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General Manager - North Laine
Managing Partner – North Laine Brewhouse
About The Role
The North Laine is Brighton’s premier multi-use venue, thoughtfully evolving into the city’s most inclusive sports bar. We’re transforming our late-night entertainment to create a vibrant sports destination that welcomes everyone—families, students, sports enthusiasts, social leagues, and the LGBTQ+ community.
Our expansive space, renowned food offering, and diverse entertainment (gaming, pool, shuffleboard) make it the perfect place for connection and enjoyment. We’re carving our own path as the alternative to exclusionary venues, where everyone belongs, every match matters, and great food, good company, and inclusive community are at the heart of everything.
We live by equal opportunities, because diversity isn’t a box to check—it’s a mindset. The North Laine is a melting pot of individuals where weird is wonderful, and different is divine. Homogeneity is a no from us.
The Opportunity
If you’re a hospitality leader, a community builder, or an entrepreneur with a passion for creating inclusive spaces, this is your chance to own the future of The North Laine Brewhouse.
As Managing Partner, you’ll shape operations, strategy, and experience—from late-night sports bars to corporate events, music gigs, or brewery applications. It’s your vision, your iterations, and your legacy.
Why This Role?
• Your pub, your vision – You’ll set the tone, challenge the norm, and run things your way—while we handle the backstage logistics. • Profit with purpose – Success means profit sharing, ensuring you and your team thrive together. • Creative freedom – From live music to beer classes, you’ll have the autonomy to innovate boldly. • Performance rewards – Bonuses that celebrate your wins and drive your growth. • Collaborate & scale – Backed by Laine HQ with resources for leadership training, workshops, and networking. • Perks with personality – Discounts, exclusive events, and a culture that prioritises fun and community. • Thank your peers – Join a movement, shaping the future of hospitality in Brighton and beyond.
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Key Responsibilities
- Operational Leadership: Oversee all aspects of North Laine Brewhouse’s daily operations.
- Strategic Planning: Decide on experience designs, content programmes, and community engagement.
- Financial Management: Drive sales, marketing, and profitability—ensuring the venue is a thriving community hub.
- Event Execution: Handle live performances, gaming nights, sports broadband, and custom experiences (corporate, private, and inclusive).
- Team Empowerment: Build, inspire, and lead a dynamic team with a mission to include everyone.
- Ambassador Role: Represent Laine’s philosophy—diverse, bold, and experimental—to guests and partners.
- Innovation Champion: Spark new concepts (brewery events, brand partnerships) that push the boundaries of hospitality.
- Impact Generation: Craft experiences that celebrate community, connect differently, and make great bits happen.
Requirements
Experience
✅ At least 3 years of leadership in a GM or MP position (or equivalent), proving your ability to steer high-energy venues. ✅ Hands-on hospitality with an emphasis on event-driven hospitality— social leagues, concerts, gaming tournaments, or corporate functions. ✅ Corporate Account and B2B Selling Skills—knowing how to craft bespoke experiences for clients. ✅ Social Media Savvy—seeing beyond numbers to foster buzz, storytelling, and brand loyalty. ✅ Community-first mindset—passionate about building trust, breaking barriers, and making people feel at home. ✅ préférence craft beer enthusiast.
Skills & Personality
✅ Thick skin and thick bonnet – You’ll want to embrace the uniqueness of Laine HQ’s weird, wonderful, diverse, and inject that chair into our brand. ✅ Trend Spotter – Foremost what’s coming and how you can future-proof your brand. ✅ Commercial as well because we run a business. Sales are your superpower, and having strong business acumen though you’re a thinker and edgier. ✅ People-oriented – You want all hands-on everyone, want employees feeling valued, and your community belonging. ✅ Adaptability – From structurely to fluidity, you’ll navigate our hybrid ‘business owner’s’ role.
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Local & Passion Points
✅ Brighton-savvy with roots in the food scene, music, sports, and queer-friendly community gig. ✅ Open to be curious & learning the North Laine’s culture—knowing it is a labor of love.
What We Offer
• Profit-sharing structure to keep ownership investment. • Full creative license— your vision, your timing. • Industry-leading training & development to grow as a leader. • Laine Network access for collaboration across all pubs. • Thereness as a perk – Discounts, early closes, and exclusive events. • An ecosystem that builds itself up – empowering people to thrive in film, music, and all the weird in between.
Who We Are (Trigger Warning - #YouCan’tDoThat)
At Laine, we are high def against stagnation.
A group of 50 independently run venues in Brighton, London, and Birmingham, we are bold in our mission to brake hospitality tradition. We’re cultural catalysts, turning emblematic moments (club nights, gaming saunas, brewers) into places that welcome the next generation of pub-goers.
While others seek form or rules, we seek experimentation where every event and interaction fosters connection.
Sound Like You?
We’re not looking for a copycat—we’re looking for an icon who can own and defend North Laine Brewhouse as the friendliest, most fun, most flexible place on the face of Brighton (or nearby).
If you’ve got the [management] experience, the passion for community, and lunch in hours—share your potential, because we’re waiting to meet radically right people.
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