Trainee Audio Visual Designer Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

IT Infrastructure and Operations

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Audiovisual Systems, People Management, Technical Production

Certifications:

None

Experience:

9 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

No

Job Description:

The Enterprise Events & Audio Visual Production Manager is a strategic, handson leader responsible for delivering highimpact corporate events, executive broadcasts, and largescale hybrid experiences across the enterprise. This role operates in a highvisibility, fastpaced environment, ensuring seamless technical execution for events that reach employees, customers, and stakeholders across the organization. The manager oversees a specialized team of A/V professionals, driving excellence in system design, live event production, collaboration technologies, and executivelevel support.

The ideal candidate combines deep A/V engineering expertise, exceptional leadership, and the ability to perform under pressure-ensuring every event, message, and moment lands with precision and professionalism.

How the Enterprise Events & Audio Visual Production Manager will make an impact:

EnterpriseWide Event & Broadcast Delivery

• Lead the endtoend technical execution of enterprisewide events, executive broadcasts, town halls, and largescale hybrid experiences

• Partner closely with Executive Communications, IT, and Event Production teams to ensure flawless integration of content, technology, and audience engagement

• Direct technical operations during live events, making rapid, highstakes decisions to resolve issues and maintain broadcast continuity

• Oversee streaming, recording, switching, and routing across multiple platforms including Teams, Zoom, and highend production environments

A/V Systems Engineering & Innovation

• Architect, design, and maintain complex A/V systems that support executive broadcast studios, conference environments, hybrid workspaces, and corporate events

• Implement IPbased A/V, control systems (Crestron, Extron), and multimedia technology to deliver cuttingedge experiences

• Drive continuous improvement across platforms, workflows, and system integrations to keep pace with industry advancements

Team Leadership & Development

• Manage, coach, and mentor a highperforming A/V engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and excellence

• Delegate tasks effectively, anticipate resource needs for major events, and ensure team readiness for rapidresponse situations

• Provide technical leadership and support growth pathways for emerging A/V talent

Executive Support & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to executive leaders, delivering hightouch support with professionalism, discretion, and poise

• Communicate complex technical information clearly and succinctly, ensuring executive stakeholders receive timely, solutionsfocused updates

• Maintain confidentiality when supporting sensitive discussions, briefings, and executive communications

Operational Excellence & Quality Assurance

• Oversee daily maintenance and quality checks of A/V systems, conference rooms, studios, and event spaces to ensure operational readiness

• Document engineering processes, event workflows, troubleshooting procedures, and system configurations

• Identify operational risks, develop contingency plans, and ensure redundant systems are in place for missioncritical events

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant A/V or production experience; or 9+ years of experience in lieu of degree

• 5+ years managing A/V engineering or technical production teams in a highvisibility or enterprise environment

Technical Expertise

• Proven experience designing and supporting complex A/V systems, including control systems (Crestron, Extron), IPbased A/V, and broadcastgrade technology

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and hybrid collaboration platforms

• Strong understanding of acoustics, signal flow, networking, live event production, and multimedia integration.

Leadership & Behavioral Attributes

• Calm under pressure-able to troubleshoot and lead during live, highstakes moments
• Rapid decisionmaking with the confidence to adjust platforms, routing, and workflows in real time
• Executive presence, professionalism, and the ability to represent the team with credibility
• Anticipatory mindset-predicting needs and proactively preparing redundancies before events occur
• Clear, polished communication with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders
• Hightouch customer service with a focus on exceptional executive support
• Adaptability in fastchanging environments with shifting schedules and lastminute requirements

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you'll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.

The likely salary range for this position is $142,792 - $172,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

10-25%

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA VA Falls Church

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

Our Identity Verification Process:

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.

About Our Work:

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