintain vendor relationships as resources to other teams
• Work cross-functionally with design management and procurement teams with Blueprint studio team, Live Nation stakeholders and design consultants

• Direct projects while remaining aligned with studio leadership (organize progress reviews with Head of Concept Studio)
• Operate with ownership and initiative
• Anticipate needs and initiate solutions proactively
• Contribute to studio standards and best practices
• Improve workflows and creative processes

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Architecture, or related discipline; advanced degree a plus
• 10 to 12+ years of experience in hospitality, retail, entertainment, experiential, or branded environments
• Proven experience leading concepts from ideation through execution and opening phases
• Strong understanding of drawing sets and shop drawings
• Ability to redmark drawings, design decks, and communicate design intent clearly to design and technical teams
• Experience collaborating with architects, consultants, vendors, and internal stakeholders
• Ability to translate…