Minneapolis, Minnesota
Blacksburg, Virginia
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Boston, Massachusetts
Posted: 12-Sep-24
Location: United States - Nationwide
Type: Full Time
Additional Information:
Title: Staff Instructor/Technical Advisor
FLSA Status: Exempt
Supervisor: Senior Staff Instructor/ Technical Advisor
Location: Remote
Department: Content Creation
Alt Work Eligibility: CWW-N, Telework-Y, Remote-Y
Level: Staff
Starting base salary range is $90,000-$105,000. Individual compensation will be commensurate with the candidate's experience. Full benefits are available and this position is also eligible for the staff level bonus program.
Why You’ll Love Working Here:
- The AV industry is truly inspiring, changing how people experience the world.
- We’re headquartered in Fairfax, VA but also have a widely distributed team. We recognize that talented people live globally.
- AVIXA is a global organization that celebrates diversity of thought, background, demographics, and experience. You’ll regularly work with people from LatAm, EMEA, and AsiaPac, and get to meet in-person for regular touchpoints at tradeshows and events across the globe.
- Our values: Trust, Heart, Courage. No buzzwords here. We take these seriously and live them every day.
- Our people: you will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and thoughtful leaders and teams. There is a reason you’ll find many people at the 10+ years mark still working at AVIXA.
- It’s not all about work: generous PTO and holiday time off, flexible working hours, and great support systems for remote work provide balance.
- The benefits and perks: AVIXA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, company-paid life insurance and disability, 401(k) plan with company matching, learning and career development opportunities, education assistance, and more!
Position Summary:
AVIXA (Audiovisual & Integrated Experience Association) is seeking a dynamic teacher and AV tech guru to join our educational team. The Instructor/Technical Advisor will regularly teach AVIXA courses around AV topics to adult learners, as well as act as an internal technical expert on content AVIXA creates for an AV audience.
AVIXA is THE trade association and professional society serving the audiovisual industry worldwide. In a time where the way that we communicate has undergone such a notable evolution, and supporting technology has accelerated in response, AV is booming, and we’re here to help reflect, explain, grow, grow with, and change it.
Our educational mission raises the bar within the AV industry by teaching best practices and certifying AV professionals. In serving this mission, you’ll personally be enabling individuals all over the globe to learn new skills, advance in their careers, and improve their jobs and lives.
Enable a new person to succeed in our industry with the knowledge they need. Encourage an installer with the skills to terminate cables or install a display. Embolden a veteran tech with the foundation to grow toward design, or project management, and beyond. Interpret and translate technical skills and knowledge to our members, our staff, and the public at large.
Grow your network. Grow your involvement. Become one of the faces of AVIXA’s public outreach, and join the community dedicated to and driven by the AV industry. Take your position as a leading figure within it as you develop new talent through teaching, explain new concepts to seasoned practitioners, and help develop updated content to ensure that our members can navigate the future of AV.
Who are you?
You are a passionate technologist who is an eager mentor, teacher, and presenter. You do not hoard knowledge; you are eager to share it. Your real-world experience of AV has led to an understanding of all aspects from installation to design. Traveling and working globally excites you.
You are confident in your ability to fact-check educational materials and provide detailed feedback and technical guidance before they are published. Ego doesn’t stand in the way of admitting what you don’t know. You’re a perpetual learner. Reading and learning are part of your routine to stay abreast of developments in AV and you excel at translating complex concepts to novices—whether they be our external learners or our internal curriculum development team.
You are eager to share your subject matter expertise with the curriculum development team allowing them to prepare content that is detailed and technically correct.
You are okay with some ambiguity, and things not being perfect – so long as the job gets done well – and you can self-motivate even in remote settings. You value flexibility and go out of your way for your colleagues as they do for you.
What will you do?
- Teach AVIXA’s core courses from AV Install, Design, Project Management, and Networking technologies.
- Instruct learners from all over the globe via virtual course delivery, and in-person classroom delivery at locations in the US and overseas.
- Be the SME (Subject Matter Expert). Work closely with the instructional designers and curriculum developers to vet educational content created by them; ensure accuracy and alignment with industry standards while providing technical information and industry insights.
- Team up with editorial, video, social, and marketing non-technical staff to provide industry insight into the growing areas of AV and AV/IT. Demystify current industry trends or hot topics to get at the “why is it important” question, then tie those topics to deeper technical explanations or resources.
- Be a trusted voice in the industry. Create and deliver smaller technical presentations on behalf of AVIXA at industry events. Draft technical content for articles whitepapers, and presentations.
- Engage with the Industry by making social media posts to Xchange and other forums.
How you’ll make an impact:
You’ll be a catalyst for continually improving AVIXA’s AV content, working shoulder-to-shoulder with our Curriculum Development team as industry experts and technical advisors for them. Wider than that, you’ll be consulted regularly on AVIXA’s approach to the AV audience in general and how best to serve this new segment with written content, video, events, etc. Essentially, you’ll be the “go-to” for AVIXA as we shape this together. All the while, you’ll get to regularly travel and teach individuals coming up through the industry, providing them with keys to advance their career. The industry is close-knit, so it’s common to meet these same students at industry events over the years and get to see first-hand how they flourish, building from the education you provide.
Qualifications/ About You:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Deep current AV knowledge of new products, tech, and practice in the AV industry
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills
- CTS required
- CTS-I and CTS-D level-knowledge required at starting and will achieve I and D certification within a year of hire
- Ability and experience reviewing educational and industry content for accuracy before publication
- Strong team player with a desire to help everyone learn and develop their AV expertise
- Strong customer service ethic
- Familiarity with common virtual presentation platforms including Zoom and Teams
- Able to adapt content to an audience, or teach effectively in multiple cultures/settings, as well as virtually or in person
- Ability to travel, up to 25%, including international travel
Education: Applicable education and/or experience accepted.
Experience Level: Minimum of 5 years as a designer, project manager or technical manager in the audiovisual industry is required. Networking technical experience is required. Prior teaching and presenting experience preferred. Must be comfortable with public speaking. Experience with providing subject matter expertise to instructional designers and curriculum developers a plus.
Certifications: Must be CTS Certified with the ability to become CTS-I and CTS-D certified within a year. Various Networking certifications (CompTIA, Cisco, etc.) a plus.
Technical Skills: Command of CTS-I and CTS-D level knowledge of audiovisual technology and current and relevant AV and IT networking technology is required. A proven ability to perform typical AV installation, design and project management activities is required. Proven proficiency as a technical writer, editor, preferred.
Other skills: Excellent written and verbal communications, plus public speaking skills are required. Proficiency in typical office productivity and technical design tools like Microsoft Office, Visio and AutoCAD LT are highly regarded. Social media presence and proficiency is a plus. Strong time management skills needed, and ability to work collaboratively with other functions and departments from a remote office is necessary.
This description describes the general duties and responsibilities of the position. It is not a complete list of duties, and the employee may be required to take on additional duties and responsibilities as required by the needs of the association.
EEO Policy Statement: “It is the policy of AVIXA to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons, and to recruit, hire, train, promote, and compensate persons in all jobs without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by law.”