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SalaryBuilding A Brand Starts With Our Story
FIRST is a leading global brand experience agency providing Content, Creative, Digital Technology, Management & Delivery, and Data & Insights services. Operating as a full-service agency partner or through embedding specialist talent into client teams, FIRST brings brands and people together through creative, connected experiences. Spanning 12 countries with more than 700 team members, FIRST works with clients across industries including financial services, technology, media, consumer electronics, medical and healthcare, automotive, aerospace, and the nonprofit sector.
Most recently, Eventex honored FIRST as one of the Top 150 Event Organizers & Agencies in the USA, while Chief Marketer listed FIRST among their "200 Top Marketing Agencies" for both 2022 & 2021, and Special Events recognized FIRST as one of their "50 Top Event Companies" at the end of 2020. Crain's New York Business included FIRST in the Top 100 "Best Places to Work in NYC" for 2020, and The London Stock Exchange Group once again listed FIRST as one of '1000 Companies to Inspire Britain' in 2020.
Learn more at www.firstagency.com
Our story started over 25 years ago growing through collaboration, innovation, strong culture, and a focus on people, specifically our people. Our people inspired, developed, and grew FIRST to the incredible brand experience creator it is today.
And our hope is that you become the next page of our story in developing how our agency connects more people beyond what they thought was possible.
A welcoming, creative and ambitious workplace that offers personal and professional growth for all individuals. At FIRST, you'll find:
- A welcoming workplace that fosters diversity and belonging with a focus on team members feeling valued, respected, and supported.
- Creative teams that enjoy challenging work with an ability to make an impact on those around them.
- An experiential organization that cares about the development and career experience of each employee, focusing on excellence and flexibility with the right balance of structure to thrive.
What You Would Get To Do:
In this capacity, the ideal candidate would represent the FIRST brand as a Freelance Technician for a well-known technology company. The freelance Technician will be responsible for executing the technical production for events requiring support with Audio/Video, staging, and lighting needs. As a freelancer we may require you to exhibit a flexible skill set to support systems outside of your expertise, while making use of your specific talents.
For events, the goal is to provide a seamless technology experience to all attendees, press and partners, as well as create a more efficient and reliable technical environment for event staff and vendors. In this role you'll work with internal teams as well as external clients and vendor partners on a daily basis.
Your Overall Contributions
- Support event set up, rehearsal and strike of Audio, Video, Camera, and Lighting equipment as needed, including system routing and troubleshooting
- Provide advanced audio, video, lighting or camera support during live events, broadcast, and recordings.
- Operate event production equipment as needed including but not limited to Yamaha CL 3 or 5, ETC CS20-AV lighting console, Ross Carbonite, etc
- Provide full event production support including but not limited to forwarding slide decks, video playback, live stream support, graphic support, multi camera operation, etc
- Ability to work well with others in a high pressure environment
- Advanced understanding of audio and video signal flows
- Basic editing of video footage to provide clients with recordings of their event
- Provide white glove customer service to clients and stakeholders
- Ability to work early / late shifts, and weekends
Video Specific Contribution could include:
- Operate video production switchers at an advanced level to deliver a high quality video presentation experiences for live events, broadcasts, live streams, and recordings.
- Manage video assets for use during live events, broadcast, live streams and recordings.
- Key in lower thirds, graphic overlays, banners, logos, PIP's, closed captioning, animations, green screen support, etc for use on live events, broadcast, etc
- Utilize Ventuz or Watchout to manage how content is displayed on custom LED Walls
Audio Specific Contributions could include:
- Operate audio consoles at an advanced level to deliver a high quality audio experience for live events, broadcasts, live streams, and recordings.
- Support in the role of "A2" mic'ing up presenters/ monitoring frequency as needed
- Provide advanced troubleshooting for audio consoles, audio signal flow, Dante network, etc
Camera Specific Contributions could include:
- Operate PTZ cameras as needed at an advanced level to deliver a high quality video presentation experiences for live events, broadcasts, live streams, and recordings.
- Take direction from in-studio or remote Technical Director to compose and take high quality shots during events and recordings utilizing PTZ camera controls.
- White balance, calibrate, and shade all cameras for seamless high quality images across all cameras
Lighting Specific Contributions could include:
- Execute scene shifts and show cues in a safe and timely manner during rehearsals and performances
- Create lighting scenes and cues as needed
- Provide advanced troubleshooting
What We Are Looking For
Please be aware that we know experience does not always look like we describe it. If you believe you would be an excellent fit for this role, please apply - we would love to see how you could fit at First.
- 3+ years' experience within the technical event production/broadcast environment
- Bachelor's Degree preferred but not required
- Must be fluent in English
- Ability to work onsite
- Full understanding of audio visual technology including lighting, audio/video output
- Proficiency with LED walls and WATCHOUT is preferred
- Experience working with the following equipment/tools is helpful but not required: Yamaha CL series desks; Final Cut ProX; Keynote; Google G-Suite; ETC Ion lighting desk; Crestron Control systems, ROSS Carbonite desks, Panasonic PTZ camera controllers, Dante Controller, Shure Wireless Workbench, PlaybackPro, and Clear-Com systems, Meyer Galileo.
- Proficient in the technical delivery of high-quality events
- Audio and Video output experience with strong technical understanding of systems
- Experience operating event production systems
- Excellent communication and customer service skills are a must to build and maintain relationships
- Ability to prioritize while adhering to critical project timelines in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of PTZ cameras and controllers
- Knowledge of livestream/ broadcasting (especially streaming to the internet)
United States Residents: The base hourly pay for this position ranges from $45 to $70.
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FIRST is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. FIRST is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We stand firm: FIRST will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. If any candidate feels that they are unable to meet the requirements of the role, please get in touch to discuss adjustments or other suitable roles.
