Senior Technical AV Project Manager

Jacobs Massey; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading event production company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead multi-disciplinary teams for live productions. The ideal candidate has at least six years of experience in creative lighting design and a solid understanding of related technologies. They will engage closely with clients to create solutions that reflect creativity and excellence while maintaining financial performance. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential in this role, ensuring that every project meets high standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum of six years experience in creative lighting design within client-facing environments.
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage projects from concept to completion.
• Strong understanding of audio, video, and scenic technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering technical excellence.
• Shape compelling visual environments for live productions.
• Engage with clients to translate objectives into solutions.

Skills

Strong lighting experience

Creative lighting design

Collaboration across disciplines

Communicative skills

Job description

Job Description

As our Senior Technical Project Manager, you will lead multi-disciplinary teams in delivering technical excellence across our most ambitious live productions. Were specifically looking for someone with strong lighting experience, capable of integrating creative lighting design and systems into complex event environments while collaborating closely across sound, video, and scenic disciplines.

With a minimum of six years experience in creative lighting design and systems within client-facing environments, youll take ownership of key projects from concept to completion, ensuring every stage of delivery reflects our core values of creativity, passion, and excellence.

Your specialist lighting expertise will enable you to shape compelling visual environments and support others in achieving the same high standards. Alongside this, youll bring a solid understanding of related disciplinesaudio, video, and scenic technologiesand a willingness to deepen your knowledge across the wider technical landscape.

A confident and proactive communicator, youll engage with a broad mix of clients to understand their objectives and translate them into commercially sound, creatively driven solutions. Youll approach every brief with both imagination and strategic insight, ensuring exceptional results without compromising financial performance.

As a technical leader, youll guide teams and projects with clarity and