Job Description

Senior Lead AV Event Technician
A leading provider of audio visual event and staging services is seeking a qualified Senior Audio Visual Event Video Technician to work on exciting corporate and concert venue production events. Travel up to 35% required.
The ideal Event Video Technician applicant will have at least 6 years of progressive front of house video engineer (V1) expertise.
**Note:  This is a Full Time Permanent W2 Opportunity with full benefits including health insurance, paid time off, employer 401K contributions and more.  Sorry, no freelance opportunities at this time **
Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain all AV equipment and assume the role of head (V1) video technician.
• Overall AV equipment set-up and operations, event production operations, and maintenance support for a large corporate audio-visual live production events.
• Provide FOH (V1) engineering expertise including operating professional video equipment to produce superior video quality in a wide variety of event venues, from small rooms to large 1000-person conference halls.
• Responsible for the proper operation, maintenance, and repair of all video gear.
• Provide assistance in event AV set-up and operations in accordance with facility SOPs and event customer requirements. This involves the use of advanced audiovisual and lighting equipment, including robotic cameras, production switchers, webcasting encoders, and projectors/laptop display equipment.
• Provide basic troubleshooting of equipment and rack-mounted systems to identify the source of problems, and provide immediate repair or replacement to restore operations.

Required Skills and Experience:

• At least 6 years of progressive experience as a an AV Event Engineer.
• Must have "Live Event" corporate event experience supporting a wide variety of event venues, from small rooms to large 1000-person conference halls.
• Must possess experience with expert set-up and maintenance of AV and Broadcast system cameras, video equipment as well as video conferencing equipment and conference AV equipment.
• Have a working knowledge of emerging broadcast, A/V and VTC technologies, and assist in defining upgrade plans for future system upgrades.
• Must have an excellent attitude, professional dress and be capable of performing efforts politely and professionally in a corporate customer service facing role.
• Ability to pass a background investigation.
• Must be willing to travel 30% to 35%.

Education and certification:

• High school diploma or GED
• College Degree highly preferred.
• CTS or other related industry certifications nice to have.

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Full time, Freelance, Immediate start,

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