Job: Job: AV Installation Engineer

The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for a professional AV installer looking for a career. This role offers the opportunity to receive extensive on-going training and development to build your skill set in a wide range of areas, with the opportunity to specialize your development further down the line. Part of this on-going training will involve you keeping up to date with the latest technologies and products in the AV market.

As an Audio-visual Installer you will be working as part of a small team installing integrated AV systems in corporate and commercial environments.

Your role will be very varied, challenging, and will genuinely provide the opportunity for substantial and rapid self-development. Your role will develop quickly; how quickly will only be limited by your performance.

Salary negotiable dependent upon skills, experience and potential.

You must be based in Central London (Zones 1-6 on London Underground)

Your Skills, Qualities and Achievements
You MUST have:

• At least one year’s experience in installing AV systems with a UK AV company.
• A full driving licence and full UK working rights.
• Experienced in terminating a variety of AV cables
• The ability to communicate very clearly and efficiently both to clients and members of the team.

Our client will be looking for someone who has:

• A good professional manner, and an understanding of how to act appropriately and professionally in a variety of different environments.
• The desire to work HARD: sometimes long days & early starts, flexible hours, overtime and weekend work sometimes required (overtime will be paid). • REAL drive – we will be recruiting someone who is RARING TO GO.
• A flexible 'can do' attitude. This includes a willingness to work overtime and unsociable hours; an overtime scheme will be agreed.
• An aptitude for technical thinking and technical work.

They would be particularly interested if you are experienced in AV rack building/wiring.

The right candidate will be:

• Reliable, hardworking and enthusiastic
• Happy to work very early mornings and long hard physical days
• Deeply interested in the world of audio and audio-visual systems, technologies and equipment
• Looking for a diverse role that’s based both ‘in the field’ (on installations and service visits) and occasionally doing more office-based & events work
• Based in London
• Fully computer literate
• As happy and comfortable doing physical work – i.e. pulling cables, drilling holes etc. on building sites – as carrying out intensive office-based tasks

The Organisation
Our client is a dynamic audio-visual business, designing, supplying, installing, maintaining and repairing a wide range of professional audio and audio-visual systems. Their clients are spread across several market sectors (public, corporate, retail, leisure & entertainment) and they have a multitude of high-profile national and global companies amongst them.

The Recruiters

AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, IT, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation – with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated

Job: Job: Video Conferencing Pre-Sales Engineer

The Opportunity
As a Video Conferencing Pre-Sales Engineer, you will work as a key member of an established team delivering bespoke video conferencing and unified communications solutions to prestigious client in a corporate environment. You will work closely with the sales team to create bespoke designs based on client requirements, ensuring elegant, efficient and cost-effective solutions are created. This role is vital to the success of the division, with involvement at presales and tender stage; your designs can make the difference between winning or losing £100K+ contracts. You must ensure that the design and associated quotation is accurate before presentation to the client. As well as supplying concept designs for your sales colleagues, you will also provide supporting documents regarding technical specification and specific system components (displays, switches, control systems, video conferencing units) and detailed designs once a project is given the go-ahead. You will also assist in sales meetings and give technical support in sales meetings and client site surveys. As a team member, you will be allocated workload by the team manager, collaborating with the rest of the design team and liaising with senior management to ensure that project resources are sufficient and fully utilised. This is an excellent opportunity to work on prestigious AV projects in a professional team, with an organisation that can offer career progression opportunities.

Salary: £40 –50K + Vehicle, Laptop, Phone & bonus

Your Skills, Qualities and Achievements
Must have an excellent knowledge Video Conferencing systems, ideally in corporate applications, with up to date knowledge of the latest VC and unified comms products, including Polycom, Lifesize, Cisco equipment, as well as associated infrastructure, including networking, cabling and switches. You will be a problem solver who can provide creative solutions to technical problems with an emphasis on the requirements of the end-user. As this role involves extensive liaison with non-technical colleagues and clients, excellent written and spoken communication skills are essential.

The Organisation
Leading independent technology solutions provider working with prestigious corporate clients and major government organisations, offering full managed communication, IT and AV solutions. This company has experienced continued organic growth in the UK and Europe and has ambitious plans for further growth, building on strong client relationships and partnerships with top technology vendors. This company are at the cutting edge of business technology solutions.

The Recruiters
AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, Tec

Job: Job: Audio Visual Sales Support Manager

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Audio Visual Salesperson with people management skills to work for a well established and successful technology business based in Birmingham. Your role will be to lead a team of sales support and internal account managers for the audio visual side of the business.

Key responsibilities:

•    Lead a team of audio visual internal account managers.
•    Support the sales and technical teams.
•    Work with management on future progression and strategy of the AV business.
•    Manage given set of accounts, specific product category or Sales Specialist
•    Provision of pricing and accurate formal quotations within the agreed customer and Departmental SLA’s.
•    Provide interface to customer contacts, branch sales teams and Enterprise sales teams.
•    Assist in the generating of sales via support to the sales teams and participating in Sales Support Incentives.
•    Preparation of Sales quotations with accurate and complete documents including, but not limited to pricing, supplier pricing and customer order for handover to Administration for processing.
•    Liaison with internal departments to facilitate the progress of orders through to install process.
•    Management and implementation of Customer specific special bids
•    Management of support and maintenance contract renewals.
•    Engineer Scheduling

Sales and general Sales Support activities:-

•    Maintaining a high level of knowledge around the products and services offered by the company.
•    Undergo appropriate training to maintain the high level of knowledge.
•    Resolve or escalate all issues in a timely manner.
•    Manage a training matrix and development plan for your team.
•    Provide reporting data as required.
•    Accurate and effective use of internal Information Technology systems
•    To achieve and maintain the highest levels of customer satisfaction through professional engagement at all times and at all levels within the customer and internal departments.

Yours skills, qualities and achievements

You must have a successful background in sales management/sales support and coordination, including sales team management. You will be commercially aware and quick to grasp business priorities. You will be highly professional with all levels of staff and external customers, with the ability to be calm and personable under pressure. Knowledge of audio Visual technologies and their application in a business environment is also essential

You will typically have operated inside an end user, reseller, distributor or inside a large vendor in the Audio Visual marketplace.

You will have good attention to detail, strong communication skills and be able to work as part of a team.  You should have the ability to take ownership of tasks and follow through to full completion. You will also have good organisational abilities. You should be I.T. literate, especially in the use of Microsoft office applications such as Word and Excel. Good interpersonal and telephone skills will be a pre-requisite.

The Organisation

Our client is a leading independent technology solutions provider working with prestigious corporate clients and major government organisations, offering full managed communication, IT and AV solutions. This company has experienced continued organic growth in the UK and Europe and has ambitious plans for further growth, building on strong client relationships and partnerships with top technology vendors. This company are at the cutting edge of business technology solutions.

The Recruiters

AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, IT, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation – with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated

Job: Job: AV Operations Co-ordinator – Custom Install

The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an Operations Manager, with electronics and electrical installation management experience, to plan and manage the operations of this growing and successful Building Technology and Home Automation business.

You will be responsible for the estimating, planning, resourcing, scheduling and management of all projects to ensure their completion to agreed schedule, budget and quality standards whilst always ensuring the highest levels of Health and Safety and customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities will include:-

• The planning and development of installation programmes for all projects which will achieve the objectives of the customer, their professional advisers and the Company and, thereafter, managing all aspects of the programme to ensure completion to schedule, budget and quality standards.
• Monitoring and reporting against the installation programme to Clients and their professional advisers in a timely manner so as to maintain a positive working relationship with both Clients and their appointed professionals.
• Effective resource planning which will fully utilise the Company’s in-house team of electricians, installers, system designers and AV programmers and supplement them with additional resources as required..
• The identification and resolving of problems which if unresolved may jeopardise or affect the completion of projects to schedule, budget and quality standards.
• Monitoring and reporting actual project costs against estimated costs on a regular basis as required by the company
• Providing the Accounts Department with the necessary information to support the preparation of invoices in a timely and accurate manner
• Maintaining professional and harmonious relations between the Company, Clients, the in-house team, sub-contractors and professionals.
• Contributing to the winning of new and additional business by the effective estimating, planning, programming and resourcing of new projects.
• Managing and maintaining effective communication, as regularly as is necessary and at the appropriate level, to the Client and their professional advisers to maintain positive relationships with all parties.
• Managing and maintaining effective communication as regularly as necessary with colleagues and the Managing Director to keep them informed in relation to activities and areas of responsibility which fall to the Operations Manager.
• Management and delivery of client driven variations so as to maintain and or improve the profitability of all projects.

This is a challenging role in a young company with exciting prospects. The successful candidate will be rewarded with a competitive salary and benefits and will have the opportunity to influence and benefit from the growth of the business.

Yours skills, qualities and achievements

Reporting to the founder and Managing Director, this is a new role with one prime purpose - that is to plan, source and resource new projects to ensure that our client continues to complete each and every project to schedule, budget and quality standards – on time, every time.

Candidates must have a good knowledge and understanding of electrical and electronic installations and must also be able to demonstrate a first class track record in the costing, planning and resourcing of projects to meet the required demands.

System skills are important but also the ability to organise the small, highly skilled in-house team of electricians, installers, system designers and AV programmers and supplement them with additional resources as required.

Equally important are excellent interpersonal skills which will enable the Operations Manager to establish and maintain relationships with customers and their professional advisers being calm, confident, positive and professional at all times.

The Organisation

Our client is a specialist, profitable and expanding provider of intelligent building and automation technologies and multi-room multi-media solutions.

Working for the residential, commercial, education and marine sectors, services include the design, supply, installation and programming of future-proof technologies capable of controlling any aspect of the building environment – from lighting, heating and audio-visual to advanced security and remote access systems.

The Recruiters

AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, IT, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation – with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated

Job: Job: AV Solution Sales Executive - Internal

The Opportunity
Working within a team of sales and technical professionals, your role will be to generate new business and manage existing customers, advising on and selling Audio Visual solutions to clients in the corporate and public sector- from a small amount of equipment in a school to an entire video conferencing solution across multiple sites for a major corporate customer. There will be a combination of account management and new business development in this role, involving extensive cold calling, objection handling and closing the prospect to a sale or arrange a meeting for larger requirements. You will also use your time talking with customers to fact find about their requirements, selling an appropriate system, a maintenance solution or passing on this information to the technical team who will help to prepare more complex proposals. This is a great opportunity for a sales executive to move to an exciting company at the forefront of the AV industry with rapid career progression opportunities and high commission.

Your Skills, Qualities and Achievements
Must be an accomplished business to business sales executive. Experience of selling  Audio Visual products and solutions over the telephone is essential. Knowledge of video conferencing, boardroom and classroom AV solutions, digital signage and projectors is essential. To succeed in this role, you must be focused on achieving your target through provision of a good service, extremely determined and resilient. You must be able to work on your own initiative and without supervision, reporting to the sales manager. If you are target driven, ambitious and have a proven ability to sell specialist technical services, this is a great opportunity for you.

The Organisation
Well established Audio Visual dealer, integrator and maintainer. This organisation has a respected name in the audio and video industry and utilises strong industry relationships to gain the latest equipment at the best value. They integrate powerful presentation technologies (often with existing IT systems) to achieve their clients’ aims and exceed their expectations through a consultative approach. Systems include complete video conferencing solutions, classrooms/boardrooms, digital signage, projectors, screens (including LCD and Plasma), interactive products (such as whiteboards and touch screens) and TV distribution systems. Clients include hospitals, law courts, local government, schools, colleges, universities, major corporations, residential customers (high-end home cinema) and hotels.

The Recruiters
AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation - with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated.

Job: Job: Audio Visual Technician

The Opportunity

This is an opportunity for an experienced AV Technician to cover for on-site technicians across London & Home Counties. You will support the requirements of the company in which you are placed by providing maintenance support of Audio Visual and Video Conferencing equipment and systems onsite.

Key responsibilities:

•    Covering the Onsite Technician’s holiday, sickness and absence leave.
•    Provide AV/VC support to clients, their staff and external clients
•    Set up, operate and maintain AV/VC equipment
•    Adaptable to working as part of a permanent based AV team or working on a lone site independently
•    Supporting end users as requested by the Client
•    Event support including set up, ensuring correct leads and adapters are available for conference organisers and participants
•    Any admin processing that may be required

Ideally based in London you will cover sites across Central &  Greater London.

Basic salary is negotiable dependent upon experience £22k-£30k plus benefits.

Yours skills, qualities and achievements

The successful candidate will have a good technical background within the Audio Visual industry.
You will have excellent customer service skills and an ability to deal with customers at all levels, be able to manage your time effectively. You must be professional and be able to work well when under pressure and demonstrate a positive attitude at all time.

You will have a good understanding of Tandberg/Cisco, Polycom, LifeSize and other Video Conferencing Systems as well as control systems such as Crestron, AMX and Extron products.
You must be IT literate with excellent fault finding skills and InfoComm CTS certification would be advantageous.

You will be a proactive person with good technical understanding and experience of all AV/VC technologies applied to corporate environments. You should have industry recognised AV qualifications, a polite telephone manner and good communications skills. Flexible working is essential and the successful candidate will be well presented with a friendly, outgoing personality with a ‘slow to anger, quick to respond’ attitude to be best suited to this demanding role.

You will be willing to take almost total ownership of the systems and maintain them accordingly and will be willing to get involved and strive to exceed expectations at all times. You must also have good administration skills and possess a sound knowledge of computer technology, PC applications and networking.

The Organisation

Award-Winning, Independent Audio Visual solutions provider. Nationally established for over 20 years with a strong presence in the Public & Corporate sectors. They provide a range of Audio Visual and Information Technology solutions for organisations across the UK

The Recruiters

AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, IT, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation – with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated

Job: Job: Audio Visual BDM Education

Job: Job: Audio Visual BDM Education

The Opportunity
As an Audio Visual Business Development Manager you will work closely with existing clients and develop new business across the East Midlands to both the public and private sector, particularly in Education. This growing company have sole access to a range of exciting products that schools are buying in quantity.

Ideally you will sell solutions and not boxes and develop excellent relationships with key decision makers in your area. With a strong reputation within the AV sector and relationships with key industry leading manufacturers, this is an ideal opportunity for a proactive, self-starter with a “can do” attitude who can hit the ground running to build and expand a new client base in this rapidly growing company.

There are excellent opportunities to earn good levels of commission.

Basic £25k-£30k p.a. £45k-£50k OTE uncapped + mileage allowance

Yours skills, qualities and achievements

You will have a proven track record in new business sales and account management with excellent selling skills to senior manager level within the East Midlands.

You must have experience of selling Audio Visual or similar technology solutions such as IT or communications in Education and have an excellent network of contacts.

Knowledge of the latest AV and VC equipment, such as, digital signage, audio systems, visualisers, displays and projectors would be an advantage. Must be an accomplished Business Development Manager with a track record of success in the Technology industry and an extensive client list would be advantageous. You will need excellent communication, presentation and end-user training skills.

Must be ambitious with a desire to succeed and progress your career with a dynamic organisation.

The Organisation
Our client is an established AV Solutions provider with a history of providing high quality Audio Visual Solutions & with a strong presence in several public sector markets.  With a strong track record of success they are continuing profitable growth into 2013 and beyond.

The Recruiters
AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation – with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated

Job: Job: AV CAD/Technical Designer – Integrated Systems

The Opportunity
As an AV CAD Draughtsman, you will utilise AutoCAD to produce 2D and 3D engineering drawings for integrated Audio Visual systems in both commercial and residential settings. These AV systems comprise a range of technologies, including control systems (such as AMX and Crestron), LCD displays, touchscreens, projectors, audio systems and video conferencing systems, as well as associated cabling, switching infrastructure and racks. Working with the in-house AV Engineering team, you will produce 2D and 3D room layouts, rack layouts and system schematics. You will also produce concept drawings and layouts for tender purposes, as well as “as built” drawings. You will have input into system design, with occasional site visits for surveying and project management purposes. You will also produce system specifications and kit lists in conjunction with design engineers, reporting to the design manager. This is a fast paced technical role requiring you to work on several project simultaneously, prioritising your time as required. You will work with technical and non-technical colleagues, as well as liaising with external partners and customers. The primary function of the role is the fast and accurate production of high quality technical drawings.

Salary: £25-35K DOE + Cutting Edge Projects, Industry Training, Latest Technology

Your Skills, Qualities and Achievements
The successful candidate will have excellent 2D and 3D AutoCAD skills.. You will need to have strong communication skills and be able to quickly understand a client brief, clarifying any uncertain points by liaising effectively and professionally with colleagues and customers. Must have a proven track record of producing all relevant drawings (tender through to schematics) for integrated Audio Visual systems, either custom install residential systems, corporate/Pro AV systems or both. Must be able to quickly and accurately produce 2D and 3D drawings of room layouts and rack layouts. This role is based in Buckinghamshire, Southern England, and our client needs someone based within a commutable distance of their offices.

The Organisation
A specialist audio visual systems integrator offering a wide range of services, designing, recommending, supplying and installing Audio Visual solutions, Digital Signage and Video Conferencing, well established in the industry. Well established in both the Pro AV and Custom Install markets, the company is experiencing growth in demand for their solutions. The company has an excellent reputation and has won several industry awards for cutting edge AV installations. This organisation has strong partner relationships with many top manufacturers, offering choice and quality of kit.

The Recruiters
AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation - with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated.

Job: Job: UK Channel Sales (Lighting Controls Residential systems)

The Opportunity
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced lighting, controls or Custom Install salesperson to work for a leading manufacturer selling to the Residential systems channel via Custom Installers, architects and specifiers.

Your role will be to grow and support this business by converting sales leads and finding new opportunities to increase overall sales. You will also help in educating your customers by training in relevant products and systems.

Key responsibilities include:
•    Day to day management of residential systems accounts
•    Investigating potential new accounts via CEDIA channel and project tenders.
•    Partnering relations between the dealer network and electrical contractors, specifiers and developers so that projects are well supported
•    Working closely with the specification team on residential systems projects and seeing them through to being won using the correct channel.

Basic salary £40k - £50k + excellent car allowance and benefits package.

Skills, qualities and experience

You will be an experienced and successful salesperson working in the Custom Installation and/or lighting industry with a network of contacts in the residential sector. You will have excellent presentation and communication skills, be computer literate and technically competent.

Ideally you will be a graduate with an electrical background and another European language in addition to English would be a bonus.

The Organisation
Our client is a marketing leading lighting control company with offices worldwide. They are well established and offer first class training and support as well extremely competitive salaries and benefits.

The Recruiters
AV Jobs are specialists in providing a first class recruitment service for professional sales and marketing people, engineers and programmers throughout the UK and EMEA. Our markets include Audio Visual, Technology, Telecoms and Office Equipment. We have an established reputation – with clients and candidates alike – for keeping things simple, straightforward and uncomplicated