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AV Media Specialist
Openings: 2 full-time positions | Location: New London, Connecticut (on-site)
Position Summary
The AV Media Specialist keeps the National Coast Guard Museum galleries, theater, and interactive media experiences reliable, accessible, and presentation-ready. The role combines audiovisual systems support, media deployment, calibration, preventive maintenance, and approved event support in a high-uptime public environment.
Essential Responsibilities
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Load, update, synchronize, and quality-check approved digital content across museum media players and interactive displays.
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Calibrate projectors, gallery audio, and theater systems; perform routine cleaning, firmware updates, and equipment-health checks.
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Troubleshoot failures across AV hardware, software, media players, signal paths, network routing, and centralized control systems.
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Support Government-approved content digitization, formatting, remastering, and accessible-media features, including captions, assistive-listening support, and audio descriptions.
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Support approved lectures and events with microphones, presentations, multi-camera streaming, and related AV systems.
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Coordinate with the IT Specialist and Exhibits Maintenance Technician on high-bandwidth video distribution, cable routing, discreet equipment integration, and exhibit uptime.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor degree in digital media, film/video production, audio engineering, or a related technical field.
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Three to five years of professional AV experience in museum galleries, high-end theaters, live-event production, or comparable high-uptime environments.
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Portfolio demonstrating successful multimedia installations, professional video production, or comparable AV systems work.
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Working knowledge of HDMI, HDBaseT, SDI, NDI, audio signal flow, Adobe Premiere/After Effects/Audition, and Crestron, Extron, or Q-SYS control environments.
*This Position is Contingent Upon Award.
LAUKOA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/VEVRAA federal contractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
LAUKOA offers a best-in-class benefits program including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) program with employer match; paid vacation and sick leave; employer-paid basic life and AD&D insurance; an Employee Assistance Program; and a flexible work environment. Additionally, employees can choose from several voluntary benefits including critical illness coverage; accident insurance; identity theft coverage; pet insurance, and more.
LAUKOA gives preference to internal candidates. If no internal candidate meets our qualifications, external candidates will be given consideration.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in digital media, film or video production, audio engineering, or a related technical field
- Three to five years of professional audiovisual experience in museum galleries, high-end theaters, live-event production, or comparable high-uptime environments
- Portfolio demonstrating multimedia installations, professional video production, or comparable AV systems work
- Working knowledge of HDMI, HDBaseT, SDI, NDI, audio signal flow, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Audition, and Crestron, Extron, or Q-SYS control environments
DAWSON Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision options are offered, with eligibility in some cases beginning at start or after a short waiting period. Feedback suggests core coverages are widely available for internal roles and many longer assignments.
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Retirement Support — The retirement plan allows contributions after 30 days and adds a company match up to 3% of base pay after one year, with company contributions vesting over three years. This provides a clear pathway for employees to build savings alongside core benefits.
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What We Do
DAWSON is a Native Hawaiian global business enterprise serving the U.S. Department of Defense and other federal government clients worldwide. The company provides a range of innovative and cost-effective solutions, specializing in professional and technical services, construction, operations and maintenance, and environmental services, all while remaining rooted in traditional Native Hawaiian values to benefit the Native Hawaiian community.
