Local Booking Lead, Newcastle

3 weeks ago

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia Sofar Sounds Full time

LOCAL BOOKING LEAD | Newcastle (Casual)

We're Sofar Sounds, your global music community. We bring people together in unexpected spaces in over 400 cities around the world. We're artists, music lovers, and organizers. We're a company of musicians for musicians. We create, perform, listen and work to make intimate live music experiences that connect us all. Every show is focused on the artist.

OUR MISSION

We create space where music matters. There is no other feeling in the world like discovering and experiencing new music and artists. In any Sofar room, when the audience has hushed and that first note is played - it's magical.

THE ROLE

As part of Sofar's Innovation work, for three months, we are piloting a role called Local Booker (Casual) where you'll support Sofar's host and artist community.

The purpose of this role is to encourage local connections with our host and artist community. Your primary focus will be finding and securing venues and hosts in your city. To support your local artists, you'll work with the Regional team to manage on-the-ground and day-of-show logistics to ensure that artists have a successful performance and magical experience, scout new talent in your local community, and book these artists as part of diverse, compelling lineups that surprise and delight our guests.

Role Description

Source and secure venues and hosts in your city
Conduct regular venue site visits
Act as main point of contact for on-the-ground artist logistics including advancing shows, responding to artist requests, managing artist guest lists, and communicating artists needs to production, crew, hosts, and regional operations team
Work with regional Artist Development team to curate compelling lineups
Extend offers to local artists and and manage communications regarding artist scheduling and booking
Update and maintain artist records, overseeing artist profile updates and ensuring that we have accurate information for all talent
Review incoming artist applications and discover emerging talent
Keep your finger on the pulse of the local music scene, scouting new acts and building relationships to ensure that we have an extensive roster of diverse, high-quality artists

We're looking for existing Sofar Crew who bring the following to the pilot:

You've got a track record of work supporting and booking venues and artists, with 2+ years of experience in a similar role
You have an eye for a great space that could host a Sofar show
You have a driving passion to support local musicians and to bring people together
You're comfortable working autonomously, making your own decisions while also collaborating and communicating with a diverse, distributed cross-functional team.
In-the-know/connected to the local scene in your own city and across your region
You have a sincere and empathetic approach to leadership and develop a self-motivated culture of honesty, inclusivity and accountability
You are organized, detail oriented & work well with deadlines
You are able to work flexible working hours
You're creative in finding ways to bring the local hosts and community together

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

We are proud to have a global workforce and strive towards having a diverse workplace. We have an Equity Council, Employee Resource Groups and ongoing learning and development in this area - DEI is important to us and our culture.

COMPENSATION, PAY EQUITY & BENEFITS

Our people and global communities are precious - we aim to treat them as such. At Sofar we feel strongly about the compensation and benefits that we provide across the board so that no matter your skill set or experience you're paid fairly according to market rate.

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

We invest in your learning and development and strive to create a learning culture through formal and informal workshops and training.

HIRING JOURNEY

We'll work with you closely to support you throughout the hiring process. If your CV/ resume shows that your skills and experience have synergy with the job description, then we'll hop on a call to say "Hello" and to start getting to know one another. If it's not the right opportunity this time, we'll always let you know.

Typically our hiring process takes a maximum of 4 weeks end to end. You'll be guided through the process by our Talent team and an interview panel of lovely humans who will give you support and feedback throughout - we'll do our very best to create an interview environment that brings out the best in you and sets you up for success.

If this sounds like you, we can't wait to meet you - come on in.

Sofar Sounds focuses on Music, Communities, Product Design, Events, and Technology. Their company has offices in New York, Boston, and London. They have a mid-size team that's between employees. To date, Sofar Sounds has raised $38.1M of funding; their latest round was closed on May 2019.

You can view their website at or find them on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

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