Director, Communications

Live Nation is looking for a Director, Communications to deliver proactive communications across the UK and EMEA for Live Nation and Ticketmaster. The role reports to the Senior Director, Communications and is based in Farringdon, London.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and delivery of proactive storytelling strategy for Live Nation and Ticketmaster across the UK and EMEA, acting as a central resource for local market storytelling and PR opportunities.
• Manage and maintain the storytelling calendar, ensuring that it reflects business priorities, cultural moments, media trends and relevant external opportunities.
• Develop, pitch and place media stories that highlight our business, leadership, people, purpose and role in live entertainment.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with national, business, entertainment, culture and consumer media, beyond trade press.
• Lead day‑to‑day delivery of proactive media campaigns, working with internal teams across EMEA to gather information, shape narratives and secure coverage.
• Draft and edit proactive communications materials, including pitches, briefing notes, messaging, statements, Q&A and supporting copy.
• Work with the Senior Director to identify opportunities from media monitoring, social listening, cultural trends and business activity.
• Contribute to media monitoring, analysis and reporting for the wider Communications team, tracking impact, sentiment and opportunity.
• Work collaboratively with Corporate Communications and Public Affairs teams to align messaging and ensure consistency across reactive, proactive and stakeholder communications.
• Act as a key liaison with internal teams across all EMEA markets where we have a presence to surface stories, identify communications opportunities and connect business activity to external narratives.
• Support campaign planning around major announcements, partnerships, leadership activity, industry moments and cultural opportunities.
• Provide clear updates and recommendations to the Senior Director, Communications on proactive opportunities, media interest and campaign progress.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in strategic communications, brand storytelling, corporate communications or editorial/media relations within a regional or multi‑market environment.
• Strong background in crafting narratives and placing stories with top‑tier media.
• Skilled at media engagement and developing long‑term journalist relationships, not just short‑term coverage wins.
• Excellent writing and editorial skills, with the ability to shape compelling, on‑brand copy that resonates across audiences.
• Good understanding of media monitoring tools, reporting metrics and how to evaluate PR performance.
• Understanding of how social media trends, cultural conversation and audience insight can inform proactive communications.
• Experience working in‑house or in an agency for high‑profile consumer brands, ideally in entertainment, music, tech, culture or live events.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and confidence working with internal teams across multiple markets to identify and shape story opportunities.
• Ability to translate business priorities into clear, relevant and media‑worthy narratives.

Behaviours

• Proactive and creative, always thinking a few steps ahead and bringing fresh ideas to the table.
• Strong storyteller with a sharp editorial instinct and a flair for finding the human angle.
• Curious and insight‑led, with a strong awareness of media, culture and audience conversation.
• Collaborator and connector, great at building relationships across teams, functions and markets.
• Detail‑oriented, organised and comfortable juggling multiple workstreams.
• Confident working at pace and able to balance creative thinking with strong delivery.
• Thoughtful, commercially aware and able to exercise sound judgement when shaping external narratives.

Benefits

Live Nation offers impressive employee benefits including tickets to shows and festivals and unlimited annual leave.

Equal Opportunities

We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. 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. It’s talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender identity, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.