Creative Technologist, AV Experience Required

AVI-SPL Middle East; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

AVI-SPL Middle East is seeking a senior Design Technologist to lead creative AV and experiential technology design for the Dubai office. You will support business development, lead pre-sales engineering, and provide post-sales project support, translating customer needs into detailed system designs and proposals.

You will generate block diagrams, volume estimates, and equipment lists, while coordinating with vendors and internal teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of AV experience in experiential design.
• Experience in consultancy, creative agency, or production environment.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally.
• Ability to translate customer requirements into creative visioning presentations and functional system designs.
• Strong customer-facing communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative AV and experiential design leadership for Dubai office.
• Partner with Business Development to build relationships within the experiential design community.
• Translate customer requirements into visioning presentations and functional system designs.
• Develop engineering and architectural drawings and facilitate coordination with disciplines.
• Provide engineering support to project installation teams as needed.
• Travel to various job sites as required and support meetings outside local time zones.

Skills

AV design leadership

Client liaison

Pre-sales support

Estimating hours

Travel flexibility

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

AVIXA CTS-DA certification

Electronics education (formal)

Tools

Google SketchUp Pro

AutoCAD

Revit

Job description

As part of XTG Experience Technology Group Technologists provide creative AV designs to enable experiential storytelling. This customer-facing senior design role supports business development, leads pre‑sales creative engineering and provides on‑going post‑sales project support. The Technologist should be skilled in AV and experiential technology consulting for both internal sales and customers, providing leadership in planning and budgeting, responsibilities include creating system descriptions, block flow diagrams, estimating hours, highlighting logistical challenges for pricing and preparing equipment lists for customer proposals.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide creative AV and experiential technology and design leadership for XTG and their partners supporting the Dubai office.
• Partner with XTG Business Development Team to build relationships within the experiential design community internationally.
• Work with the XTG Director of Strategic Partnerships to track new contacts and nurture existing partner relationships.
• Translate customer requirements into creative visioning presentations and functional system designs.
• Communicate design intent with hand sketches, electronic drawings, renderings, diagrams, outlines, storyboards and or narratives.
• Develop engineering and architectural RCP Floor Plan drawings, calculations and facilitate coordination with disciplines and trades.
• Review pre‑construction design and documentation.
• Assist with technical design pricing and identify any logistical challenges.
• Generate functional system descriptions and block diagrams.
• Provide engineering support to project installation team when needed.
• Serve as Customer liaison for engineering inquiries.
• Meet with vendors prospective vendors to help evaluate products and identify new creative technologies.
• Post sales project consultation.
• Review and validate the work of experiential Design Engineers.
• Travel to various job sites is required.
• Support of meetings outside of local time zones is required up to 20 times per year.

Other duties assigned as needed.

WHO WE ARE AVI‑SPL is a digital enablement solutions provider who transforms how people and technology connect to elevate experiences, create new value and enable organizations to thrive and grow. We are the largest provider of collaboration technology solutions which include our award‑winning managed services. Our highly certified industry experts and innovation leaders share a vision to help people work smarter and live better. We believe that success starts with a sound team and that an inclusive and diverse workplace moves us all forward.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

• Must Haves:
  Excellent customer‑facing and communications skills
  Communicate and interact with internal employees, clients and colleagues in a professional and timely manner
  Track record of designing and implementing experiential AV solutions
  Ability to work and think creatively as well as independently and ensuring to meet deadlines and solving problems with a ‘how can it be done’ attitude
  Ability to diagnose complex system problems
  Support user acceptance testing
  Advanced computer skills as required for the design configuration and operation of AV equipment
  Ability to travel nationally and internationally is required
  Previous work with consultancy, creative agency, production house or creative fabricator
  At least 10 years of AV experience
  Valid Driver's License and a Motor Vehicle Record that meets AVI‑SPL driving standards
  Minimum of a High School Diploma or equivalent
  Able to attend daily meetings and participate in project activities scheduled in Gulf Standard Time (GST) and attend weekly office meetings in Dubai.
• Nice‑to‑Haves:
  Formal education in Electronics or related field preferred
  AVIXA CTS‑DA four‑year degree or military experience may be considered in place of job experience.
  Formal education in Electronics or a related field is preferred.
  Experienced with Google SketchUp Pro or comparable design software.