AV Design Architect

Zachry Group•San Antonio, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The AV Design Architect performs high-level equipment planning, design, and optimization. This role evaluates and recommends new products, maintains knowledge of emerging technologies for application to the enterprise, and works with equipment vendors to deploy solutions to meet organizational needs. The architect will perform site surveys, gather business requirements, and translate them into audio/visual or process designs. Responsibilities include planning and recommending hardware, systems management software, and architecture, as well as approving and modifying audio-visual designs for compliance. Collaboration is key, working closely with internal customers, vendors, other technology employees, and audio-visual technicians. The role also involves working with facilities personnel for cabling, power, and mounting, and with Enterprise Technology Services for integration with other IT systems. Additionally, the AV Design Architect delivers, sets up, manages, and maintains technical equipment for live events, demonstrations, training, and one-time venue locations, overseeing technical planning, availability, and logistics. This includes assembling, transporting, operating, and repairing equipment, providing support for presentations, distance learning, and webinars, and potentially handling visual graphics, audio tracks, and lighting. The architect advises speakers on equipment usage and limits, assists in audio-visual productions, configures and maintains equipment, performs troubleshooting, monitors performance, and documents events. This role is also responsible for instructing, directing, and checking the work of lower-level technicians, maintaining equipment inventory and asset accountability, and ensuring capacity planning. Communication with managers, service providers, and customers on solution status is essential, along with coordinating equipment ordering, receiving, installation, repair, and removal with vendors and service providers.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in audio/video technology or a related field or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of experience in audio/video installation and troubleshooting.
Strong understanding of audio and video systems.
Basic computer networking skills.
Excellent customer service skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Performs high-level equipment planning, design, and optimization.
Evaluates and recommends new products, maintains knowledge of emerging technologies for application to the enterprise.
Evaluates current and emerging technology and works with equipment vendors to deploy solutions to meet organizational needs.
Performs site surveys of locations that require audio-visual solutions.
Gathers business requirements from customers on solution needs.
Translates business requirements into audio/visual or process designs.
Plans and recommends hardware, systems management software and architecture.
Approves and modifies audio-visual design and architecture to ensure compliance.
Works closely with internal customers, vendors, other technology employees, and audio-visual technicians to deliver solutions.
Works closely with facilities personnel for the cabling, power and mounting of equipment.
Works closely with Enterprise Technology Services personnel on the integration of audio-visual equipment with other IT systems.
Delivers, sets up, manages and maintains the technical equipment associated with live events, demonstrations, training and one-time venue locations.
Oversees the technical planning, availability and logistics of equipment supporting organization meetings and special events.
Assemble, transport, operate and repair any equipment used during events.
Provide support for live presentations, distance learning and webinar programs.
May also provide visual graphics, audio tracks and lighting for live events.
Advises speakers and presenters on audio-visual equipment usage and limits.
Under general direction, assists in audio-visual productions by working with event coordinators as directed.
Configures and maintains equipment
Performs troubleshooting procedures and designs resolution procedures.
Monitors equipment performance.
Teach others to operate the equipment and document events and presentations that are being offered.
Responsible for instructing, directing, and checking the work of lower-level audio-visual or helpdesk technicians.
Maintain an inventory of equipment the organization owns.
Manages accountability for audio/visual equipment assets.
Ensures capacity planning is performed.
Communicates with managers, service providers and internal customers on solution status.
Coordinates the ordering and receiving of equipment with vendors
Coordinates the installation, repair, and removal of equipment with customers and service providers