Specialist Technician AV

University of the Arts London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

University of the Arts London (London College of Fashion) seeks a Specialist Technician AV to manage and optimise campus AV across teaching and event spaces. You will drive high-quality live streaming, hybrid events and converge AV over IP, ensuring reliable delivery for teaching, exhibitions and public events.

You will lead AV projects, mentor the AV team, and collaborate with technical and academic staff to enhance learning environments. A proactive, collaborative communicator is essential.

Qualifications

• Certified, confident user of AV systems and protocols such as QSC Q-Sys, Dante and NDI.
• Experience delivering live streaming and hybrid events across Teams, Blackboard, YouTube, OBS and Vmix.
• Experience leading AV projects and delivering audio for live events.

Responsibilities

• Ensure smooth operation of AV systems across campus.
• Support management of AV development projects to meet user needs.
• Lead AV team and promote knowledge sharing across technical and academic communities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Project management

Live streaming

Tools

QSC Q-Sys

Audinate Dante

NDI

Panopto

Echo360

Microsoft Teams

Blackboard

OBS Studio

Vmix

YouTube Live

Job description

Are you an experienced Audio Visual (AV) Technician with a passion for delivering exceptional AV experiences? Do you want to utilise your technical expertise within a creative, forward-thinking environment? We are looking for a Specialist Technician AV to join us at London College of Fashion’s new state-of-the-art East Bank campus.

As a key member of our technical team, you will draw on your technical proficiency and expertise to provide excellent AV experiences across over 200 teaching, event, exhibition spaces and hybrid modes. Our campus features an award winning, fully converged AV over IP design centred on flexibility and scalability. We also boast a flagship lecture theatre with an 11-metre DV LED display and a Sony Verona XR/Virtual Production research volume.

Your role will be crucial to ensuring the smooth operation of AV systems throughout the campus, supporting the successful delivery of learning and teaching activity, showcasing and live events. You will help lead and motivate the AV team, acting as a point of reference and escalation, while fostering knowledge-sharing across both technical and academic communities.

Working closely with stakeholders, you will also support the management of AV development projects, ensuring that our spaces continue to meet the needs of our diverse and creative user base.

Your profile

You will be a certified, confident and experienced user of AV systems and protocols such as QSC Q-Sys, Audinate Dante, NDI based transport and endpoints. You will be highly proficient in delivering live streaming and hybrid events across platforms and software such as Microsoft Teams, Blackboard, YouTube, OBS and Vmix.

A good working knowledge of network topologies, principles, and protocols is essential, along with experience of installing and developing lecture capture systems such as Panopto or Echo360.

You will also demonstrate excellent communication, organisational and teamwork skills, along with experience of leading AV projects and delivering audio for live events such as live music performances and panel discussions.

UAL is committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments for all staff and students to work and learn – a university where we can be ourselves and reach our full potential. We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and Staff Support Networks. We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, including race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, and caring responsibility.