Senior Broadcast Technician (12 month fixed term contract)

Proav; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global audio visual integrator, proAV, seeks an experienced Senior Broadcast Technician for a 12-month fixed-term contract in London. This role encompasses technical delivery, team mentorship, and operational oversight in dynamic web-casting and virtual-studio environments, offering significant opportunity for professional growth and engagement with high-level stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable broadcast-engineering expertise, including chroma-key lighting and multi-camera workflows.
• Proficiency with key broadcasting tools, including vMix and Blackmagic platforms.
• Outstanding communication and organisational skills with experience managing multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all broadcast equipment is designed, installed, and maintained to professional standards.
• Provide engineering support during live and recorded events, diagnosing technical issues.
• Mentor and develop staff while engaging with C-suite stakeholders.

Skills

Broadcast-engineering expertise

Excellent troubleshooting skills

Outstanding communication skills

Organisational ability

Tools

vMix

Blackmagic ATEM/Ultimatte

NDI Tools

Adobe Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Adobe Creative Suite

AR/XR technologies

Job description

Senior Broadcast Technician (12 month fixed term contract)

proAV are a leading global audio visual integrator, providing AV and event services across multiple client partnerships globally.

Our immediate requirement is for an experienced Senior Broadcast Technician to be a key part of our London team, representing proAV and working onsite, owning the technical delivery, team development and operational oversight of our web-casting and virtual-studio environments. This role combines hands-on engineering, studio design, staff mentorship and stakeholder engagement at C-Suite level. This is a 12-month fixed term position.

One of many openings available at proAV (who have over 500 team members globally), this position is based within our end user’s organisation who continue to invest in state-of-the-art technologies, services, and training.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional, experienced Senior Broadcast Technician to join an established operation with scope to drive and enhance the service at every opportunity.

Experience and seniority of the position will be reflected by the remuneration and benefits package.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Oversight & Studio Set-Up

• Ensure all broadcast equipment—cameras, lighting rigs, audio systems and green-screen/chroma-key configurations—is designed, installed and maintained to professional standards.
• Optimise studio layouts for diverse broadcast scenarios, including AR/XR workflows and real-time graphics.

Live Broadcast Support & Troubleshooting

• Provide engineering support during live and recorded events, swiftly diagnosing and resolving technical issues across vMix, Blackmagic ATEM/Ultimatte, NDI Tools, Panasonic UE150 and professional audio consoles.
• Collaborate with third-party production teams and senior stakeholders to rehearse and validate all feeds prior to transmission.
• Liaise with post-production to ensure recorded sessions (via Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve) meet quality benchmarks and are delivered on schedule.
• Oversee media transcoding and content packaging in standard formats (.mp4, QuickTime, streaming codecs).

Mentoring and Collaboration

• Senior point of contact and overall ownership for mentoring and collaboration with the broadcast engineer and associated personnel.
• Take ownership of leaning and development by leading structured training and knowledge-transfer sessions for colleagues and visiting technicians.

Ownership of Reporting

• Assume responsibility for operational reporting, producing and distributing periodic reports on studio usage, issue logs and event summaries.
• Adapt reporting formats and schedules in line with evolving business needs.

Inventory & Compliance

• Maintain the broadcast suite’s compliance with site-wide SLAs through accurate inventory management and proper handover practices.
• Coordinate with central teams on preventive maintenance and escalate any deviations.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Foster strong relationships with senior stakeholders, gathering and acting on feedback to ensure service excellence.
• Act as the principal technical liaison for C-Suite broadcasts, upholding proAV’s reputation for professionalism and discretion.
• Travel: Primarily across two London sites; occasional national assignments.
• Working hours: The standard hours are a 9-hour shift between 7am-7pm, however due to the nature of the role you may be required to work flexible hours and such additional hours as necessary for the effective performance of your duties.

Person specification

• Demonstrable broadcast-engineering expertise, including chroma-key lighting, multi-camera workflows and real-time production software.
• Proficiency with vMix, Blackmagic ATEM/Ultimatte, NDI Tools, Panasonic UE150 and professional audio consoles.
• Familiarity with AR/XR technologies (Unreal Engine, camera tracking), Adobe Stager, Blender and Adobe Creative Suite.
• Excellent troubleshooting and analytical skills under pressure.
• Outstanding communication skills, capable of advising executives and mentoring engineers.
• Strong organisational ability, with experience managing multiple projects to tight deadlines.
• Willingness to travel occasionally across the UK for high-profile events.

Hours of work

40 hours per week, 9 hours a day on a rotational shift basis between 7am-7pm, including an hour unpaid break, Monday-Friday (occasional evenings and weekends as event schedule requires).

About Us

proAV designs, integrates and supports blended technology solutions with AV, UC and beyond including end-to-end services and 24/7/365 support to enhance global collaboration and empower your world of communication.

From reviewing technology to integration to post-deployment support, you’re in safe hands when you trust your AV and UC to proAV.

We are recognised as one of the AV industry’s most powerful international delivery and support operations trusted by a varied client base in more than 80 countries across 6 continents. To date, we have completed 700+ projects outside of the UK that meets the demands and challenges of a globalised marketplace, keeping the lines of communication and collaboration open.

From our state-of-the-art Customer Services Centre and Video Network Operations Centre (VNOC) our dedicated teams manage, monitor and protect our global clients’ business-critical AV systems architecture, products and technologies 24/7/365.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

proAV is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to supporting and promoting an inclusive culture for all employees and job applicants. We want everyone to feel comfortable being themselves and create a culture where we understand and respect each other’s differences. proAV does not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, gender identity, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We make employment decision based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and/or experience of the individual. proAV offers personal and professional development opportunities , not just through traditional qualifications, but also through Apprenticeship schemes, internal training and mentorship programmes. We support employees and job applicants with their work-life balance through our family friendly policies and practices. We encourage all to apply.