Florida Southern College is hiring: Audio and Visual Technician in Lakeland

Audio and Visual Technician

Posted on 9/2/2025

Accepting applications

About this position

The Audio and Visual Technician is responsible for ensuring that audio and visual technology is operational and College constituents and visitors are able to utilize the full functionality of systems for classes, events, and meetings. The position is fulltime with scheduling changes based upon events within a pay period.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Coordinate audio and visual equipment set up and on-site support for College events by internal and external organizations.
2. Monitor available audio and visual technology to ensure functionality for use in classroom teaching.
3. Respond to requests for assistance via phone, email and in-person.
4. Documents reported issues to communicate to technical staff for higher level assistance.
5. Contact vendors when appropriate for assistance with systems and event set-ups.
6. Daily verification of systems functioning as expected including all classroom and meeting space audio and visual and related technology.
7. Develop and maintain positive working relationships with technology staff and communicate relevant information which impacts College constituents and visitors.
8. Work after-hours and weekend as necessary to support events and programs.
9. Contribute to the overall success of the Information Technology Services department by performing all other duties as assigned by the IT'S A/V Coordinator and Technology Lab Manager.

About our ideal candidate

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

1. High school diploma or equivalent required.
2. Higher Education experience preferred.
3. Experience with audio visual technology required.
4. Demonstrated capability of resolving problems for a variety of customer bases while working under minimal supervision.
5. Excellent interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills, both verbal and written.
6. Ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment and interact with a wide range of users including students, faculty, staff and College visitors.
7. Ability to deal with sensitive information with confidentiality and tact is extremely necessary.
8. Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities as well as be flexible to manage and incorporate change is necessary.
9. The ability to resolve problems in all phases of systems management while working under minimal supervision

About us

The College's health and wellness plans along with generous paid time-off benefits are in addition to rewarding employee benefits such as the tuition grant and 403(b) plan.

The employee tuition grant is a remarkable benefit that covers the cost of 100% of the College's tuition for dependent children of faculty and staff who have been employed with the college fulltime for one year. Employees can also take advantage of the benefit for themselves.

The Defined Contribution Retirement Plan is a 403(b) plan in which the college automatically contributes 7% of the eligible employee's earnings into a retirement fund whether the employee chooses to participate or not. The account has a comprehensive investment portfolio and allows the employee to control their investment choices. At 6 years of service, the employer contribution amount is elevated to 10%. Employees can choose to participate through pre-tax payroll deductions when ready!

Florida Southern College is committed to diversity and inclusion in hiring, campus life, and intellectual engagement and welcomes applications from all interested candidates. The college actively seeks a wide variety of candidates and enthusiastically looks to diversify our workforce.

Florida Southern College has a strong commitment to the principles of equal employment opportunity. The college recruits, hires, trains, transfers, promotes and compensates individuals and makes all personnel decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, marital status, veteran status, or physical or mental disability unrelated to an individual's ability to perform the job, in accordance with applicable law.

Founded in 1883, Florida Southern College is the oldest private college in the state. The College maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 70+ undergraduate programs and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, nursing, and physical therapy. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio, is an award-winning national leader in engaged learning, and boasts 30 NCAA Division II National Championships. Florida Southern is ranked at #8 among the "Best Regional Universities in the South" by U.S. News & World Report in its 2022 "Best Colleges" guide and is included in The Princeton Review's 2022 Best 387 Colleges guide and the "Fiske Guide to Colleges 2022." The 2021-2022 Colleges of Distinction guidebook praises Florida Southern's AACSB accredited Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise alongside the College's School of Education and its Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences. Poets&Quants, U.S. News & World Report, Fortune, and The Princeton Review further laud the Barney Barnett School of Business and Free Enterprise and the Ann Blanton Edwards School of Nursing and Health Sciences as foremost programs in the nation for business and nursing education. Home to the world's largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, FSC has appeared on The Princeton Review's top 20 "Most Beautiful Campus" national listing for 12 consecutive years. Connect with Florida Southern College.