Night Manager / Event Producer (Downtown LA
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90079, USA
Listed on 2026-08-22
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Entertainment & Gaming
Event Management & Planning, TV & Film Production, Music & Audio Production, Event Staff/ Venue Crew -
Creative Arts/Media
TV & Film Production, Music & Audio Production, Event Staff/ Venue Crew
The Last Bookstore is California's largest used and new bookstore, and also the "world's most photographed bookstore."
Night Manager / Event Producer (Downtown LA – The Last Bookstore)Part-time or Full-time | Nights + Remote
The Last Bookstore in downtown Los Angeles is expanding its evening hours again for the first time since the pandemic. We are hiring two Night Managers who are also Event Producers, to run the Last Bookstore as a venue 5-6 nights/week. This role combines front-of-house retail management with creative event production.
Also open to independent freelance event teams or producers who want to pitch themselves.
Night managers oversee the bookstore during evening hours while also developing, producing, and promoting events in the store. Also assisting with monthly flea markets, festivals, and conventions that will expand from the bookstore to the entire Spring Arts Tower building above us (12 floors).
We’re looking for people who can create and host compelling, credible, packed-house events—not just book whatever comes along. Ideal candidates have experience producing live music, literary, film, theatrical, or community events and understand the economics of ticketed programming.
This position includes evening shifts in the store plus remote work planning events and programming.
IN-PERSONSCHEDULE:
Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun nights plus Wed and/or Mon nights (8pm–11pm) (some weekend day events also)
Additional remote hours planning, networking, coordinating.
COMPENSATION RESPONSIBILITIES- Run register and assist customers
- Conceptualize and produce events
- Coordinate events with outside promoters
- Coordinate performers, speakers, and vendors
- Help with monthly flea markets, festivals, and conventions
- Assist with promotion and logistics
- Event producers, promoters, curators, or venue managers
- People plugged into LA creative scenes
- Organized, entrepreneurial, and culturally literate
- Comfortable managing crowds and logistics
- Flexible, out-of-the-box thinkers
- People who understand what being a great host is
Send a resume and examples of events you’ve produced or would produce to opera
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