Lead, Music

The Lead, Music Experience at Carnival oversees live music offerings, including Rock band, Center Stage Band, Latin Quartet, String Trio, Duos, Piano Bar, Soloists, and Pro DJs. This role ensures musical experiences align with Carnival Values and brand strategy, while maintaining best practices for a safe and fun rehearsal and installation process.

The Lead coordinates with the Music Rehearsals team to ensure smooth rehearsal processes and oversees fleet piano tuning and dry dock conversions. Additional duties involve building rehearsal schedules, supporting technical needs, and assisting with talent scheduling. The Lead trains and guides shipboard Fleet Music Managers and Music Managers fostering a positive team environment and promoting mutual respect.

• Operations:
  Oversee shipboard live music offerings and execute the background music program, ensuring alignment with Carnival Values and brand strategy. Establish and maintain best practices for a safe and fun rehearsal and installation process by inspiring and motivating team members.
• Artistic Integrity:
  Jointly responsible for maintaining the artistic integrity of the fleet-wide shipboard music program, including music acts, Pro DJs, background music, music programming standards, demographic-targeted performances, and musician style guide.
• Quality Assurance:
  Manage, develop, and schedule the traveling Fleet Music Manager team to maximize impact. Provide feedback and direction during ship visits focused on music programming, BGM, inventory, leadership training, and relationship building. Coordinate with the Lead, Music Rehearsals to ensure the agile rehearsal process runs smoothly.
• Special Projects:
  Oversee fleet piano tuning and dry dock conversions, coordinating the monthly piano tuning schedule.
• Contract Scheduling:
  Work with the Carnival Studios team to build rehearsal schedules, confirm staffing, and support technical needs.
• Talent Recruitment:
  Provide feedback to the Casting and Booking team to ensure recruitment and scheduling of highly skilled musicians.
• Strategic
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work with other disciplines on strategic planning and development to enhance overall performance and efficiency.

• Fleet Music Supervisors:
  Directly responsible for managing, training, and scheduling shipboard Music Managers, providing feedback and direction during ship visits.
• Leadership Training:
  Deliver leadership training to shipboard Music Managers and offer guidance and support for their continued development.
• Team Environment:
  Participate in meetings and projects to encourage collaboration and idea sharing, fostering a positive team environment.
• Cultural Essentials:
  Promote expected behaviors such as speaking up, respecting, protecting, improving, communicating, listening, learning, and empowering. Encourage team members to share insights to enhance collaboration.

• Internal:
  Collaborate with Creative Development, Casting and Booking, Music & Technical teams to review operational efficiencies and programming strategies.
• Cross-Functional:
  Partner with Entertainment Department Heads and Hotel operations to align shipboard entertainment across the fleet and drive communication between shoreside and shipboard teams.

• Safety Practices:
  Review and refine safety practices, create and enforce training programs, ensuring the highest level of team safety while maintaining operational integrity.
• Compliance Adherence:
  Ensure full compliance with company policies and procedures, emphasizing safety protocols and operational standards as outlined by Global HESS and ADA guidelines.
• Data Privacy:
  Protect personal information of shipboard entertainment team members through robust data security measures.

• Quality Assurance:
  Maintain the music program through strategic fleet audits and ship visits.
• Performance:
  Monitor monthly TGEM scores and guest comments to evaluate offerings and support team development.
• Feedback Analysis:
  Gather and analyze feedback from guests and personnel to identify improvement areas and recommend enhancements.
• Data Analysis:
  Review customer feedback and data to identify trends, sharing insights with leadership to refine programs.

• Rehearsal Efficiency:
  Monitor and reassess rehearsal days per show to ensure fiscal responsibility and track monthly budgets.
• Financial Oversight:
  Track and manage expenses, including auditing coding and categorization of purchases, and maintain communication with Accounts Payable.
• Travel and Expense:
  Manage travel arrangements and expenses for personnel in line with company policies.

• Thorough knowledge of commercial music repertoire, Carnival’s performance techniques, theatrical music involvement, people management, and music programming.
• Quick study capable of delivering material clearly, concisely, and inspiringly.
• Intimate knowledge of Microsoft Office, Clara bridge, and computer…