Assistant to Head of Comedy

2 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom AEG Full time

AEG Presents are looking for an Assistant to Head of Comedy & Junior Promoter who'll be responsible supporting the Head of Comedy with all aspects of AEG's comedy, podcast and spoken word tour set up and promotion.


You'll deal with venues around the UK from small clubs to arenas to get date availability and up to date hire documents, including possible new theatres and helping to get them set up on our systems; build show budgets and routing tours and coordinate on-sale set and monitor all aspects until show completion.


You'll liaise between artist teams and AEG teams to get marketing assets sorted, ticket links sent to artists and general assistance making sure all parties are ready for on-sale; and you'll work closely with artists and their representatives throughout the lifecycle of a tour, maintaining good relationships with them.


This role includes attending shows wherever possible and meeting artists, agents and venue staff; and also scouting for new talent that the comedy department could potentially work with.


Finally, you'll lead AEG's Edinburgh Fringe productions - being in Edinburgh for the entirety of August and being the first port of call for clients, managing the street team and general show management; providing and promoting the highest level of customer service.

We're looking for someone with relevant experience promoting live comedy or entertainment who understands the Live entertainment industry.


With experience of preparing budgets and costings, you'll have strong organisational skills with the ability to manage a varied and busy workload.


You'll have a strong track record in building good working relationships across diverse business areas and functions and excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate confidently with a range of internal stakeholders across diverse business areas.

You'll want to raise the bar in this role. We encourage new ideas and innovation.

We'll give you a thorough induction where you'll get to meet other new employees and learn about our culture and values and what it's like to work at AEG.

We will give you all the training in our systems, policies and procedures so that you'll be set up for success.


Where:

You'll be based at our head office in Blackfriars, a short walk from Blackfriars rail station and Southwark Tube station on the Jubilee line.

We offer flexible start and end times and welcome flexible working conversations. You'll need to be available to work in Edinburgh for the month of August.

So why apply?
AEG is an inclusive organisation where we value everybody's contribution. We empower and trust our people to do the right thing. We go the extra mile, for our customers and each other, every time. We are always open to new ideas and respect all opinions. We support and bring out the best in each other. We really value our people and inspire them to be the best in class, always

Our benefits can be found here: AEG Benefits

Our commitment to inclusion
**We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. We believe in equality of opportunity for all and our approach to recruitment and selection is fair, open and based purely on merit. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. If you require reasonable adjustments in any recruitment process with us, please make us aware.

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