AV Architect

The AV Architect is an exciting new role within the Technology Senior Management Team, where you will champion an enterprise focus for the design of AV solutions and define university wide AV architectural design principles.

You will get the opportunity to lead on the planning, development and implementation of Core AV and Digital Media services across the University, identifying potential solution/infrastructure/platform needs as well as developing a cross UAL network of AV specialists, bringing together ideas, plans and innovation within a strategic roadmap.

About you

Experience

• Demonstrable experience in AV system design and development
• Experience of using and supporting AV architectures including digital control, switching solutions and signal processing.
• Substantial experience of providing Audio Visual technical support in a large, networked environment, and knowledge of networking hardware and protocols, IoT, streaming protocols, video codecs, Dante
• An understanding in the design and conception of teaching space, the alignment of space design to different pedagogies and best practice in the use of technology (including technologies beyond AV)
• Experience of working in a Senior Management IT delivery role
• Experience of adapting services to meet customer’s needs and identifying ways of improving standards.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, along with high level, proven inter-personal and communication skills, and an ability to lead, motivate and inspire a team
• Experience or enthusiasm for emerging XR (AR, MR, VR) is highly beneficial

UAL is a world-class University shaping the creative industries worldwide, with staff having access to a range of benefits, training and personal development to recognise and reward the contributions they make, as well as to encourage excellence, creativity and diversity, including:

• Competitive salary package £56,530 – £76,239 per annum dependent on experience
• 34 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Generous pension scheme 
• Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of paid maternity or paternity leave

Closing date: Monday 16 July 2023.

For more information and to apply, please visit Hays Recruitment jobs board.

Hays Technology have been retained by the UAL to manage the recruitment for this role. For all enquiries, please contact Stephen Turner on 0207 259 8746 or Stephen.turner@hays.com.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) offers an extensive range of courses in art, design, fashion, communication and performing arts. We are a collegiate University spread across London with six Colleges, four Institutes and five Research Centres. UAL also has two subsidiary companies, delivering specialist activities – UAL Short Courses Ltd, and UAL Arts Temps Ltd.

We’re made up of all types of people, coming together in London, the world’s creative capital. We are designers, artists, performers, thinkers, researchers and makers. Our students, staff and graduates form a global network of creatives, entrepreneurs and leaders. Together, our ideas change the world. Because the world needs creativity.

We are ranked highly across the board. We are ranked first for specialist art and design, second in the world for Art and Design in the 2023 QS World University Rankings (for the fifth year in a row), ranked fifth in sustainability and two of our colleges were rated in the top three fashion schools in the world.

Our culture

We have become one of the world’s most international Universities, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. And, as a global university, staff and students learn from different cultures and perspectives, which leads to new conversations and innovative work. At our very core, everything we do seeks to challenge the status quo by driving social purpose and standing up for what matters.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds including those who may feel underrepresented in the workforce due to their socioeconomic circumstances such as those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (B.A.M.E.) backgrounds. We aim to be a university where everyone can be themselves and are supported to reach their full potential.

With our commitment to inclusion and diversity, we are proud to be a Race Equality Charter (REC) member to help us reduce barriers that negatively impacts B.A.M.E. staff, a Stonewall Diversity Champion to ensure all LGBTQ+ people are valued at work, a Disability Confident Scheme Committed employer and member of the Business Disability Forum which help us to improve the lives of disabled people in the workplace.