Event Technical Specialist

General Statement of Job

The Event Technical Specialist oversees audio, visual, and technical support for events on the MSSU campus and official events hosted off-campus. The Event Technical Specialist is also responsible for the maintenance of AV equipment in various event venues and auditoriums on campus and the supervision of Student Workers on the IT Event Support team.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Duties:

• Provides direct technical support to internal and external customers of campus event spaces.
• Supervises and provides training for the Event Support Student Technicians within the IT Department.
• Determines staffing requirements for event technical support, and coordinates staff scheduling with the Manager of End User Services.
• Operates and specifies maintenance tasks for lighting equipment in campus event venues.
• Operates, maintains, and specifies maintenance tasks for sound equipment in campus event venues and athletic facilities.
• Operates and maintains projection equipment for campus event venues.
• Assists Broadcast Engineer with video production and livestreaming to facilitate athletic broadcasts, Board of Governors meeting recordings, and as required for other campus events.
• Coordinates with University Facilities and other University departments when physical assets are needed to support the event such as risers, staging, bleachers, acoustic sound shell, etc.
• Repairs, inspects, cleans, and installs equipment.
• Acts as technical consultant to outside promoters and organizations.
• Maintains cleanliness and organization of technology in campus event spaces.
• Coordinates with appropriate staff to load in and load out equipment necessary to support events.
• Specifies replacements or upgrades as necessary for campus AV equipment.
• Performs campus support for all audio and video needs. Set up and install equipment such as microphones, speakers, video screens, projectors, video monitors, audio and video cabling, sound systems and mixing boards for events and functions such as concerts, sports events, meetings and conventions, presentations, and news conferences.
• Maintains inventory of cables and equipment to support various event needs.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Education, Experience, and Licenses

Experience operating professional audio and video equipment is required.

Two plus years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valid Driver's License and the ability to meet insurance requirements for driving university provided vehicles.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires the ability to use small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems.
• Requires the ability to use computers for data entry.
• Requires the ability to use computers for word processing and/or accounting purposes.
• Requires the ability to use highly technical computer applications.
• Requires the ability to use small/light equipment, such as power tools.
• Requires the ability to use medium equipment and machinery, such as vehicles.
• Requires the ability to supervise employees developing, installing, or repairing technology systems.

Physical Demands/Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel including the use of a computer keyboard; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear including the use of a telephone. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 70 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, texture perception, and ability to adjust focus. Requires the ability to smell. This position requires above average hearing.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

NOTICE: The above job profile does not include all essential and nonessential duties of this job. All employees with disabilities are encouraged to contact Human Resources to review and discuss the essential and nonessential functions of the job. An employee with a disability can evaluate the job in greater detail to determine if she/he can safely perform the essential function of this job with or without reasonable accommodation.