Lead AV Event Technician

Overview

Lead AV Event Technician

Employment Type: Full Time

Date Posted: 12/2/2025

Location: Washington, DC

Pay Range: 42.00 - 46.00 USD per Hour

Job Number: JO-

Serve as an AV technical lead and staff mentor in a team of technicians. Provide advanced audiovisual technical leadership and support for high level events in event spaces, such as Atriums, Auditoriums, and other large venue spaces. Provide specialized daily audiovisual (AV) support for client meetings and events, communicating in both English and Spanish. This role is required to be on-site 5 days per week.

• Manage large live events, such as panel discussions, executive addresses, broadcasts, concerts, or diplomatic congresses, working directly with clients. Provide pre-meeting guidance and day-of meeting consultation and communication.

• Technically direct virtual and hybrid meetings, utilizing various platforms, with participants and content coming from locations and sources around the world.

• Perform complex AV equipment and lighting set-up, troubleshooting and testing, especially for live events and large gatherings, and broadcast-style virtual meetings.

• Set up, operate, and strike conference room and control room systems including varying types of cameras and video switchers, microphones and sound amplification systems, data/video displays and projection systems, AV device control systems, simultaneous interpretation (SI), videoconferencing equipment, computer control systems, professional audio and video recording systems and video streaming.

• Assist Support Desk operations by responding to client calls, monitoring conference room systems via remote desktop software and web cameras and testing video conferences with AV technicians in high level event spaces.

• Verify, test, troubleshoot and monitor virtual or video conference connections prior to and during meetings.

• Ability to set up and playback PowerPoint and other presentations, connecting laptop and desktop computers with display interfaces to portable and data projectors; able to correctly size and adjust a data image on-screen.

• Understand signal flow and be able to provide advanced troubleshooting for AV and IT equipment.

• Report system anomalies, equipment problems, customer relations issues or any other daily event discrepancies that arise. Work with management to resolve.

• As a senior team member, provide advice and training in an area of expertise such as A1/A2 live audio, audio engineering, theatre lighting, streaming or other industry specialty areas.

• Take ownership of service areas as assigned, creating SOPs, participating in special projects, assisting with process change and equipment upgrades.

• Work is required on-site, with occasional travel to off-site conference venues.

• Other duties and special projects as assigned.

• Excellent customer service skills;
  Must be creative and flexible in interacting & communicating with coworkers and clients, often under deadline pressure.

• Ability to read, speak and effectively communicate in English & Spanish languages;
  Ability to thrive in a multicultural and multilingual environment.

• Ability to share project information with others, collaborate as part of a team, lead challenging projects, and mentor junior technicians as opportunities arise.

• A strong sense of urgency in solving customer requests to ensure timely resolution is critical.

• Superior knowledge of current AV and event industry practices, standards, and procedures

• Proactive attitude and solid work ethic

• Must have superior knowledge of video signal flow, camera, and lighting techniques.

• Advanced knowledge of video switching and directing live programs

• Proficient with control systems such as Crestron, and computer systems used in multimedia production, including computer networks (LANs, net connections, and IP)

• Capability to read and understand wiring diagrams, CAD drawings and schematics.

• Must have a commitment to excellence and to ongoing education/training and to the proficiency in his or her craft;
  Commitment to obtaining AVIXA CTS certification, DES certification and similar.

• The duties of this position require the ability to bend, kneel, crawl, climb ladders and to stand for long periods of time.

• Candidate must be capable of working at heights and have good balance.

• Candidate may be required to lift heavy equipment up to fifty pounds.

• Bachelor’s degree in film/Video, Communications, Media, Audio/Music, Electronic Engineering, or related field preferred; or technical school training with electronics training and related experience

• 8+ years’ experience with the setup, operation and troubleshooting of conference rooms, auditoriums, theatre, and/or broadcast environment.

• AVIXA CTS and/or ITIL certificates are required, and company will help employees achieve those certifications.

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