Live Nation Entertainment

Insomniac - Ticketing Manager

Live Nation Entertainment$75K — $90K *
Hospitality & Recreation
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Advanced knowledge of ticketing industry platforms such as Front Gate Tickets, Ticketmaster, or similar
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, including complex data manipulation tools
  • 3+ years of experience in large-scale festival production and operations
  • Strong customer service experience in ticketed events
  • Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills
  • Ability to multitask and adapt to last-minute changes
  • Four-year college degree preferred; high school diploma required
  • Motivated with a positive attitude and proactive problem-solving skills

Responsibilities

  • Build and maintain ticketing pages for all assigned events, including layaway plans
  • Partner with promoters to identify additional revenue opportunities
  • Provide daily ticket counts and buyer reports, maintaining internal tracking programs
  • Process comp orders for sponsors and community partners as needed
  • Manage on-site box office operations, including staff hiring and setup
  • Create and manage operational budgets, communicating changes to the producer team
  • Ensure compliance with company policies to protect cash and credentials

Benefits

  • Remote work opportunity with required travel to site locations
  • Flexible schedule requiring evenings and weekends during events
  • Opportunity to work in dynamic environments during festivals
  • Chance to be part of a leading entertainment company
  • Engagement with diverse teams and industry partners
Full Job Description
Job Summary:

THE ROLE

We are seeking a Ticketing Manager to oversee ticketing operations, ensuring the facilitation between the service center, marketing, group sales, sponsorship, and other divisions of Insomniac, partners, rental facilities, and vendors/clients. This position reports to the Ticketing Director and the Event Producer for box office operations.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Build and maintain ticketing pages from conception through to settlement for all assigned events, including layaway plans and second/third party allocations, as applicable
  • Partner with promoters to proactively suggest additional revenue-driving opportunities, where appropriate
  • Supply daily ticket counts, buyer reports, and upkeep information on internal tracking programs
  • Process comp orders for community partners, sponsors, and other key groups as necessary
  • Submit design tickets and purchase ticket inventory including wristbands, ancillary add-ons
  • Manage on-site box office operations including advancing all necessary assets from internal and external groups, hiring and managing staff, setting up and tearing down in all weather conditions
  • Create and adhere to operational budgets, forecast for all expenses and communicate changes in budget needs to producer team
  • Ensure compliance to all Company policies and procedures in order to adhere to all audit programs, and ensure cash and credentials are protected from loss at all time
  • Other duties as assigned
  • Frequent travel will be required (economy)

QUALIFICATIONS
  • Advanced knowledge of ticketing industry and platforms including Front Gate Tickets or similar (Ticketmaster, TicketWeb, Universe, Eventbrite)
  • Advanced level of Microsoft Excel knowledge including experience with medium-complexity formulas (nested VLOOKUPs, COUNTIFs etc.), PivotTables, and other data manipulation tools to create custom reports and extract necessary information from large datasets
  • 3+ years' experience in large-scale festival production and operations
  • Customer service experience in large-scale ticketed events
  • Excellent organization, communication, and leadership skills
  • Ability to multitask and handle last-minute changes with a calm demeanor
  • Four-year college degree preferred; high school diploma or equivalent required
  • Must be motivated with an "everything is possible" attitude
  • Must be an active problem solver, instilled with a sense of urgency for projects large and small
  • This role is remote and is required to be on various site locations


WORK ENVIRONMENT
  • Must be able to tolerate loud noise levels & busy environments
  • Must be able to lift 50lbs (chairs, tables, etc.)
  • May work in drastic temperature climates
  • Must be willing to travel to work during holidays, evening and weekend hours, as required, to meet deadlines


Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization, which does not require sponsorship by Insomniac for a visa.

Salary Pay Range: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 USD

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Insomniac recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Insomniac may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

Please note that the compensation information provided is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the California Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements Law. It is estimated based on what a successful California applicant might be paid. It assumes that the successful candidate will be in California or perform the position from California. Similar positions located outside of California will not necessarily receive the same compensation. Insomniac takes into consideration a candidate's education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. In compliance with the California Law, a potential new employee's salary history will not be used in compensation decisions. If this position is not based in California, the compensation range will vary.

Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.

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Size
10,200 employees
Market Cap
$16 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.7 billion
Founded
2005
5 Year Trend
-5.6%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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