Backstage Tour Coordinator ESC 2025 (February-March 50%, April-May 100%)
50% - 100%, Basel
The Eurovision Song Contest comes to Switzerland in 2025. With around 180 million viewers, the contest is the music event with the strongest coverage in the world. Join the Eurovision team and contribute to its success.
Your mission
For the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 (ESC), we are looking for a Backstage Tour Coordinator from February 2025 to the end of May 2025 (February-March 50%, April-May 100%). In this role, you will be in charge of coordinating all the Backstage Tours for the different partners and groups prior to and during ESC 2025. As part of the ESC Event team, your tasks will be the following:- set up a backstage tour concept (information from previous years, possible routes, fun facts, group sizes etc.);
- elaborate a plan together with the production team (especially the venue manager) and the other ESC teams in order to determine which groups will need backstage tours and at what frequency: sponsors, partners, providers, HB, city of Basel etc.;
- set up a plan together with the hospitality and the ticketing manager for all potential hospitality packages including backstage tours;
- elaborate and keep up a schedule of all backstage tours;
- set up a team of volunteers and train them in order to carry out the backstage tours;
- write the script for the backstage tours together with all the teams involved, for example production team, event team, executive producers, commentators
Your profile
- You have a good knowledge of the ESC and other international events
- You have experience with technical aspects of large-scale international TV productions
- You have experience with event management and big-scale international events
- You are able to create and coordinate a small team
- You have good organisational and communication skills
- You are a multi-tasker and are able to handle stressful situations in a calm and composed manner
What we have to offer
- Many and varied responsibilities with plenty of creative freedom in a dynamic and challenging ESC 2025 environment
- Room for ambition and creative ideas as well as the opportunity to actively help shape the event within the ESC 2025
- An extremely motivated and cooperative working environment and integration into a committed and professional SRG-wide project team
- You will be part of the ESC 2025 in Switzerland and in your role will contribute to the success of the world's largest music event
"As part of Team Event, we provide crucial support in realising the ESC. Join us in welcoming the ESC back to its home country!"
Our promise
High-quality journalism is our core business and passion. We have editorial freedom, encourage creativity and provide plenty of room for new and valuable content.
For us, high-quality journalism is also digital. That is why we explore new opportunities and experiment with new forms and formats: digitally, interactively and across different media. We create content that is in tune with the times and has its finger firmly on its audience’s pulse.
We work self-reliantly, in the spirit of partnership and help to shape our working atmosphere in a truly distinctive way. Our success is built as much on the personal strengths of our employees as it is on their professional qualities.
We reach and touch the whole of Switzerland with our programmes. In our work, we act respectfully and independently, which is how we encourage people to form opinions and strengthen diversity. We are proud of our work and of our contribution to Switzerland.
Glimpse into a working day
Place of work
Contact
About the position
Frau Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol
Head of Event ESC 2025
+41 58 136 13 65
About the application process
Herr Romano Somazzi
HR Recruiting Specialist ESC
+41 58 135 25 51
Location
- Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Studio Basel)
- Meret Oppenheim-Platz 1b
- 4053 Basel
