Freelance Audio/Visual Technician

Children's Theatre Company; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 55,104 - 68,880; Part time

Job summary

Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis seeks a Freelance Audio/Visual Technician to support events. The role involves setup, operation, and troubleshooting for sound and video during services and functions, sometimes working alone and other times with a second technician.

Hours are varied with a two-hour minimum; nights and weekends are common, and monthly commitments total roughly 10–20 hours depending on event scheduling.

Qualifications

• Experience operating sound systems for events and services.
• Experience with live video production and streaming when needed.
• Ability to take direction from multiple stakeholders and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate sound systems for events, including mixing for in-house PA and recording/live-stream destinations.
• Set up and operate video systems when applicable, including recording or live-streaming and projector facilitation.

Skills

Sound systems experience

Live video production experience

Stakeholder communication

Multitasking

Represent Westminster Presbyterian

Collaborative and solution-oriented

Job description

Title: Freelance Audio/Visual Technician

Reports To: A/V Coordinator

Status: Contract - 1-3 positions

Westminster Presbyterian Church is a vibrant, open-minded congregation worshiping in the heart of Minneapolis on Nicollet Mall. As an engaged, urban partner, Westminster has been sharing the good news of God's peace, love, and justice in the city for more than 160 years.

Summary

Audio/Visual Technicians provide occasional support for events. Events often take place at night or on the weekends. Some events and services the technician will work alone, and other times the responsibilities will be divided between two technicians—one assigned to video production and one assigned to audio production.

Hours

Varied. Two-hour minimum. Saturday availability required. Monthly estimate of 10-20 hours based on 2025 events. Hours are not guaranteed and fluctuate seasonally and based on operational needs.

Accountability

Technicians will be accountable to and supervised by the Audio/Visual Coordinator, who will also provide them with systems training and work orders. Technicians will work closely with the Event Coordinator and Event Support positions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Set up and execute sound system operation for the needs of the event or service, including mixing for the in-house PA system and any recording/live-stream destinations; facilitate sound checks.
• Set up and execute video system operation, if applicable, including recording or live-streaming and video projector facilitation.

Skill Requirements

• Experience with sound systems.
• Experience with live video production.
• Professional experience communicating with and taking direction from multiple stakeholders.
• The ability to multi-task.
• The ability to represent Westminster Presbyterian Church positively.
• Collaborative and solution-oriented.

Pay rate

$40-50 an hour, dependent on experience and qualifications. Training hours paid at $20/hour.

Start date

As soon as possible.