Avalon Entertainment
Live Booking Assistant
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About Us
Avalon is a multi-award-winning talent management, television production, and live promotion group with offices in London, Los Angeles, and New York. Avalon, Artists Rights Group, and The Agency together represent a diverse and distinctive roster of artists including actors, comedians, writers, and directors, among them Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Tony, and Olivier Award-winners.
Avalon is the UK’s largest independent television production company, with over 40 shows in production in the last year including:
- Taskmaster (Channel 4 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia, TV4 in Sweden, TVNorge/Discovery+ in Norway)
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
- Not Going Out (BBC)
- Tall Tales & Murder (BBC/RTE)
- The Terrors Of Jordan Mendoza (Adult Swim)
- Spitting Image: The Rest is Bulls*!t (YouTube)
- Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly (Channel 5 in the UK, Network 10 in Australia)
Avalon has produced over 4,000 episodes of programming for audiences in the UK, US, and around the world, winning 39 Emmy Awards and BAFTAs from 100+ nominations.
Other landmark Avalon shows include:
- Catastrophe (Amazon/Channel 4)
- Breeders (FX/Sky)
- Starstruck (HBO Max/BBC)
- Flatbush Misdemeanors (Showtime)
- Workaholics (Comedy Central)
- The Russell Howard Hour (Sky)
- TV Burp (ITV)
- Fantasy Football League (BBC/ITV/Sky)
Avalon has also produced over 60 comedy specials for various platforms including Amazon, HBO, Netflix, and Sky, as well as numerous podcasts and radio shows, including over 300 episodes of the record-breaking, arena-touring podcast, Shagged. Married. Annoyed. with Chris & Rosie Ramsey. Avalon’s dedicated distribution arm licenses its catalogue of programs and formats to over 200 territories worldwide.
Avalon also produces and promotes live comedy around the world and has promoted more winners and nominees of the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award than any other company. Avalon produced Newman and Baddiel: Live at Wembley, the UK’s first arena comedy show, Jerry Springer: The Opera, winner of four Olivier Awards, and is currently producing the Tony and Olivier award-winning musical, Operation Mincemeat, in the West End and on Broadway.
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The Team
This role sits within Avalon’s busy and collaborative Live Booking team, which works with some of the biggest names in comedy and live entertainment.
As Live Booking Assistant, you will support the Head Booker, and will work closely with internal departments, including Artist Management, Data Analysis, and Finance, as well as with external partners, to ensure the smooth and successful delivery of all bookings. It will be central to keeping the day-to-day operation running smoothly, ensuring that contracts, riders, show information, payments, and settlements are accurately managed and followed up.
This is a fast-paced role where organization, communication, and attention to detail are critical. It is also an excellent opportunity for someone who is interested in building a career in live entertainment and wants to develop a strong understanding of how the live booking business works.
Key Responsibilities
As Live Booking Assistant, you will provide end-to-end administrative and operational support across a high volume of live bookings.
You will be responsible for making sure that the detail behind each booking is managed accurately and efficiently, working closely with the Head Booker, artists, venues, and our Finance team.
You will need to be highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing a high volume of activity, often working to tight deadlines. You will also need to be confident communicating with a wide range of people and following things through to completion.
Specific Duties
- Keep track of a high volume of live bookings, ensuring key actions and deadlines don't get missed.
- Liaise with artists and venues to arrange technical requirements, timings, and other practical details for shows, including making sure artists and venues are clear on details such as arrival times, soundchecks, performance times, and other requirements.
- Follow up contracts with venues and maintain accurate booking trackers and records.
- Carefully check box office reports and tour settlements, making sure the numbers are accurate and resolving any discrepancies.
- Raise invoices and work closely with Finance to ensure venues pay on time and artists are paid accurately.
- Build strong relationships with venues and artists, including confidently chasing outstanding information or payments when needed.
- Compile post-show reports and keep booking information accurate and easy to access.
- Provide general support to the Head Booker, including diary management, travel, and monthly credit card reconciliation.
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About You
We're looking for someone who is organized, curious, and genuinely interested in live entertainment.
We're looking for someone who:
- Loves comedy and live entertainment.
- Is exceptionally organized and has a strong eye for detail.
- Is highly numerate, with a good working knowledge of Excel and a readiness to learn in-house systems, processes, and databases quickly.
- Communicates confidently and enjoys building relationships.
- Is proactive and doesn't need to be chased to get things done.
- Can juggle multiple bookings, deadlines, and priorities while keeping a cool head.
- Takes pride in getting the detail right.
- Is keen to learn and develop a career in the live entertainment industry.
Previous experience in box office, ticketing, events, entertainment, or a busy administrative role would be useful, but we're much more interested in your attitude, organization, and willingness to learn.
What We Offer
- Cycle to work scheme
- Income protection scheme
- Life assurance
- Pension scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Competitive holiday allowance
- Season ticket loans
- Monthly staff drinks, seasonal parties, tickets for our Live gigs, Monday breakfasts, and more
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