Backstage Caretaker

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.

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 Role:

Our backstage area acts as both functioning office/dressing space as well as a secluded, peaceful, private area for our artists and their crews while away from home on long tours. Our Backstage Caretaker position is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and upkeep of these backstage areas, including garden areas, backstage dressing rooms, offices, laundry area, restrooms, showers and catering. This role will require shifts on both show days and non-show days throughout our show season.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Keep the backstage artist areas beautiful and inviting - including but not limited to: cleaning and disinfecting all fixtures, floors, mirrors, doors and walls of restrooms, keep all artist areas free of trash, restock restroom paper materials and hygiene products as needed.
• Quick-response cleanup – spills, overfilled trash bins, clogged toilets, refilling paper products, etc.
• Assist in upkeep of flowers and plants, both indoors and outdoors, maintaining the beauty and ambiance of our backstage areas
• Be a welcoming face to our clients. Someone who is friendly and helpful with a strong sense of situational awareness
• Re-setting dressing rooms and helping launder venue towels on non-show days
• Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service
• Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and facilities
• Use a variety of basic housekeeping tools and equipment: vacuums, mops/buckets, brooms, disinfectants, laundry machines, etc.
• Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision
• Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas
• Perform other duties as assigned or needed

Personal Requirements:

• Must be flexible and be able to work long & late hours, including weekends and holidays on some occasions
• Possesses skills to work both independently and within a team environment, giving great attention to detail while helping organize and complete tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Is reliable, responsible and maintains a positive attitude
• Possesses the wherewithal to maintain decorum and professionalism in situations that can sometimes feel tense and/or uncomfortable
• Must remain discreet while working in private areas near our clients and their guests
• Has a reliable way to get to/from work on scheduled shifts
• Must be able to lift/move boxes, equipment, etc. up to 50lbs
• Background checks required

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. 

Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. 

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas.

We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process.  Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis.

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.

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