Category: Artist/Label Services

Ground Control Touring is looking for a Contracts Manager to join our team in Brooklyn, Chicago, Los Angeles or Nashville. Successful candidates will have 3+ years of legal, paralegal, or business affairs experience in live music, preferably from a booking agency or promoter. They will be well versed in the concert and tour contracting process, with artist favorable terms at top of mind. This position reports directly to Ground Control Touring’s Managing Director. 
**Responsibilities: **
• Manage and own the full lifecycle of the contracting process for the agency's larger clients, tour deals, festival engagements, and international performances
• Collaborate with agent teams on contract negotiation strategy, aligning agency terms & conditions (T&C) with overall artist objectives 
• Standardize T&C with primary agency promoter partners to ensure streamlined agreement timelines and payment processing 
• Optimize the process for issuing, reviewing, and revising a high volume of contracts, gathering necessary information while ensuring accuracy 
• Train, educate, and clarify contract processes with key stakeholders and agency teams 
• Provide agency wide database training and usage guidelines 
• Ensure organized filing of contracts and other relevant documentation in agency database and other internal systems 
**Qualifications: **
• 3+ years of relevant legal or business affairs experience in live music, ideally on the agency or promoter side 
• Strong knowledge of industry contracting standards, with an expertise in artist-favorable terms 
• Well versed in the various artist deal structures associated with a live performance
• Exceptional eye for detail in contract drafting and review with an ability to identify errors and inconsistencies 
• Familiarity with Opus database a plus 
Ground Control Touring is an independent booking agency, founded in 2000 with offices in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville, Austin, and Portland. We represent a large, genre spanning roster of artists including Ani DiFranco, Belle & Sebastian, Boy Harsher, MIKE, Waxahatchee, Bright Eyes, Gregory Alan Isakov, Men I Trust, MJ Lenderman, Japanese Breakfast, and many others. We strive for the long-term success of our artists by providing the wide range of services of a larger agency, with the agility and personalization of a boutique. 
We’re passionate about supporting artists, building long-term careers, and working collaboratively across the music community with our promoter partners.