This vacancy was posted on 16/11/09 Our organisation has been touring the world's leading orchestras and developing creative projects for over twenty years.
Our desire to create innovative and meaningful projects for our partners, while offering a personal and dedicated service on the road, mark us out as significant contributors to the field of touring and project creation.
We are seeking an experienced Manager to join our Department.
Reporting to: Head of Department
Key responsibilities:
1. Managing a prestigious client portfolio including key and long-term partnerships
2. Planning and booking high-profile concerts, tours, special projects and
residencies across the globe often to tight deadlines in a highly pressurised
environment
3. Liaising daily with senior management of top-level halls, promoters, PR agencies,
suppliers etc.
4. Negotiating fees, conditions and detailed contracts for artists, orchestras,
recordings, broadcasts
5. Producing and managing complex budgets of up to £500,000, including
projections and analysis
6. Establishing business connections in new/developing markets as agreed and
generating reports
7. Devising and implementing creative strategy with and for an existing client
portfolio. Working with each client to devise bespoke strategies
8. Contributing to the creation, development and implementation of department
strategy
9. Identifying and pursuing opportunities for client acquisition
10. Heading territory-specific initiatives in various parts of the world
11. Seeking, where possible, to create opportunities for Intermusica artist
collaborations
12. Maintaining an up-to-date awareness of market developments, trends and news
13. Ultimate responsibility for all logistical arrangements undertaken by the Tour
Manager.
14. Line-managing an administrator
15. Acting as an ambassador for the company and Department at important
Meeting/conferences/events
Person specification:
Knowledge:
1. Thorough knowledge of classical music, particularly the orchestral repertoire
2. Understanding and awareness of the activities and issues within the sector at national and
international levels
3. Understanding the relationship between the performance of the individual employee and the
success of a small business
4. Working knowledge of MS office, database software and internet browser
Experience:
1. Proven track-record in managing high-level international orchestral tours
2. Promoting or selling artistic ‘product’
3. Developing and maintaining strong personal contacts internationally - orchestras, artists,
venues, promoters, festivals etc
4. Dealing with and supporting demanding and exacting clients, in person and by phone
5. Creating project budgets and working creatively within tight budgetary guidelines
6. Developing and managing complex projects
7. Dealing with media (television & radio) and negotiating with record labels
8. Working within a close-knit and interdependent team
Skills and abilities:
1. Implementing - turn ideas into practical actions
2. Co-ordinating – adjust actions in relation to other’s actions
3. Problem–solving – ability to come up with creative ways to approach challenges and find
solutions
4. Acknowledging – show respect for others’ points of view
5. Negotiating and influencing - persuade others to change their minds or behaviour
6. Monitoring your own performance and making changes or taking corrective action
7. Willingness and ability to collaborate fully in an intense environment which works long hours
and at high speed
8. Willingness and availability to travel widely throughout the world
9. Communicating effectively in written and spoken English
10. Knowledge of foreign language(s) at a reasonable level of fluency (highly desirable)
Other Qualities:
Ambitious
Energetic
Open and transparent
Responsible
Hard working
Professional approach
Team player
Enterprising
Commercial awareness (desirable)
Salary will be dependent on experience.
To apply, please send your CV and a letter in support of your application to Tessa Beswick. Please view the website for more details.
Qualified candidates will be invited to interview on an on-going basis. |
