Audiovisual Systems Designer

Company Description

Theatre Projects is an international team of designers and planners dedicated to shaping spaces where people can share stories and connect. With more than 1,800 venues in over 80 countries, the firm works across arts and entertainment, education, hospitality, sports, corporate, and multi-use environments.

Role Description

Theatre Projects is looking for an audiovisual systems designer with strong experience in designing and operating performance audiovisual systems to deliver high-quality solutions for performing arts, higher education, corporate event spaces, and experiential audiovisual projects.

The right person for our team is comfortable designing technically complex audiovisual systems and providing on-site calibration and validation of these systems. Experience with high-channel count audio deployments, large format display technologies, and audiovisual-over-IP protocols is a must.

This position could be fully remote for the right candidate, but preference will be given to qualified candidates located near one of our US offices: New York, New England (Connecticut), or Denver. We’re looking for 4-7 years’ experience leading AV design projects, but we’ll consider more experienced and less experienced candidates who match the team well in other ways. The broad salary range presented here of $70,000 - $105,000 spans less-experienced folks to experienced design stars.

A detailed job description will be provided during the interview process. In general, this position will:

• Work with the owner to determine the system requirements.
• Oversee the design and product selection on your projects for audiovisual systems and related infrastructure.
• Estimate project budgets for audiovisual equipment and labor. Update these estimates as the project progresses.
• Coordinate with the design team to ensure systems are integrated with the architecture and other trades.
• Document the design in the form of drawings and specifications.
• Commission the systems once your design has been installed. Some travel required.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Experience designing audiovisual systems for performing arts venues, higher education facilities, corporate event spaces, experiential applications, and other relevant market sectors.
• Experience in software modeling for loudspeaker performance such as EASE, MAPP XT, Soundvision, ArrayCalc, etc.
• Experience calibrating/tuning performance audio systems using SMAART measurement software.
• Knowledge of the various components of a performance audio system and the ability to communicate how both the overall system and individual components function.
• Knowledge of different loudspeaker manufacturers and the ability to communicate the differences between them in terms of performance, functional capabilities, and system requirements.
• Experience working in AutoCAD, Revit, Vectorworks, or other computer-aided design/drafting software.
• Experience designing control systems using products from manufacturers such as Crestron, Extron, QSC.
• Eligibility to work in the United States.

Valued but not required skills and experience:

• Live sound or video production experience for theatre, sports venues, or other entertainment industries
• CTS, CTS-I, or CTS-D Certification
• Experience programming Digital Signal Processor (DSP) system files
• Fluency in Spanish, Mandarin, or Portuguese
• Knowledge of animation rendering

If you’re excited by this position and see yourself in many of the bullets, we’d like to hear from you. Please email ***email_hidden*** with your resume and cover letter, including “AV Systems Designer” in the subject field.