Senior Technician / Skills Instructor Facilitator – Immersive

Employer: Coventry University Group

The Role

As a Senior Technician in Immersive, you will be providing students and staff with specialist technical expertise with use of industry standard specialist software, equipment, workflows and processes, advising on relevant techniques and assisting with teaching preparation in the context of immersive and creative technologies and their application across a range of disciplines in the College.

You will organise and undertake a full programme of skills inductions for students and staff as required, liaise with academic staff to determine timetabling and use of workshops and studios, and undertake the installation, maintenance, and servicing of all relevant equipment, liaising with external bodies if necessary.

While students and staff are working in studio you will need to supervise when they are working with high-risk equipment, ensuring that students and staff are certified to undertake such work and are safe and in accordance with statutory health and safety regulations.

Qualifications Required

Honours Degree in a relevant audio/visual creative specialism disciple or if from a professional practice/industry background: sustained, appropriate level industry experience in a relevant field.

Our Successful Candidate

The ideal candidate will be a problem-solver with proven experience and technical skills in immersive production, experience using games engines such as Unreal and/or Unity and experience of working in performance capture and/ or immersive audio development and installation.

Significant experience of working in audio/visual (and peripherals) installation or support environment, resolving faults and providing advice and guidance is essential. Good experience of providing technical support for laboratory-based teaching and research, including software and hardware support is required.

You must be flexible over areas of work and must be able to work occasional evenings and weekends.

The Benefits

As a staff member of Coventry University, you will have access to a wide range of industry leading rewards and benefits which includes:

• Excellent Employers Pension Contribution
• 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• New Holiday Purchase Scheme up to 5 additional days
• Life Assurance 4 x Salary
• BUPA Cash Plan
• 50% off Tuition Fee’s for staff dependants
• CU Reward Scheme – Discounts across a range of High Street/ Online Retailers
• Cycle to work scheme

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