Audio-Visual Engineer / Project Manager

Corporate Live, Inc. has been creating amazing live events for a diverse roster of entertainment, non-profit, corporate, political, and academic clients for 30 years. 

We are looking for a seasoned Live Event Project Manager to join our growing team. If you have 5 years of proven and verifiable work experience as a project manager in our industry, we want to talk to you! If your area of specialty is video or lighting, that’s an added bonus.

Basic Function:

The Project Manager is responsible for all production elements involved within a live event production. They work closely with the client to assess needs and vision; create and or collaborates on all designs; schedules equipment, assigns personnel, and executes all production elements of a live event.  The Project Manager is responsible for each project from the order stage through final project completion.

Essential Functions:

·        Responsible for coordinating setup and operation of all aspects of multi-media events/projects.

·        Takes leadership role regarding customer communications for event.

·        Responsible for working with estimating personnel to ensure competitive and accurate proposal to customer.

·        Assists in estimating event needs by participating in site-surveys as needed.

·        Responsible for coordinating equipment required for events including subcontracted gear if needed.

·        Responsible for maintaining and bringing the event on budget.

·        Works directly with customers to establish and publish project timeline.

·        Responsible for communicating project progress/changes to Director of Live Events, company support and technical staff.

·        Responsible for conducting project meetings with technical staff.

·        Responsible for scheduling company technical staff and any associated subcontractors.

·        Manages and coordinates all personnel on jobsite.

·        Ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects/events.

Qualifications:

Experience: Minimum of 5 years’ experience in the live event production industry or similar field in progressively responsible roles required. Supervisory experience is a strong plus.

Required Knowledge: Must possess excellent technical knowledge in sound, video, lighting, staging, rigging, and design, with individual engineering skills in sound, lighting, and/or video. Strong consideration given to individuals with video or lighting expertise. Must have the ability to create CAD designs and have a keen sense of how to seamlessly integrate all aspects of a multimedia event. 

Licenses and Certifications: Extra consideration will be given to candidates with a Class B commercial driver’s license or willing and able to obtain one. All driving training will be supported.

Travel:

Occasional out of town travel will be required.

Additional Skills and Abilities:

·        Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

·        Must be responsible, self-motivated, self-starter, personable and well-organized.

·        Superior customer service skills to deal with both internal and external customers.

·        Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

·        Strong interpersonal skills: ability to work with diverse groups, provide direction to others.

·        Proficiency in the use of personal computers including spreadsheet, database, and presentation programs, as well as email and internet (i.e., MS Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Outlook).

·        Ability to demonstrate planning, organizing and implementing skills which allow the successful completion of a project by a specific due date.

·        Must be able to effectively handle stressful situations.

Salary & Benefits:

Pay range is commensurate on experience. Corporate Live also offers company-paid health and dental benefits, 401k, and flexible paid time off.

Physical, Mental and Environmental Requirements:

·        While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, sit, walk, talk and hear. The employee is required to use hands to finger, grasp, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to climb or balance; bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

·        Required to move and/or transport equipment and prep equipment for events, which includes assisting with loading/unloading trucks. Fork trucks and carts are used for heavy lifting, but some lifting to 75 lbs. is required.

·        Installation and set-up of equipment, running cable, set up systems, electrical low and high voltage wiring.

·        The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Noise levels at production events may be at or above 100dB.

·        Much work is performed outside and is subject to seasonal temperature fluctuations.