The Media Technician maintains and operates sound systems and audiovisual equipment, primarily for evening/weekend events on campus. Provides professional public address sound system support for events requiring multiple microphones, mixing skills, and audio expertise. Support the use of instructional and presentation technologies across campus. Maintains effective technology-enhanced classrooms and collaboration spaces. This position requires significant interaction with community members, including faculty, staff, students, administrators, and visiting guests.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience
- Vocational/technical degree in sound or audio engineering
- Three plus years of related experience
- Or equivalent combination of education or experience
Technical Knowledge and Skills
- Experience with live audio mixing, including public address systems, soundboards, speakers, stage monitors, EQ, reverb, and wireless microphones
- Experience with computer projection and presentation software (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote, Google Slides)
- Familiarity with databases for record keeping and report writing (e.g. FileMaker Pro, 25Live or similar event management program)
- Competence in troubleshooting problems with audiovisual equipment
Skills and Abilities
- Supervisory experience and strong interest in mentoring student employees
- Excellent interpersonal skills and strong public service orientation
- Team orientation, flexibility, and versatility
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a complex and changing environment
- Well-organized, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to accommodate multiple, conflicting demands
- Demonstrates initiative, perseverance and intellectual curiosity, with a desire to teach others and expand one’s own skill set
- Desire to work in a diverse campus community committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
Preferred Qualifications:
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in sound or audio engineering
Technical Knowledge and Skills
- Experience with Midas M32 Live 40 channel Digital Mixer or similar equipment
- Experience with Zoom
Compensation and Benefits
To attract and retain the most talented individuals, Wheaton College maintains a flexible and competitive staff compensation and benefits program.
When determining and establishing hiring rates or recruitment ranges for a position, the College considers a number of factors including the budget for the position, the range of the grade, the external market for the position or similar positions, level and scope of responsibilities, required education, skills and relevant experience as well as internal equity. All salary offers must have the prior approval of the Office of Human Resources.
The anticipated hiring or recruitment range for this position is $24/hr
Physical Demands
This position involves traveling throughout the College and could on occasion require bending, reaching, ascending and descending ladders and stairs, stooping, kneeling, crouching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting and talking. Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
ADA Statement:
Individuals must possess these knowledges, skills and abilities or be able to explain and demonstrate that the individual can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.
Eeo Statement
Wheaton is a private coeducational liberal arts college within easy
commuting distance of Boston and Providence. We have nearly 1,700
undergraduates from 40 U.S. States and more than 70 countries. Nearly 23%
of our undergraduates are U.S. students of color and 11% are international
citizens. Wheaton College is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer and does not discriminate against any individual or group on the
basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age,
race, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, genetic
information, or disability. In a continuing effort to maintain and enrich
an intellectually diverse learning environment, the Department and the
College actively encourages applications from women and members of
underrepresented groups.