Project Manager, Sofar Sounds
Contract, Partnerships
£25 - £45 an hour
Curates live, secret performances
Be an early applicant
Curates live, secret performances
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
£25 - £45 an hour
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help artists and fans connect in a true and meaningful way.
Role
Who you are
- You have 3–7+ years of project or program management experience — ideally in branded events, experiential marketing, music, agency-side production, or partnerships delivery
- You’ve owned campaigns end-to-end before, from contract signature through final wrap report, and you’re comfortable being the single point of accountability for delivery
- You’re financially fluent — you can build and manage a campaign budget, track projections vs. actuals, and partner cleanly with a Finance team for sign-off
- You understand how paid and organic media plans come together — platforms, impressions, CPV, added-value items — and you can track delivery against committed numbers
- You’ve produced live events (music a plus, but not required) and know what it takes to make show day go smoothly — venue, artist, crew, MC, run of show, contracts, briefs
- You work fluently in Google Workspace, and Slack, and you instinctively reach for clarity when things get ambiguous
- You’re an excellent client-facing communicator — you can lead a kick-off, hold a hard line on scope, and present a wrap report with equal confidence
- You’re comfortable managing multiple workstreams in parallel and partnering with creative, marketing, finance, and local operations teams simultaneously
- You’re available for contract work and energized by a flexible, project-based engagement model — we may staff you on a single campaign or several, depending on your bandwidth
- You are based in London and have working knowledge of the UK and European live events, brand partnership, and experiential landscape
What the job involves
- Sofar’s Partnerships team builds and delivers branded music programs for some of the world’s most recognized brands — from one-off activations to multi-market, multi-event campaigns
- As we scale our slate of partner programs across the UK and Europe, we’re building a flexible pool of contract Project Managers we can plug into specific campaigns as they come through the door
- We’re looking for experienced PMs based in London who can take a signed deal from kick-off through event delivery and final wrap report
- You’ll be the operational engine behind a partnership campaign — owning the timeline, the budget, the media plan delivery, the content calendar, and the show-day execution
- You’ll work hand-in-hand with our Sales lead, Finance, local Sofar teams, and external client stakeholders to deliver flawless programs that meet (and beat) brand objectives
- This is a contract role within a project-based pool
- We’ll match contractors to campaigns based on availability, geography, and program complexity
- Own the post-sale kick-off process — lead the internal handover with Sales, build the internal kick-off deck, and run the external client kick-off call
- Set up and maintain the campaign’s project plan, internal Slack channel, and stakeholder workflows from day one
- Build the campaign budget in the Budget Tracker, drive sign-off with Finance, and stay accountable for tracking allocated costs, active projections, and final actuals
- Approve all expenses and manage vendor invoicing through to final reconciliation
- Deliver and track performance against the internal media plan — paid and organic across YouTube and Meta
- Working with our Head of Content, ensure seamless content delivery across the full campaign arc: pre-show ticket promotion and local posts, live show-day capture, and post-show recap videos, performance edits, and reporting
- Work with our local teams to book and contract venue, artist, production and events staff
- Act as the day-to-day project lead for the client — setting communication norms, managing approval cycles, and keeping everyone aligned on timeline and milestones
- Deliver the final campaign wrap in collaboration with Sales lead: content recap, dashboard, and metrics reporting against KPIs
- Bring operational rigor and a calm hand to a fast-moving cross-functional team — holding Sales, Finance, local teams, marketing, and creative accountable
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Sofar launched over 10 years ago to bring the magic back to live gigs. The company has rapidly grown and now puts on performances in over 300 cities across the world.
Sofar manages live events in unique, curated spaces such as galleries or even people's living rooms. It has also helped many artists get recognised. For example, more than 40 artists who played Sofar while unsigned, or relatively unknown, have now been nominated for a Grammy.
As they expand, the company's goal is to become the de facto way emerging artists play outside of traditional venues. It is worth mentioning that Sofar has been criticised in the past for paying artists low appearance fees, but this has not stopped plenty of musicians signing up to do gigs.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2021
$11.7m
LATE VC
May 2019
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $45.9m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive health plans
- Culture of learning and development
- Flexible work hours and time off
- Offsites and happy hours
- Free Sofar shows around the world
- A global community
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Rafe Offer
(Executive Chair & Founder)Previously worked in marketing consultancy, has a degree from Stanford in International Business.
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