LN Concerts, Production Director LATAM

About the role

Live Nation’s Latin America Concerts business is seeking a Production Director to support all aspects of production for LATAM concerts and tours across the region.

Responsibilities

• 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 and clients to ensure alignment on production goals and deliverables.
• 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.
• 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).
• Manage site operations (i.e. power, heavy equipment, traffic management, crowd control measures, sanitation, permitting and engineering).
• Assist with budget management and tracking of assigned responsibilities.
• Oversee multiple projects from start to finish, including presence on-site from load in.
• Maintain oversight of show quality and technical precision across all deliverables.
• Ensure positive and creative environment for planning teams.
• Proactively identify and resolve production risks or issues before they impact show timelines or client satisfaction.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, and labor regulations.
• Facilitate proper interdepartmental communication and organization.
• Follow up on all action points from internal and external meetings.
• Produce event debrief documents including settlement notes for finance and suggested notes for the following year.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in the live music business and working with live events.
• Fully bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Proficient and detailed project management / planning experience.
• Exceptional organizational and administrative skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience with the procurement of vendors (staging, audio, lighting, video…etc) and managing staff, services, and budgets.
• Experience working under pressure and making clear concise decisions, sometimes with limited information.
• Ability to work on and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Flexible work and travel schedule (days/nights, late hours, weekends, and holidays).
• Strong people skills with an emphasis on competent and diplomatic communication with client, vendor and artist representatives.
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technology, information, resources and environments.
• Tolerance of loud noise level in working environment.

Desired Skills

• Proficiency in planning large scale events (5,000 people +).
• Experience in stage management / show running.
• Experience in site planning and coordination.
• Negotiation and liaising with agencies.
• Event management training.
• Health and safety/crowd management training.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and analytical skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.
• Exceptional organizational and administrative skills.
• An anticipatory and proactive approach to problem solving.

Pay

The expected compensation for this position is $120,000.00 USD - $150,000.00 USD, based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.