Senior Event Technician

Responsibilities

• Using technical expertise and creative innovation to contribute to the overall technical strategy of live events based on the creative vision and unique event scope.
• Utilizing deep knowledge of video equipment and technology to ensure flawless operation of all video equipment and applying decision‑making skills to make real‑time adjustments for quality control.
• Collaborating with team members to optimize the operational setup of the production control room and overseeing the maintenance and troubleshooting of all aspects of the client’s production facilities and control rooms.

Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities

• Provide technical consultation on the production design of live event experiences through professional quality video, audio, lighting, and presentation to allow the client and external partners to connect and communicate their message in a distinct and technologically innovative way.
• Meet with client teams to understand event scope and provide a strategy and solution to meet production requirements.
• Coordinate the technical production needs for all events and ensure requirements are in full compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Facilitate equipment rental and other supplemental production requirements.
• Ensure full quality check and optimization of facility, event assets, and experience prior to production.
• Assist with presenter preparation including direction, facilitating rehearsal and other pre‑event needs.
• Oversee post‑production needs including basic editing and delivery of recordings.
• Organize event metrics and feedback and provide recommendations on areas for improvement.
• Participate in assessment of technical challenges and oversee creation of incident and postmortem reports.
• Collaborate on the assessment and recommendation of solutions around overall strategy for studio and event spaces based on operational requirements.
• Participate in regularly scheduled meetings with team members to ensure alignment on event procedures, scheduling, and production briefs as required.
• Oversee the production design, setup and configuration of all necessary control room elements to ensure a high‑quality event for client productions.
• Maintain all relevant hardware, equipment, and production assets and oversee necessary testing and quality control on all items prior to an event.
• Oversee the operational approach to fulfill the creative production needs for client events, including but not limited to: technical directing, audio mixing, robotic cameras, virtual platforms, graphics, video playback, streaming, lighting design, teleprompter.
• Execute virtual events on various virtual event platforms such as StreamYard, Wirecast, and VMix.
• Provide support for staging and creative lighting design.
• Support post‑production needs including basic clean up and content editing for event recordings.
• Mentor Event Technicians and collaborate on the strategy of training programs to develop personnel and ensure they have the skillset and knowledge to effectively perform their roles, providing recommendations and opportunities for advancing capabilities.
• Serve as the primary onsite support for troubleshooting of all control‑related equipment.
• Perform regular preventative maintenance on all production equipment and ensure optimization of all equipment configurations and setups, and initiate troubleshooting of more complex issues.
• Coordinate repair and maintenance support needs with location and regional technical leadership to ensure operational readiness of client facility.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in live event production, event coordination, broadcast, and video production, or another similar field.
• 1+ years of experience in:
  • onsite, virtual, and hybrid live events
  • database and scheduling management
  • Studio production and event experience
• Experience with control room equipment including video switchers, audio consoles, robotic cameras, and video playback software.
• Knowledge of virtual production and meeting platforms.
• A keen eye for detail with a knowledge of what creatively works well for broadcast production.