Director, Research and Insights

Job Summary

Company:
Live Nation

Department:
Marketing Partnerships

Location:

Farringdon, London

Reports to:

Head of Research and Insights

Working Hours:

Full time

Job Type: Permanent

Live Nation UK Marketing Partnerships architects, sells and manages the company’s national corporate sponsorship programmes with the world’s most recognisable brands. It’s an exciting, fast-paced team that collaborates with all facets of Live Nation’s business including festivals, venues, touring, ticketing, artists, content, media, promotions, and concert production.

The Marketing & Creative Solutions team, our in‑house strategy and creative experts, work in tandem with the sales team to form strategy, big ideas and business solutions for brands. Through needs analysis, fan insights, exhaustive research of the client and their audience, as well as internal ideation sessions, the team ultimately craft a strategic music marketing platform designed to solve brands’ business objectives and KPIs.

The programme concept is transformed into a visually stunning creative presentation highlighting Live Nation’s arsenal of assets. No cookie cutter concepts, no copy and paste, just inspiring and fresh ideas alongside innovative vision designed to maximise brand reach and engagement through the power of live.

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Live Nation UK’s Research and Insights Team is seeking a highly organised and commercially minded insights professional to join as a Director of Research and Insights.

The R&I team is dedicated to empowering the business with a deep understanding of our live music fans. As a Director of R&I, you will collaborate across departments to enhance the event experience and provide actionable insights that help us better connect and engage our audience.

The successful candidate will be a highly organised, commercially minded professional with the ability to translate multiple datasets into actionable, commercially impactful insights. Reporting into the Head of Research and Insights, you will oversee delivery of key R&I initiatives across multiple concurrent work streams, maintaining a hands‑on role in analytical delivery alongside effective team and project management.

You will structure projects, allocate resources effectively across the team, and ensure work is delivered efficiently and to a high standard. Comfortable operating both strategically and tactically, you will combine strong analytical thinking with excellent stakeholder management in a fast‑paced environment.

This role combines a passion for live music with expertise in research methodologies, insight generation, storytelling, and strategic application of data to support commercial decision‑making.

You are highly organised, commercially minded, and solutions-oriented, with the ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on delivery in a fast‑paced environment.

Comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously, you bring structure and clarity to complex projects and know how to keep teams aligned and moving forward.

You have strong judgement in how insights are applied to business challenges, using data and audience understanding to shape clear, actionable recommendations rather than analysis for analysis’ sake.

You are confident both managing upwards and downwards – able to provide clear visibility, prioritise effectively, and support teams to deliver high‑quality work across multiple concurrent initiatives.

• tickets to shows and festivals
• unlimited annual leave
• use of arcade games in the basement games room
• onsite gym equipment
• fitness and meditation classes
• fully stocked complimentary coffee bar with barista to serve you your…