{"id":3145477,"url":"https://alion.io/job/charcoal-blue-integrated-technology-designer-audiovisual","title":"Integrated Technology Designer - Audiovisual","company":{"id":698449,"name":"Charcoal Blue","domain":"charcoalblue.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/charcoalblue","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Teamtailor","truth_index":null},"role":"Design","role_family":"Design","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["London, United Kingdom"],"countries":["GB"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":50000,"max":60000,"currency":"GBP","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":80269},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AutoCAD","optional":false},{"name":"Microsoft Office","optional":false},{"name":"Windows","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T19:16:59Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-22","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T08:20:04Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":14,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":14},"description":"Thank you for your interest in Charcoalblue.\nWe are seeking an Integrated Technology (Experience and Workplace) Designer with an Audiovisual focus to join our talented team.\nTo apply please complete the online application form and submit a short CV (1-2 pages max.) and a cover letter addressing the below prompts:\nWhy do you consider yourself to be a suitable person for the post and what you would like from the job?\n\nWhich of your previous experience would you highlight as being particularly relevant? Please highlight any audiovisual and infrastructure design for performance/presentation buildings, experiential and event spaces, workplace and education.\n\nDescribe your experience of designing, specifying and commissioning audiovisual infrastructure or performance/presentation/experience technology systems\n\nDescribe your experience and competency using CAD drawing tools for designing audiovisual systems.\n\nPlease highlight the elements of the role requirement where you feel you have the least experience\n\nPlease highlight any experience you have leading teams on projects.\n\nWhat are your salary expectations in line with your experience?\n\nInterviews will be conducted remotely (via Microsoft Teams). The time and date will be confirmed for shortlisted candidates.\nPlease note: applications that do not include a cover letter and responses to the above prompts will be deemed ineligible and will therefore not be considered.\nDescription of Role\nWe are seeking an Integrated Technology Designer (Experience and Workplace) with an AV focus to join our Consultancy team in the UK. You will be responsible for all aspects of design, documenting, and commissioning Audiovisual systems on our projects, working as part of our project teams which can include team leads, strategy and project management, theatre/room designers, stage engineering designers, experience designers and acousticians to deliver holistic, bespoke dedicated design solutions. It would be advantageous for you to have prior experience with performance and/or presentation technical systems and/or broadcast, conferencing and media technology, either as a practitioner and/or systems designer and/or experience creative technologies.\nYou will input into design and delivery of innovative, integrated creative technology solutions, including AV, digital media, show systems, and networked environments, across a diverse range of projects. Project portfolio include, but not limited to museums, culturally and/or historically significant entertainment/performance venues, event spaces, lecture theatres, themed experiences, streaming/broadcast systems and workplace activations and/or deployments.\nYou will report to one of our EMEA Leadership team, who you will meet regularly to ensure you are fully supported in your role. Since theatre consultancy and integrated technology design is a specialist field, we will provide role-specific inductions, tailored training and ongoing support to help you succeed. We actively foster a supportive and collaborative working environment which promotes independent work and ownership, alongside continuous support and communication with the wider Charcoalblue team. You will be working across a number of projects, varying in scale, typology and designs stages, and you will be encouraged to manage your own design, project work and deliverables. We encourage individuality of approach, creative thinking, and a proactive initiative involving your own discipline as well as the wider Charcoalblue team.\nDue to our internal IT security protocols and core software compatibility requirements, our team operates exclusively on Windows OS. All applicants must be comfortable in using a Windows operating system as their primary daily workstation tool for this role.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign & Technical Delivery\nInput to and deliver the design of creative experience/entertainment/workplace technology systems across multiple projects, acting on occasion as lead designer for your area of specialism and taking responsibility for the quality, coordination and delivery of design information.\n\nDevelop design principles, system strategies and technical solutions that respond to the client brief, operational requirements, architectural vision, performance needs and project budget.\n\nProduce and oversee the preparation of drawings, specifications, reports, schedules, calculations and other technical information, including Charcoalblue’s design and system information, or design information and/or standards provided by our clients.\n\nInput to and attend discussions with clients, users and project stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into coherent, deliverable design solutions.\n\nCommunicate verbally, through reports and drawings the functionality, purpose and benefits of performance and presentation technology clearly and appropriately to different audiences, including creative designers, clients, technicians, architects, engineers and contractors.\n\nWork collaboratively with client, architectural and engineering teams to convey appropriate infrastructure, spatial requirements, support, power, data, containment, environmental conditions, access and other dependencies are incorporated into the wider design.\n\nCollaborate closely with Charcoalblue design, design and/or project managers colleagues across disciplines to deliver seamlessly coordinated design solutions on multi-disciplinary projects.\n\nMaintain trust through validated advisory oversight throughout the design and delivery process.\n\nProvide cost, operational, and technical advice aligned with project goals. Provide ROM cost projections and later develop BOM for technology systems throughout the project lifecycle, working with manufacturers, suppliers and distributors to test assumptions, validate budgets and undertake early market testing.\n\nContribute to value engineering exercises, developing alternative solutions that reduce cost while protecting functionality, performance, quality and client value, and clearly communicating the implications of design changes.\n\nReview contractor submissions and ensure compliance with design.\n\nAttend site visits as required, including construction progress reviews, inspections, commissioning, witness testing and other technical activities, providing appropriate technical input and reporting.\n\nSupport the development and implementation of consistent design standards, methodologies, drawing conventions, specifications and technical resources across the practice.\n\nQuality, Compliance & Continuous Improvement\nConsistently deliver technically robust work to a high professional standard, following Charcoalblue’s quality assurance processes and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, standards, guidance and industry good practice.\n\nUphold and champion Charcoalblue’s quality standards across projects and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.\n\nContribute to the continual development of Charcoalblue’s internal design and technical resources through collaboration, knowledge sharing and the development of house standards and styles.\n\nKnowledge Sharing\nContribute to the development of the audiovisual offer at Charcoalblue by innovation, collaboration and consistently high-quality design.\n\nActively engage with Charcoalblue’s cultural values and demonstrate these values in relationships with colleagues, clients, consultants, contractors and other project partners.\n\nContinue to develop personal knowledge of performance, presentation and experiential systems, audiovisual and creative entertainment technology, technology breakthroughs, construction and related industries through self-directed research, continuous professional development and Charcoalblue’s Training & Development programme.\n\nClient, Industry & Business Development\nMaintain relationships with clients and project partners, acting as a knowledgeable representative of Charcoalblue and its technical expertise.\n\nContribute to the wider development of the practice by sharing sector knowledge, market intelligence, emerging technologies and lessons learned from projects.\n\nGeneral\nCollaborate positively and proactively with colleagues across Charcoalblue and with external design and project teams.\n\nDemonstrate sound professional judgement, taking ownership of responsibilities and escalating significant risks, issues or decisions appropriately.\n\nUndertake occasional travel, including international travel, as required by projects, clients and Charcoalblue activities.\n\nThis list is not intended to be exhaustive and may be subject to alteration over time.\nQualifications and Key Skills\nWe are open to receiving applications from candidates with a varied range of experience and education. If you meet most of the qualifications below, we encourage you to apply.\nEssential\nMinimum three (3) years of experience working as a technical systems designer and/or as a consultant\n\nDemonstratable experience working in experience or workplace markets (design or end user)\n\nHigh experience in computer drafting. We work predominantly in REVIT for building integration assets, therefore proficiency in REVIT is preferred, however previous experience in either Vectorworks, or AutoCAD will be required.\n\nProfessional experience with the standard suite of Microsoft Office and GSuite products.\n\nProfessional experience with Adobe Acrobat and / or Bluebeam Revu - we operate a paperless office and use the PDF format for all document issues.\n\nDesirable\nExcellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical information clearly through verbal explanation, written communication, sketching, technical drawings and formal presentations.\n\nAbility to independently plan, manage and deliver workstreams against agreed scope, programme and budget, with management support for escalation of key issues.\n\nHigher-level knowledge of audiovisual systems, network infrastructure and good level knowledge of, infrastructure and systems integration. Understanding of broadcast, streaming, lecture room and presentation technologies. Basic knowledge of lighting systems.\n\nRelevant higher education qualification, technical training and/or professional industry qualifications such as AVIXA, or equivalent professional experience.\n\nDemonstrable experience acting a designer across documentation, construction and commissioning phases on significant projects in the UK and/or EMEA.\n\nPractical understanding of stage lighting and/or audiovisual design, network architecture, infrastructure, systems integration and relevant Health & Safety, electrical and industry regulations.\n\nExperience developing and reviewing technical and contract documentation for stage lighting and/or audiovisual systems on new-build and refurbishment projects.\n\nStrong knowledge of the operation, technical requirements and construction of theatre, performing arts and live performance buildings, with experience and interest in live performance, broadcast, streaming and/or events.\n\nExperience of architectural lighting and/or audiovisual immersive environment installations, either temporary or permanent.\n\nExcellent graphic and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly and consistently within established design and corporate standards.\n\nExperience working effectively within multidisciplinary and distributed global teams, including across different time zones and cultures.\n\nInterpersonal & Leadership Skills\nHighly organised, reliable and able to manage multiple projects, priorities and deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality and attention to detail.\n\nConfidence in taking ownership of designs and documentation - 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