Senior AV Technician - Live Events & Exhibits

Philadelphia Museum of Art; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free general admission to the museum

Discounted guest tickets

Staff tours and presentations

Discounts at museum restaurant and ret

Job summary

The Philadelphia Museum of Art seeks a Senior Audio-Visual Technician to provide advanced hands-on support for live events, exhibitions, meeting spaces, and other museum activities. You will operate, maintain, and optimize AV systems while contributing to the design and implementation of integrated environments across campus.

This role supports daily operations, works with control systems and networked AV, and collaborates with vendors and internal stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical knowledge of presentation systems, video recording, interactive kiosks, videoconferencing, projection, audio reinforcement, and IT systems.
• Extensive hands-on experience troubleshooting AV equipment in live events, galleries, or production environments.
• Experience installing, configuring, testing, and supporting AV systems including DSP, control, switching/routing, streaming, and networked endpoints.
• Knowledge of AV integration design, equipment selection, and issue diagnosis across signal transport and connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Transport, assemble, operate, maintain, and troubleshoot AV equipment and systems.
• Provide advanced technical support for live events, including setup, signal verification, and issue resolution.
• Install, configure, test, and optimize AV equipment for exhibits, meeting rooms, and event spaces.
• Contribute to AV integration projects from layout and signal flow planning to configuration decisions.
• Configure network-based AV technologies and troubleshoot DSP, control systems, and AV-over-IP environments.
• Support multimedia production for exhibits, websites, and social media.

Skills

AV systems expertise

Live events support

Customer service

Education

AVIXA CTS certification

Tools

Adobe Premiere

PowerPoint

Keynote

Job description

The Philadelphia Museum of Art seeks a Senior Audio-Visual Technician to provide advanced hands-on support for live events, exhibitions, meeting spaces, and other museum activities. You will operate, maintain, and optimize AV systems while contributing to the design and implementation of integrated environments across campus.

This role supports daily operations, works with control systems and networked AV, and collaborates with vendors and internal stakeholders.