LN Concerts, Production Director

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.

Diversified Production Services (DPS) is a global leader in live production and broadcast, delivering world-class experiences for some of the most high-profile events in entertainment, music, sports, and culture under the Live Nation Entertainment umbrella. Our team has produced large-scale events including the iHeartRadio Music Festival, the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour, the Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, Super Bowl halftime shows, and international fan festivals, as well as prestigious galas such as the Michael J. Fox Foundation Gala and LOVE Rocks NYC benefitting God’s Love We Deliver. From live network broadcasts to marquee corporate and special events, DPS brings together creativity, precision, and technical expertise to execute unforgettable moments on some of the biggest stages around the world.

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

The production department steers the execution, management and administration of production operation details on all 50+ events a year. In tandem with operations, talent management, and finance, the department plays a direct role in liaising with clients, event planners, performing talent, venues, technical and site vendors, labor unions and other key planning agencies to ensure success for all events both front and back of house.

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. Reporting directly to the Senior Director of Production, 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 (Creative, Technical, Operations) and clients to ensure alignment on production goals and deliverables.
• Act as a senior point of contact for high-level clients, balancing creative vision with logistical feasibility and budget constraints.
• 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).