LN Media & Sponsorship || Experiential Renderer & Build Specialist (Contractor)

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 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, and collaborative. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you, please read on!

THE JOB

Live Nation’s in-house Experiential team (LNEx) uses their unrivaled expertise in translating brand business objectives into actionable fan experiences across Live Nation properties from festivals to custom events to global hospitality to venues. LNEx is a full-service solution in concepting, designing, building, and executing bespoke experiences that seamlessly integrate brands into the Live Nation ecosystem. The LNEx team is the get stuff done, turn-problems-into-solutions, make our clients look like the rock stars, driving force within the Live Nation Media & Sponsorship division. We are a collection of resourceful, ambitious, and strategic minded individuals that thrive in an environment full of variables and unknowns. 

Live Nation Entertainment’s Media & Sponsorship Division is seeking a detail-oriented, motivated, and proactive Experiential Renderer & Build Specialist to join our award-winning Experiential (LNEx) team focused on Festival Activations.  Reporting to the Vice President of Experiential, this role sits at the core of our creative development process—bringing branded environments and cultural activations to life through compelling renderings and experiential storytelling. The ideal candidate has a hybrid background in environmental and experiential design, a deep understanding of spatial visualization, and a passion for live music and culture. They should be equally fluent in creative concepting and technical execution—able to design with scale, materiality, and real-world build constraints in mind. This person will partner closely with producers to ensure feasibility while staying ahead of trends in fabrication, experiential technology, and consumer engagement. They will work across cross-functional teams to shape the visual direction of both client-facing pitch work, active production and managing existing renovations.

LNEx delivers innovative live music experiences that help our brand partners stand out—from festival activations to custom events, corporate hospitality, and touring programs. Producing hundreds of global B2B and B2C experiences each year, LNEx continues to redefine branded live engagement. Live Nation Media & Sponsorship designs, sells, and manages national corporate sponsorship programs with some of the world’s most recognizable brands. This fast-paced, collaborative team works across venues, festivals, ticketing, artists, content, media, promotions, and concert production to create best-in-class branded live experiences. Learn more at livenationforbrands.com.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Develop 2D and 3D renderings that bring to life branded activations, festival builds, hospitality experiences, tour integrations, pop-ups, venues and custom live events

• Translate creative briefs and strategic insights into visually impactful, narrative-driven designs and mood board/through starters that capture the tone, mood, and brand essence of an experience

• Collaborate with creative directors, strategists, producers, and account leads to shape and refine concepts that balance innovation, feasibility, and brand alignment

• Design full experiential decks including mood boards, floor plans, signage systems, environment mockups, and final renderings for client pitches and internal approvals

• Serve as a visual problem solver, helping teams articulate spatial thinking and audience flow through detailed visualizations and diagrams

• Demonstrated understanding of the full design-to-build lifecycle and ability to visualize materials, build techniques, and spatial feasibility.

• Partner with production teams to ensure rendering output reflects accurate scale, materiality, and real-world build constraints

• Stay informed on trends in spatial design, experiential tech, fabrication materials, and consumer engagement tactics

• Contribute to the co-design of branded environments and activations, collaborating with art directors, fabricators, and producers to bring immersive experiences to life.

• Collaborate with producers, strategists, and external vendors to ensure renderings align with both creative intent and real-world execution.

• Organize and maintain a design archive, template system, and asset library that supports efficiency and consistency across LNEx design outputs

• Awareness of onsite production requirements, safety protocols, and installation logistics to ensure designs are production-ready and aligned with real-world constraints.

• Ability to design with budget, materiality, and scalability in mind — balancing creative ambition with production feasibility.

• Co-designing activation floor plans and spatial journeys in collaboration with producers

• Tracking design assets through versioning and project stages, akin to how Secret Sounds mentions managing production schedules and approvals

• Willingness to jump into the creative development process early, especially during brainstorms and pitch phase

• Project assignments may shift based on deal status or business needs; if a specific project is delayed or does not move forward, a comparable project may be assigned in its place.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• BA or BFA in Environmental Design, Industrial Design, Architecture, or related field preferred

• 4–6+ years of professional experience in experiential design, event architecture, production design, or branded environments

• A strong portfolio showcasing environmental renderings, spatial storytelling, and branded experience design across live events or commercial activations

• High proficiency in design software including SketchUp, Rhino, V-Ray, Enscape, or Cinema 4D, plus Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)

• Ability to rapidly sketch and visualize ideas with clear communication of design intent

• Understanding of environmental design principles including materials, signage systems, fabrication methods, and flow-through space

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume creative environment and manage multiple concurrent projects

• Detail-oriented with strong time management, problem-solving, and interpersonal communication skills

• Proactive self-starter who thrives in a high-volume, high-stakes creative environment with evolving scopes and tight deadlines.

• Superior project and time management skills including managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Detail-oriented with analytical problem-solving skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication

• Ability to proactively identify potential problems and utilize sound decision making to implement the best solutions

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, Airtable, Asana, etc.

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.

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, 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.

Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains.