• Lead the daily operations of Audiovisual Services and directly supervise, mentor, schedule, and develop four AV professionals.
• Recruit, train, coach, and evaluate staff; provide clear expectations, timely feedback, and appropriate performance guidance.
• Schedule, assign, and prioritize work; establish coverage plans; monitor daily performance; and ensure timely completion of service requests and customer follow-up.
• Personally provide advanced, hands-on audiovisual support and operate AV control booths, live-production systems, and integrated room technologies when operational needs require it.
• Ensure qualified booth coverage for classes, lectures, symposiums, and events in the school's two showcase auditoriums.
• Troubleshoot and remediate complex issues involving control systems, audio DSP, signal flow, conferencing and collaboration platforms, AV-over-IP, lecture capture, livestreaming, networks, operating systems, and related hardware and software.
• Maintain the readiness and reliability of supported spaces through room checks, preventive maintenance, incident escalation, root-cause follow-up, and coordination of repairs.
• Ensure accurate ticketing, service documentation, knowledge reuse, operational procedures, and consistent shift and coverage transitions.
• Manage audiovisual vendors, purchasing, equipment inventory, lifecycle planning, and product evaluation; contribute technical information and projections for project budgets.
• In partnership with the Director of Educational Technology and AV/IT Integration staff, participate in the design, drawing and scope review, commissioning, acceptance, and improvement of new or renovated audiovisual systems.
• Hold vendors accountable for project requirements, system performance, documentation, training, and correction of deficiencies.
• Build effective relationships with faculty, academic leaders, students, staff, event organizers, facilities partners, IT colleagues, vendors, visiting speakers, and guests.
• Deliver high-touch service by anticipating needs, communicating clearly, responding calmly under pressure, and taking ownership of issues through resolution.
• Proactively identifies emerging technical and service needs; evaluates and tests new audiovisual and learning-space technologies; and recommends practical improvements to systems, processes, service delivery, and the teaching and learning experience.

Required Qualifications

• Specialized technical training and an associate's degree, or an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience.
• At least two years of professional experience supporting audiovisual systems in classrooms, auditoriums, conference rooms, event spaces, or comparable environments.
• Prior experience formally supervising employees, including responsibility for scheduling, work assignment, coaching, and performance expectations.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience troubleshooting integrated professional audiovisual systems and supporting live or high-visibility events.
• Working knowledge of audiovisual signal flow, control systems, audio DSP, networks, videoconferencing and collaboration platforms, and ticketing systems.
• Ability to coordinate operational coverage, manage competing priorities, and respond effectively to escalated technical or customer-service issues.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrated commitment to responsive, professional, and inclusive customer service.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four or more years of professional audiovisual experience and two or more years of supervisory experience.
• A bachelor's degree in audiovisual technology, information technology, communications, electronics, or a related field.
• Experience supporting higher education, academic medicine, healthcare education, or another complex institutional environment.
• Experience with Crestron, Biamp, Dante, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, AV-over-IP, lecture capture, event livestreaming, or comparable technologies. Training on KSOM-specific platforms can be provided.
• Relevant AV/IT industry certification or credential, such as AVIXA Certified Technology Specialist (CTS), a Crestron or Extron certification, or a comparable manufacturer or industry credential.
• Experience operating full AV control booths and supporting lectures, symposiums, hybrid programs, livestreams, and other high-profile events.
• Experience managing vendors, purchasing, equipment inventories, lifecycle plans, and technical input for project budgets.
• Experience reviewing audiovisual drawings and scopes of work and participating in system design, commissioning, acceptance testing, or renovation projects.

Work Schedule and Operational Expectations

This position is 100% in person at USC's Health Sciences Campus in Los Angeles. The workday typically begins at 7:00 a.m. to ensure that learning spaces and support coverage are ready before early weekday classes. Staff will ordinarily cover evening and weekend operations; however, as the supervisory escalation contact, the supervisor may occasionally be required to return to campus for rare evening, weekend, on-call, or emergency coverage.

Compensation

The annual base range for this position is $79,444.42 - $79,445. When determining an offer, the University of Southern California considers factors such as the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, education, training, key skills, internal peer alignment, applicable laws, contractual requirements, grant funding, and market conditions.

USC Values

The successful candidate must demonstrate, through ideas, words, and actions, a strong commitment to USC's Unifying Values of integrity, excellence, community, well-being, open communication, and accountability.

USC provides benefits-eligible employees with a broad range of programs and resources designed to support their health, financial well-being, professional development, and future. Additional benefits and application information will be provided through the official USC job posting.

Join the Keck School of Medicine's Audiovisual Services team and help deliver reliable, engaging experiences that advance education, discovery, and health.

Specialized/technical training

Associate's degree

Additional Education Requirements

Combined experience/education as substitute for minimum education

2 years

Expertise in computer center operations within a multi-platform environment for networks, operating systems and applications.

Working knowledge of networks and collaboration tools.

Solid understanding of information technology concepts for voice and data systems, ticket system for problem tracking and/or study in networking and/or computer information systems.

Specialized knowledge of and experience with audio-visual equipment.

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