Auditorium & Conference Center Technical Lead – 7873-3737

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Description

The Auditorium & Conference Center Technical Lead will support event and
production spaces for an established multi-channel retailer client. This
key role is responsible for:

– maintaining, organizing, advising, operating, and troubleshooting
all aspects of the clients event and production spaces;
– supporting the operations and personnel who oversee the technical
support of the clients production facilities and control rooms;
– partnering with client engineering team to ensure proper maintenance
and operational readiness for the event and production spaces on
campus; and
– assisting with the training and development of personnel to ensure
they have the skillset and technical knowledge to effectively
perform their roles.

WHO WE ARE

At AVI-SPL, we pride ourselves on our superior customer service, passion
for excellence, spirit of teamwork, and the focus on continued
innovation. Our employees are the people who enable us to deliver on
those values every business day. Thats why were always on the
lookout for talented, ambitious people who can make a substantial
contribution to our team of smart, down-to-earth, hardworking
professionals.

We offer lots of room for growth! We support each other and value the
importance of collaboration and intellectual curiosity across all our
teams. Youll have daily opportunities to develop your individual
skills, become an expert in the dynamic event production and corporate
video industry, and be part of an innovative organization.

We offer a competitive package and a balanced work-life culture. We love
what we do and hope you do too – come join us!

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Management

– Assist with the setup and configuration of all necessary control
room and studio elements to ensure successful productions based on
event scope.
– Provide technical consultation on technical broadcast approach and
design of productions.
– Ensure resources are scheduled and assigned to required operator
positions based on event production scope.
– Support the development and documentation of best practices for all
event spaces including production and technology configurations to
ensure top level of production quality and consistency.
– Support preventative maintenance procedures and facility plans to
ensure locations remain operationally ready.
– Serve as the initial escalation point of contact for all equipment
troubleshooting, service and maintenance needs and coordinate with
client engineering teams to facilitate repair needs to ensure
operational readiness of facilities.
– Ensure all discrepancies are communicated and resolved to the
clients satisfaction and in a timely manner.
– Document and provide SOP instructions for operation of studio and
control room equipment in order to provide training to staff and
freelancers.
– Collaborate on the assessment and recommendation of solutions around
technical and operational strategy of studio and event spaces based
on production requirements.
– Provide guidance on post-mortems of webcasts and fully analyze what
went right, what went wrong, and make recommendations for future
improvements.
– Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with team members to
ensure alignment on event procedures, scheduling, and production
briefs as required.

Technical Events

– Support the production design, setup, and configuration of all
necessary control room elements to ensure a high-quality event for
client productions.
– Oversee the operational approach to fulfill the creative production
needs for client events, including but not limited to:
– Technical dir cting
– Audio mixing
– Robotic cameras
– Virtual platforms
– Graphics
– Video playback
– Streaming
– Lighting design
– Teleprompter
– Operation of remote acquisition equipment (or equivalent software
i.e., Zoom, Hangouts, etc.) as needed for remote presenter
participation in events.
– Operation of streaming and encoding equipment.

WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR

Must-have skills & job qualifications

5 years of experience in live event production, event coordination,
broadcast, audio/visual and video production, or another similar field.

3 years of experience in:

– onsite, virtual, and hybrid live events
– database and scheduling management

Video engineering and strategic technical management experience.

Experience supporting control room equipment including video switchers,
audio consoles, robotic cameras, and video playback software.

– Understanding of signal flow in a digital broadcast environment.
– Experience in working with LAN/WAN networking and switches.
– Skills in both traditional television broadcast and IT equipment
installation, and troubleshooting.

Knowledge of virtual production and meeting platforms.

A keen eye for detail with a knowledge of what creativ