Festivals Partnerships Manager

at  Partnerships

Contract type: Fixed Term
Contract Hours: 37.5 hours/week
Contract Length: ASAP - December 2025
Salary: £40,000.00 - £44,000.00 (pro rata, based on experience)
Holidays: 32 days per year (pro rata)
Working Location: This is a London based, hybrid role with a requirement to attend the AEG client offices 4 days a week.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Excellent networking and communication skills.
• Eloquent and insightful communicator.
• Highly Organised.
• Calm under pressure.
• Able to communicate appropriately with staff and stakeholders at all levels of the business.
• A team player who listens to others and thrives collaboratively.
• Able to manage their own work flow and to work upon their own initiative.
• Proficient IT and administration skills.
• The ability to ensure all aspects of the role are prioritised and delivered in a timely manner
• Knowledge of the Live Outdoor Events industry
• Brand activation experience.
• Experience working on live outdoor events
• A proven track record of managing accounts across multiple events simultaneously
• Excellent Client Liaison Skills
• Ability to produce high quality written content
• Proven ability to coordinate a team of people

This role will be working directly with our client, AEG, within the Global Partnerships team who oversee the worldwide sales and activation of sponsorships for AEG’s entire portfolio of assets. Creating customised and innovative marketing programs for established and emerging brands it has created some of the most iconic brand partnerships in the entertainment industry, including The O2 in London and Coachella Music Festival. Overall, the division manages naming rights deals and other strategic partnerships. The division of AEG Global Partnerships operating out of London is responsible for all AEG sponsorship assets outside of North America including Europe, Asia, South America and Australia.
AEG Presents is one of the world’s leading companies in live entertainment promoting memorable sell-out UK tours for the world’s biggest artists. AEG Presents European Festivals owns and operates American Express presents BST Hyde Park (London), All Points East (London), Rock En Seine (Paris) and Forwards Festival (Bristol).
The Partnerships Manager (Activation) will be responsible for working with partners across the AEG Presents European Festival portfolio for the Global Partnerships division outside of North America. This person will be adept at working in brand partnerships across multiple projects, delivering and implementing successful partnership plans and activations with a passion for brands and music.
Here at LS Events, we embrace diversity. As such, we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability. We acknowledge the lack of diversity within the events industry and as such we would like to invite candidates from underrepresented communities to apply.