College Associate, Creative Strategy Job at Live Nation in New York

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. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

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!

PROGRAM COMMITMENT

The College Associate Program is a full-time, immersive experience designed to deliver real-world learning, collaboration, and a whole lot of career-building momentum.

Program Dates: May 27 – August 7, 2026

To ensure that all associates can fully benefit from the program’s training, mentorship, and project work, we kindly ask applicants to confirm their availability for the full length of the program. We understand that school schedules and personal plans vary, and we encourage applicants to review the dates in advance to ensure they can participate through the conclusion of the program without interruption.

Consistency keeps the College Associate program in sync and ensures everyone gets the full experience, from the first project kick-off to the final showcase. We want you here for all the good stuff!

THE JOB

The Live Nation Media and Sponsorship Creative Team is seeking a College Associate (CAP) with a specialization in Creative Strategy to join the team for the summer season. The ideal candidate will feel comfortable in a fast-paced, idea-driven environment where creativity meets commerce. Curiosity about music, culture, a love for pop culture and human behavior is essential to finding success in this role.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Support the development of creative briefs and strategic frameworks that inspire ideas across music and culture.
• Research emerging cultural trends, audience behaviors, and brand competitors to inform strategy development.
• Assist with the creation of presentation decks that bring strategy to life through storytelling, data, and design.
• Participate in brainstorms with the Creative and Partnerships teams to see how insights turn into big ideas.
• Contribute insights, observations, and inspiration from music social trends.
• Help analyze campaign performance and summarize key takeaways to refine future strategy.
• Attend and participate in weekly Creative/Strategy team meetings.
• Collaborate with other departments (Insights, Brand Management, Creative, Production) to understand how strategy informs creative execution.
• Maintain cultural fluency—staying on top of what’s shaping music, fandom, and creative culture.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• Strong communication and storytelling skills (visual and written). Must be an excellent writer.
• Curiosity about people, culture, and what drives them.
• Analytical mindset with creative intuition.
• Proficiency in Keynote/PowerPoint (experience with Google Slides, Excel, or data visualization a plus).
• Professional demeanor and collaborative spirit.
• Strong organization and presentation skills.
• Strategic thinking and creative problem solving.
• Positive outlook with a “Yes, and…” mentality.
• Passion for live music and ad agency planner and strategy experience a plus.

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 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.

The expected compensation for this position is: $20/hr

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience.