Role: AV Event Technician
Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 depending on experience, plus company benefits
Interview Process: 2 stage (Virtual and Face-to-face)
Hours: 40 hours/week working shifts that fall between 7am – 7pm (Monday – Friday)
Yorktel-Kinly is a unified global leader in collaboration, systems integration, and managed services. We focus on transforming workspaces, simplifying complexity, and empowering people. Our in-house expertise includes AI-powered room monitoring, 24/7 support, and a unique enterprise service layer, enabling us to operate with even greater agility, efficiency, and precision.
With comprehensive capabilities, decades of experience, and expanded delivery teams, we empower global businesses to thrive in the hybrid world, and we are committed to driving a new era of inspiration and opportunity for our people, clients, and partners; one seamless experience at a time.
With 27 offices in 11 countries, 1,600 colleagues, 900 specialist accreditations, 40-years' professional experience and 2,500 customers, we are delivering scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions around the world.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a proven Audio Visual Technician to join one of our most prestigious client sites, to join our existing and growing onsite team.
You will be responsible for delivering a demanding calendar of corporate events whilst maintaining the high quality and standards of the client’s experience. The role incorporates all aspects of AV including pre-production, identifying technical requirements, attending meetings in an advisory capacity, managing multiple types of equipment and event execution. Support requests include internal and externally hosted events based at client and non-client sites, using both Virtual and Hybrid events platforms.
Key responsibilities:
* Liaise with client to determine event support requirements
* Provide technical support to the client event spaces, meeting suites, external venues and virtual platforms.
* Planning and execution of technical elements for conferences and roadshows hosted at hotels and other venues with a view to produce a cost effective and professional event
* Attend site surveys and productions days
* Liaise with the Events and Comms teams
* Coordinate with external production companies and host sites
* Work with Rich Media Service teams including webcasts, video bridging coordination, projects and VIP AV
* Carry out all aspects of the AV service prescribed in Event Function Sheets.
* Maintain personal awareness of procedures relevant to the Events Team.
* Deliver a high standard of service in accordance with SLAs.
Skills and Experience:
* Proven experience within a client facing Corporate Events field
* AVIXA CTS Certified or similar vocational qualification(s) preferred. Candidates without this qualification will be expected to complete this training onsite
* Live experience of digital sound desks including microphone management and EQ
* Working experience of Crestron control systems and virtual signal routing
* Knowledge of Video Conferencing, control, signal switching / routing and TV distribution systems
* Expert knowledge of MS Teams and Cisco Webex
* Multi-camera control systems and vision mixing
* Working knowledge of virtual events production and broadcast platforms – Streams, vMix or Wirecast
* Understanding of multiple display types including aspect ratios and video walls
* Basic stage lighting principles
If you are selected for interview, and need any reasonable adjustments made for your interview, please let the Talent Acquisition team know, at the point of scheduling.
If you do require details of the vacancy or the application process in an alternative format, please either email jobs@kinly.com outlining your requirements; or you can view the vacancy via the Kinly page on Vercida which allows you to customise the content so that you can review in a way that works best for you.
Equal Opportunities:
Yorktel-Kinly is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, gender identity, pregnancy, colour, race, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, religion or any other ‘protected characteristics. We welcome your application.