PT Audiovisual Technician

CENTERS, LLC is a professional management firm specializing in facility, operation, and program management for higher education. CENTERS' management approach is customized for each client yet retains our uniform quality. Our firm unites site staff with a centralized administrative team, each contributing to the firm's goals and client needs. The CENTERS team is innovative, entrepreneurial, trail-blazing, and ambitious for both CENTERS and our clients. Today, CENTERS provides management services for 14 clients.

Job Summary

The Part-Time Audiovisual (AV) Technician is a member of the Student Center AV team and provides support for events held in the Hopkins Student Center to include AV equipment setup, testing, operation, and strike-down.

This position will work on-site at Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus. JHU is recognized as America’s first research university, a place that has revolutionized higher education in the U.S. and continues to bring knowledge and discoveries to the world. JHU is opening its first-ever student center in August 2025.  The 148,000 gross square feet Hopkins Student Center (HSC) will transform the student experience by providing spaces, amenities, and opportunities for students who want to socialize, connect, create, and relax.  The building is designed to be a welcoming environment for all Hopkins students while extending an invitation to the community through events, programs, and dining opportunities.​

Essential Functions:

• Set up, operate, and strike audiovisual equipment in a hospitality and live-event environment

• Provide excellent customer service to clients during event
• Troubleshoot AV equipment and replace defective or malfunctioning parts
• Support daily operations for the gaming lounge areas, DMC, and digital studio to assist students with equipment use
• Perform routine inspection of audiovisual systems and equipment
• Support internal audiovisual training of peers
• Assist professional staff with audiovisual equipment recommendations for specific events and for future purchase
• Document troubleshooting procedures and resolutions for future reference

Education and Experience:

• A high school diploma or its equivalent
• Strong working knowledge of AV equipment
• Working knowledge of sound systems
• Working knowledge of projectors and TVs
• Working knowledge of camera and lighting techniques

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent customer service, organization, communication, and problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of Mac and PC computers

Work Environment

• Office and events environment
• Maintain flexible hours for occasional events that may occur on weekends and evenings
• Non-smoking environment
• Moderate to loud noise

Physical Demands

• Must be able to traverse throughout the arena and campus. Regularly ascending/descending building levels and occasionally ladders or stools
• Must be able to lift, move and set up items weighing as much as 50 lbs.
• Must be able to discuss, converse with, and exchange accurate information with clients, guests, staff, stakeholders, etc.
• Written, verbal, and comprehension skills in English required

• Work is performed indoors and outdoors as needed

Other Duties 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.