The Lead Event Technician works under the direction of Mountain AV Manager or Team Leader to provide advanced technical maintenance, support, and training to faculty, staff, and students at the Mountain Waves Arena for event activity and maintains primary operational oversight of a specialized technical domain. In partnership with AV Technologies, provides additional support at the Mountain and other AV-enabled spaces.

Duties

• Training and Support:
  • Responsible for providing high-quality support on arena technology hardware, software products, and audio-visual equipment.
  • Configures and operates audio-visual, broadcasting, and live event-related equipment.
  • Takes a proactive approach to troubleshoot problems using scripts and checklists as guides, escalating issues when necessary.
  • Works with basic infrastructure products.
  • Leads the research of trouble issues with guidance from others.
  • Documents problem statuses and resolutions in the tracking log and alerts team members about recurring problems.
  • Provides on-the-spot training to clients.
  • Leads integration testing.
  • Leads support for events that may occur during normal business hours, after hours, and/or weekends.
  • Documents solutions to common problems and responses to frequently asked questions.
  • Is aware of service level agreement targets, takes steps to meet or exceed requirements and explains service procedures to clients.
  • Provides input during project planning and requirements phases. 
• Communication and Relationships:
  • Represents Pepperdine and IT in a professional manner when collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Develops and maintains strong partnerships with campus personnel and departments, as well as with external vendors and service providers, to assure current and future operational success.
  • Builds relationships with individual clients, including faculty, staff, students, and executives.
  • Identifies client service improvements and shares success stories with clients and team members.
• Data, Analysis, and Documentation:
  • Helps maintain team operations handbook, training manuals, and guides.
  • Consistently and reliably creates service tickets for each service provided, monitors and tracks assigned tickets, documents resolutions and troubleshooting notes, and provides and documents timely and detailed communication with stakeholders.
  • Identifies and leads process improvements based on review of support tickets, feedback from peers and constituents, and reflection of completed tasks and duties.
  • Recommends and implements the feasibility and implementation of process, procedure, service, and/or system improvements.
• Administration:
  • Reviews and submits regular, timely, and complete paperwork and processes, such as status reports, bi-weekly or monthly timesheets, assessments for mid-year and annual reviews, and other routine IT and University practices.
  • Coordinates the scheduling of technology resources and resolves conflicts arising from demand exceeding available resources.
  • Maintains supplies.
  • Keeps personal, team, and shared workspaces clean and organized. 
• Collaboration:
  • Provides backup support and assistance to other team members.
  • Collaborates with co-workers and University colleagues on departmental, division-wide, and institutional projects.
  • Shares process information and makes informal recommendations on how to improve processes and overall job execution within the team/department. 
• Professional Development:
  • Attends training sessions, vendor presentations, user group meetings, conferences, and seminars.
  • Engages regularly in individual professional development-related activities to remain current with industry technology trends and work processes. 
• Volunteers to undertake tasks that stretch the employee's capabilities.
• Serves on various committees within the Information Technology division.
• Participates in external University committees.
• Performs other duties as assigned. 
• Understands and supports the Christian mission of the University.
• Upholds the University mission through team, location, atmosphere, and work performed.

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Skills and Qualifications

Required:

• A bachelor's degree with some courses in technology, business, education, graphic design, or information design.
• Three (3) or more years of experience supporting a variety of high-profile live events.
• One (1) or more years of experience working flexible hours including nights and weekends.
• Excellent working knowledge of standard audiovisual hardware and software products;
• Excellent working knowledge of arena-specific audiovisual hardware and software products;
• Excellent working knowledge of problem solving/troubleshooting skills;
• Strong working knowledge of computers and applications in a networked environment;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with Extron-manufactured products and associated troubleshooting and maintenance.

Preferred:

• Four (4) or more years of experience in a field of or related to information technology, audiovisual technology, event support, broadcasting support, concert support, or business.
• Two (2) or more years of experience working on a high-performing team balancing flexible hours including nights and weekends.
• Advanced technical skills in Information Technology and audiovisual hardware;
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills needed to work effectively with a wide variety of internal and external resources. Excellent decision-making skills and ability to work under pressure; experience in following emerging trends in technology.
• Expertise in the use of major project management and collaboration software, including MS Project, Asana, MS Office, email, calendaring, and emerging collaboration tools (wikis, Google Apps, web conferencing, etc.). N/A

This is a Restricted, Nonexempt, 40 hour per week position.

Expected Pay Range: $29.42 - $32.69 per hour 

The above pay range reflects what Pepperdine University reasonably expects to pay for this position at time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on relevant factors such as work experience, market conditions, education/training, and skill level. In addition to base pay, Pepperdine offers a robust and highly competitive benefits package.

Pepperdine is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of any status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Pepperdine is committed to providing a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Engaging in unlawful discrimination or harassment will result in appropriate disciplinary action, up to and including dismissal from the University.

Pepperdine is religiously affiliated with the Churches of Christ. It is the purpose of Pepperdine to pursue the very highest employment and academic standards within a context that celebrates and extends the spiritual and ethical ideals of the Christian faith. While students, faculty, and staff represent many religious backgrounds, Pepperdine is permitted under applicable law and reserves the right to seek, hire, and promote persons who support the goals and mission of the institution, including the right to prefer co-religionists who support Pepperdine's Christian mission.

Qualified individuals should be able to show respect for workplace differences, and have the ability to work effectively with individuals from different backgrounds.

Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal, education, and employment screening. The University conducts such screenings in compliance with applicable laws and with the objectives of evaluating risk and supporting a safe environment for students, faculty, staff, and guests; safeguarding key University assets including people, property, information, and the University’s reputation; and providing comprehensive job-related information to University leaders to enable them to make prudent hiring decisions. Individuals will be required to disclose any criminal convictions on a designated form after receiving a conditional offer of employment; failure to disclose accurate information may result in withdrawal of the offer or termination of employment. Qualified individuals with criminal histories will be considered for employment in compliance with applicable laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.