Event Services Production Coordinator (Audio-Visual)

Location: Commerce, Texas, United States; on-site event production role

Employment: Full-time staff position. Salary is commensurate. The role may require evening, weekend, and irregular-hour work.

Company

East Texas A&M University is a public university focused on academic excellence, research innovation, and student success.

What you will do

• Lead assigned events on site through load-in, setup, execution, strike, and post-event reset.
• Plan and deliver production for commencements, lectures, ceremonies, conferences, and institutional programs.
• Consult with clients on staging, sound reinforcement, lighting, livestreaming, specialty equipment, event flow, and technical feasibility.
• Operate and oversee distributed sound, lighting, microphones, projection, presentation, and livestream systems, troubleshooting issues during live events.
• Supervise, recruit, onboard, and train student event technicians while coordinating with campus operations and technology partners.
• Maintain room diagrams, EMS documentation, equipment inventory, maintenance records, labor-hour records, and safety procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience, plus at least two years of experience in event production, audio-visual operations, or technical event management.
• Working knowledge of sound-system and lighting-system design and operation.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong organizational, critical-thinking, problem-solving, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• Customer-service orientation and the ability to manage multiple priorities and high-pressure situations in a fast-paced production environment.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment during live-event troubleshooting.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Ability to lift approximately 25–50 lbs and operate event equipment safely.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, and irregular hours as scheduled.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Higher Education, Communication, or a related field.
• At least two years of experience in higher-education event production or facility operations.
• Experience with EMS and room-diagramming software such as Social Tables.
• Knowledge of video production, livestreaming, lighting design, and audio technologies.
• Experience coordinating high-profile or large-scale institutional events.
• Experience supervising part-time or student employees.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative university environment with research opportunities and institutional resources.
• The position may supervise student workers and graduate assistants.
• All positions are security-sensitive and require a criminal history investigation and verification of credentials or other required information.
• Texas A&M University will not pay the $100,000 fee associated with certain new H-1B petitions, and a Texas moratorium may affect the filing of new H-1B petitions.

Hiring process

• Submit the application electronically through the Texas A&M Online Employment Services website.
• Required documents: cover letter, resume/CV, three professional references with complete contact information, and transcripts. Unofficial transcripts are accepted initially; official transcripts are required after acceptance of a verbal offer.
• Incomplete or improperly submitted applications may be excluded from consideration.