AV Media Specialist

DAWSON; New London (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Matching

Paid Vacation

Sick Leave

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Work Environment

Critical Illness Coverage (Voluntary)

Accident Insurance

Identity Theft Coverage

Pet Insurance

Job summary

LAUKOA seeks an AV Media Specialist to maintain and deploy media in the National Coast Guard Museum’s galleries, theater, and interactive experiences. The role combines audiovisual systems support, media deployment, calibration, preventive maintenance, and event support in a high-uptime public environment.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3–5 years of AV experience in similar settings, plus hands-on knowledge of projectors, digital content workflows, and control

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in digital media, film/video production, audio engineering, or a related technical field.
• Three to five years of professional AV experience in museum galleries, high-end theaters, live-event production, or comparable high-uptime environments.
• Portfolio demonstrating multimedia installations or professional video production.
• Working knowledge of HDMI, HDBaseT, SDI, NDI, audio signal flow, Premiere/After Effects/Audition, and Crestron/Extron/Q-SYS control environments.

Responsibilities

• Load, update, synchronize, and quality-check approved digital content across museum media players and interactive displays.
• Calibrate projectors, gallery audio, and theater systems; update firmware and perform equipment-health checks.
• Troubleshoot failures across AV hardware, software, media players, signal paths, network routing, and control systems.
• Support content digitization, remastering, and accessible-media features including captions and assistive listening.
• Support lectures and events with mics, presentations, multi-camera streaming, and AV systems.
• Coordinate with IT and Exhibits Maintenance on high-bandwidth video distribution and exhibit uptime.

Skills

Portfolio

HDMI

HDBaseT

SDI

NDI

Audio routing

Crestron

Extron

Q-SYS

Adobe Premiere

After Effects

Audition

Education

Bachelor degree

Tools

HDMI

HDBaseT

SDI

NDI

Job description

AV Media Specialist

Openings: 2 full-time positions | Location: New London, Connecticut (on-site)

Position Summary

The AV Media Specialist keeps the National Coast Guard Museum galleries, theater, and interactive media experiences reliable, accessible, and presentation-ready. The role combines audiovisual systems support, media deployment, calibration, preventive maintenance, and approved event support in a high-uptime public environment.

Essential Responsibilities

• Load, update, synchronize, and quality-check approved digital content across museum media players and interactive displays.

• Calibrate projectors, gallery audio, and theater systems; perform routine cleaning, firmware updates, and equipment-health checks.

• Troubleshoot failures across AV hardware, software, media players, signal paths, network routing, and centralized control systems.

• Support Government-approved content digitization, formatting, remastering, and accessible-media features, including captions, assistive-listening support, and audio descriptions.

• Support approved lectures and events with microphones, presentations, multi-camera streaming, and related AV systems.

• Coordinate with the IT Specialist and Exhibits Maintenance Technician on high-bandwidth video distribution, cable routing, discreet equipment integration, and exhibit uptime.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in digital media, film/video production, audio engineering, or a related technical field.

• Three to five years of professional AV experience in museum galleries, high-end theaters, live-event production, or comparable high-uptime environments.

• Portfolio demonstrating successful multimedia installations, professional video production, or comparable AV systems work.

• Working knowledge of HDMI, HDBaseT, SDI, NDI, audio signal flow, Adobe Premiere/After Effects/Audition, and Crestron, Extron, or Q-SYS control environments.

*This Position is Contingent Upon Award.

LAUKOA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/VEVRAA federal contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• a 401(k) program with employer match
• paid vacation and sick leave
• employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance
• an Employee Assistance Program
• a flexible work environment
• Additionally, employees can choose from several voluntary benefits including critical illness coverage
• accident insurance
• identity theft coverage
• pet insurance, and more

LAUKOA gives preference to internal candidates. If no internal candidate meets our qualifications, external candidates will be given consideration.