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Hi all


Posted this over on VJforums but thought I'd put it here as well as its London based and could well suit an exerpienced VJ/senior Tech.......




AV PROJECT MANAGER
Based in South East London
Salary based upon experience.

Event Concept is one of London’s leading live event production and design companies. For 15 years, the company has worked with top European businesses to deliver unforgettable, award-winning events. Inspiration, technical expertise and service excellence have achieved ‘Accredited Supplier’ status for the company in over 30 select London venues.

We’re currently looking for an Audio Visual project manager to join our busy AV department. You will be based in our London office, managing and co-ordinating a number of events on a day to day basis along with working with various Production designers on larger events. This is a very social role and involves constant liaison with production designers, clients, venues, freelancers and London’s event suppliers.

The ideal candidate for this role will be either experienced in AV project management/coordination or an experienced AV engineer who feels they are confident enough to project manage numerous events on any given day, liase with clients and provide technical, creative and event support to a busy Event Production company.

The successful candidate will have to display an excellent understanding of the AV and Events industry and have a minimum of 24 months experience in either the project management and coordination of, or, installation and operation of, all aspects of audio visual equipment in the live events realm, particularly conferences and wide screen video.

They are expected to hit the ground running, be able to work under pressure, be outgoing, client facing, have a can do attitude, be forward thinking and have a very good technical understanding.



Reporting to the Head of AV your key areas of responsibility will be:
• To support the Head of AV in day to day operations and project coordination/management
• To provide technical AV support and quotations to the Production Teams
• To liaise between the AV Dept, Production & Operation Teams and Warehouse regarding AV equipment and crew requirements
• To liase with clients, venues, agencies, artists, production houses as required
• To represent the company with site meetings, supplier liaison and events operation when required
• Managing specialist suppliers to include rigging, set & stage etc
• To manage event budgets accordingly
• Manage and organise a busy workload with daily, weekly and
monthly tasks
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of our project processes and
systems


Essential requirements:
• A very good Technical understanding of Audio & Video equipment including project management, installation and operation of brands such as D&B, Yamaha, Panasonic, Barco, Christie etc
• Experience and knowledge of large scale projection, conferences, Mac & VT playback
• Good understanding of MS Office
• Project management and coordination
• Excellent communication skills
• Client liaison skills
• Team player
• Enthusiasm & energy and a ‘Can do’ attitude

Desirable :
• Experience of LED displays, media servers and video processing systems such as Encore, spyder etc
• Knowledge of WYSIWYG and AutoCAD
• Experience of Londons events industry and suppliers
• Media content production
• Experience of Rental Point software
• Drivers License


You must be able to start June 2010

Salary dependant on experience. Please send current CV plus covering letter and salary requirement to recruitment@eventconcept.co.uk

Please Note: Previous applicants need not apply