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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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.
WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!
THE JOB
We are currently looking for a Manager of Regional Marketing. In this role, under the guidance of the Regional Marketing Management Team, you’ll be responsible for marketing efforts for club and theatre shows. This role will work hand-in-hand with local teams, promoters, and partners to make sure every event is a hit.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
- Act as the key internal contact with various stakeholders to prepare, present, and execute marketing and promotional campaigns for multiple Live Nation events, primarily at House of Blues Houston and The Bronze Peacock at House of Blues Houston
- Manage advertising budgets across multiple events at House of Blues Houston and The Bronze Peacock at House of Blues Houston
- Develop and execute marketing campaigns, including advertising, media events & PR, and content creation
- Serve as the primary local contact for artist marketing representatives regarding venue and show marketing plans
- Partner with the local talent buying team to manage the success of events across multiple venues
- Develop impactful promotions for Live Nation events using multiple regional media partners
- Compile and share extensive audience and artist demographic information to shape the development of marketing plans
- Identify and activate new strategic marketing partners to enhance artist and venue exposure in the community
- Ensure all necessary show marketing information is input into Live Nation's proprietary marketing tools
- Compile advertising settlement documents as needed for local events
- Work with internal stakeholders to provide post-show marketing analytics recaps to artists
- Partner with the Venue Marketing team to maximize show awareness on socials, in emails, on websites, and in the venue
- Coordinate street team and grassroots marketing efforts with local market contacts
- Day of show event coverage as necessary
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field preferred, but not required
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Minimum of 3+ years of prior experience in event marketing within an entertainment, sports or public assembly facility setting
- Minimum of 3+ years of prior experience working with artist marketing representatives
- Minimum of 3+ years of prior experience managing local media relationships
- Deep interest in discovering new music and marketing a wide variety of genres and emerging artists
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced & high-volume environment
- Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve independently
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work day, evening, and weekend hours, based on the needs of daily business operations
- Willingness to travel as needed
BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:
HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. 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.
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, intersectionality, 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.
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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.
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 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year.
WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!
THE JOB
We are currently looking for a Manager of Regional Marketing. In this role, under the guidance of the Regional Marketing Management Team, you’ll be responsible for marketing efforts for club and theatre shows. This role will work hand-in-hand with local teams, promoters, and partners to make sure every event is a hit.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
- Act as the key internal contact with various stakeholders to prepare, present, and execute marketing and promotional campaigns for multiple Live Nation events, primarily at House of Blues Houston and The Bronze Peacock at House of Blues Houston
- Manage advertising budgets across multiple events at House of Blues Houston and The Bronze Peacock at House of Blues Houston
- Develop and execute marketing campaigns, including advertising, media events & PR, and content creation
- Serve as the primary local contact for artist marketing representatives regarding venue and show marketing plans
- Partner with the local talent buying team to manage the success of events across multiple venues
- Develop impactful promotions for Live Nation events using multiple regional media partners
- Compile and share extensive audience and artist demographic information to shape the development of marketing plans
- Identify and activate new strategic marketing partners to enhance artist and venue exposure in the community
- Ensure all necessary show marketing information is input into Live Nation's proprietary marketing tools
- Compile advertising settlement documents as needed for local events
- Work with internal stakeholders to provide post-show marketing analytics recaps to artists
- Partner with the Venue Marketing team to maximize show awareness on socials, in emails, on websites, and in the venue
- Coordinate street team and grassroots marketing efforts with local market contacts
- Day of show event coverage as necessary
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
- Bachelor’s degree in marketing or a related field preferred, but not required
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Minimum of 3+ years of prior experience in event marketing within an entertainment, sports or public assembly facility setting
- Minimum of 3+ years of prior experience working with artist marketing representatives
- Minimum of 3+ years of prior experience managing local media relationships
- Deep interest in discovering new music and marketing a wide variety of genres and emerging artists
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced & high-volume environment
- Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve independently
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Ability to work day, evening, and weekend hours, based on the needs of daily business operations
- Willingness to travel as needed
BENEFITS & PERKS
Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:
HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA)
YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days
WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program
FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support
CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment
OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. 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.
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, intersectionality, 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.
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LI-Hybrid
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.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Regional Marketing Manager
Target employers with regional structures
Companies with dedicated regional teams, like national retailers, healthcare systems, or franchise brands, regularly hire for this role. They tend to have established HR processes and are more familiar with OPT work authorization than smaller employers.
Lead with measurable campaign results
Regional marketing roles are results-driven. Quantify your impact: percentage growth in regional revenue, lead volume, or campaign ROI. Concrete numbers make your application stand out and signal you can own a market independently.
Clarify your OPT timeline upfront
Regional marketing managers often oversee multi-quarter campaigns. Let employers know your OPT end date early so they can plan for H-1B visa sponsorship. STEM OPT extension adds 24 months if your degree qualifies.
Emphasize cross-functional coordination experience
Employers hiring for regional roles want someone who can manage agencies, coordinate with national teams, and work across departments. Highlight any experience bridging marketing, sales, and operations, even from internships or university projects.
Research the employer's sponsorship history before applying
Not every company sponsors visas. Before investing time in a lengthy application process, check whether the employer has sponsored H-1B or other work visas before. This saves time and improves your acceptance rate.
Frame your international background as a regional asset
If the region includes diverse demographics, your multicultural perspective and language skills are directly relevant. Position this as business value, not just personal background. Employers respond to candidates who connect their identity to market opportunity.
Regional Marketing Manager OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Regional Marketing Manager on F-1 OPT?
Yes. Regional Marketing Manager is a specialty occupation requiring a bachelor's degree or higher in marketing, business, or a related field, which makes it a qualifying role for F-1 OPT work authorization. You can work full-time immediately after your OPT start date. If your degree is in a STEM-designated field like marketing analytics or information systems, you may also qualify for a 24-month STEM OPT extension.
Does a Regional Marketing Manager role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Regional Marketing Manager roles consistently qualify for H-1B sponsorship because they meet the specialty occupation standard: the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field like marketing or business administration. Many companies with regional structures, including healthcare organizations, retail chains, and consumer goods brands, have sponsored this role before. Using OPT strategically gives you time to find an employer willing to file an H-1B petition before your authorization expires.
What should I do if my OPT is expiring before I find a Regional Marketing Manager role?
If your standard 12-month OPT is approaching its end date, check whether your degree qualifies for the 24-month STEM OPT extension. Marketing analytics, data-driven marketing, and information systems degrees often qualify under STEM-designated CIP codes. If you're still searching, Migrate Mate filters Regional Marketing Manager jobs by OPT sponsorship willingness, which helps you focus on employers already open to hiring international candidates.
How competitive are Regional Marketing Manager roles for OPT candidates?
Competition is real but manageable if you apply strategically. Employers in industries like healthcare, retail, and franchise operations hire for this role regularly and often have experience with work authorization. The challenge is identifying which employers are open to sponsoring OPT to H-1B. Applying through a targeted platform like Migrate Mate, which focuses on visa-friendly employers, improves your chances compared to applying broadly.
What degree or background do employers expect for this role?
Most employers require a bachelor's degree in marketing, business administration, communications, or a closely related field. Some prefer candidates with an MBA, particularly for roles overseeing larger geographic territories or managing significant budgets. Experience in digital marketing, brand strategy, or market analysis is consistently valued. Because the role requires specialized knowledge, it aligns well with the specialty occupation standard that underpins both OPT eligibility and future H-1B sponsorship.