London
XOYO - Night Club
Phonox - Night Club
Blues Kitchen - Bar, restaurant, and live music venue
October 2019 to October 2020
Established in 2006, The Columbo Group, owns and manages several iconic music venues, festivals and nightlife institutions in England.

Successfully managed a network of music venues, strengthening the relationships between the artists, music labels, and the Columbo Group. Expanded the musical lineup creating successful links with blues, rock, funk and jazz artists.

Partnered with event promoters to deliver respectable event experiences for our guests and dealt with artists, Djs, dancers and entertainers of the night making sure their invoices were organized and delivered.

Took care of the successful operation of the events on the night, creating optimal guest experience, managing the entrance and the overall well-being of our customers.

Managed to recruit around 20 successful staff members that aligned to our companies' values, creating a strong team that delivered professional services.

Manager

Hospitality company

Tiger Tiger, Night Club / Assistant General Manager
Ruby Blue - Night Club and Restaurant / General Manager
Lighthouse - Bar, Night Club, Live music venue / General Manager
Cirque - Cocktail Bar / General Manager
The Shoreditch Cocktail Bar / Supervisor

Worked alongside the director to expand the company and operations team. The company owned 5 venues in 2015 and by 2019 it already had 30+ venues in both central and east London, I played a key part in putting 10 of those venues in east London and the first 5 venues in central London in operation and hired 100+ staff members that went from general managers and  assistant managers to bartenders, barbacks and waitresses. Managed to make the venues commercially efficient by getting rid of unnecessary expenses, less wastage with the right training of staff, and making sure our guests would come back after delivering proper customer care from the moment they stepped in our venues.

With over 30 venues in the same area, it would be normal to oversee the operations of various sites in one night and to train new managers so they could understand the culture of the company and then deliver that to their staff.

Succeeded in having the main venue with the least staff turnover of the company after recruiting the proper staff and implementing new training programs that reduced turnover with 1 to 1s, feedback, how to deliver proper customer experience and how to upsell whilst working proficiently.

Responsibilities:
? Money Handling: responsible for cash ups and change orders
? Recruitment for all venues, 30 of them.
? Training staff.
? Making all venues commercially efficient.
? Opening and putting to work all new venues bought from the company.
? Managing a team of up to 100+ people.
? Dealing with different events and promoters every week.
? DJ and artist rota
? Rota compliance
? Licensing checks
? Orders
? Incident reports and compliance center.
? Running a fully licensed venue.
? Running events of up to 1500 guests.
? PR and marketing
? P&Ls

There was a massive increase in sales after taking over each venue and after putting the time and effort to find the right promoters, suitable events for our crowd and the right team.

General Manager

Hospitality company
Worked closely with various artists and promoters before, during and after each event.
Finding new promoters and live gigs for the company and running the events on the night. In charge of advertising and marketing campaigns for the events of 30+ venues.

Music events and marketing Coordinator

Hospitality company
Recruited bartenders, barbacks, waitresses and managers for 30+ venues.
Played a crucial part in recruiting live acts, artists, musicians and Djs from different backgrounds for all the venues.

Talent and Recruitment Manager

Music events and booking agency for DJs focused in electronic music.

Worked alongside the event producer in the search for sponsors and venues to create events for showcases of international music labels. Managed the operation and delivered great guest experience throughout the events whilst taking care of the guest lists and the overall experience throughout the night.

Event producer assistant

Music events and booking agency for DJs focused on electronic music.

Worked alongside the CEO of the company in search for artists and Djs for the showcases and its diffusion through social media, planning communication strategies and creating successful links between the agency the venues and the record labels.
Took care of booking flights and welcoming international artists and making them comfortable in Bogota, strengthening the relationship with them in English, French and Spanish.
Additionally, helped create databases and posted and managed the events on Resident Advisor.
Created and maintained social media presence, increasing follower support.
Scheduled and organized calendar, travel coordination and expenses.
Tracked artists payments and/or commissions.

Music manager assistant

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The Columbo Group

SBG / Novus Leisure

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SBG / Novus Leisure

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University Jorge Tadeo Lozano