Isaiah Selva

Supporting the booking department and talent buyers with administrative, organizational and venue assistance. Venues include: The Masonic, August Hall, Cafe Du Nord, Swedish American Hall, The Chapel, and Rickshaw Stop to name a few.

• Create and prepare deal/offer sheets using Salesforce/Rome
• Obtain + distribute holds from venues and place/release holds in Rome and PromoterOps
• Gather details and event info from artist representatives + agencies and communicate this between the artists and the venues.
• Coordinating & scheduling announce & pre-sale/on-sale dates with the artists' team.
• Executing + marking up artist contracts per company guidelines and return to artist agencies in a timely manner
• Distribution of artist deposit payments (as needed)
• Managing and distribution of show files prior to the event to ensure that venues have what they need in order to complete settlement payouts
• Researching local artists and keeping the booking team aware of any notable acts for future booking
• Finding and sending along local support recommendations to agencies when looking to add to an event. This includes making sure the acts fit sonically as well as having a solid pull in the area.

• Assist the booking department with administrative duties.
• Prepare & review documents such as certificates of insurance, tax form, show advances, agency contracts, deal sheets, artist riders & requests, etc.
• Utilizing resources such as Rome/Salesforce, Ticketweb, Box, Adobe Acrobat, Slack, PromoterOps, Excel/Google Sheets, TM1.
• Support the booking team in all aspects of buying responsibilities including preparation and distribution of offer sheets, administrative support, talent research and prospecting
• Communication with peers from other departments (and venues) such as marketing, talent buying, ticketing, special events, etc.
• Assist with marketing and graphic design efforts to celebrate The Masonic's 10-year anniversary with Live Nation
• Track sales and provide historical information from prior artist data from past events in NorCal regions.
• Understand the layout, regulations, mechanisms, capabilities and attributes of different venues across Northern California. Examples being The Masonic, Cafe Du Nord, The Fillmore, Swedish American Hall, August Hall, Hard Rock Live, Rickshaw Stop, The Chapel, etc.

Working & communicating with local venues + clients to put together shows. This includes negotiations pertaining to pricing, schedules, payout, merchandising, backlining, promoting/marketing, security, social media presence, etc.

• Greet tours + artist teams upon arrival and assisting with whatever needs they may request as the main hospitality point of contact.
• Ensure that fresh towels + other toiletries are ready to be supplied prior to each show.
• Generally just being available to whoever may need assistance around the venue whether it’s a show day or dark day.
• Prior to each show, making sure that each of the dressing rooms are clean and kept tidy.
• If needed, working alongside catering to fulfill/shop for rider needs.
• Handling staff laundry after each show and making sure there are enough uniforms available before the next.
• Finding creative ideas to make each dressing room experience feel unique and memorable to each artist. This includes gifts, themes, signs, etc.
• General organization and upkeep around the venue offices.
• Assisting with crowd experiences in the VIP lounge - such as pop up photo ops, vendors, ambience music, themes, lighting, etc.
• Handling customer service phone calls/voicemails.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deliver and retrieve items from local stores, vendors, hotels, etc.
• Provide local area information to touring personnel.
• Maintain cash and receipts throughout the day.
• Provide transportation for personnel throughout the show day

On-call stagehand for various shows across the Bay Area. Tasks would include helping move + carry heavy gear and stage equipment in and out of the tour trucks to the stage and working with each band/artist’s road crew team to move as swiftly & efficiently as possible each night prior to each show as well as after the performance.

Venues included: Toyota Pavilion at Concord, Shoreline Amphitheatre, Oakland Arena

Tasks include greeting & assisting customers as they walk in, demonstrating products for new buyers, running the cash register, accounting & finance analysis, heavy marketing/promotion online & with social media across multiple platforms, lesson scheduling & organizing sales, cleaning + organization around the whole shop, product delivery, customer service and mobile support.

Assistance with organizing and cleaning around the building as well as helping at the front desk with lesson scheduling + tending to customers