Senior Audio Visual Consultant

Thrive on openness, respect, and collaboration? Good. Us too. Join as our new Senior Audio Visual Consultant. Vanguardia, A Buro Happold Company, is looking for a Senior AV Consultant with experience in a variety of sectors including sports and entertainment, cultural, commercial and higher education. Our team is responsible for developing high-quality audio-visual systems design for large-scale projects around the globe. You will be responsible for audio-visual systems design on challenging projects, examples include The Sphere in Las Vegas, Co-op Live Arena Manchester, Everton FC: Bramley-Moore Dock Stadium and Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, as well as major music events across the UK including the iconic Glastonbury Festival. An interest in live music, broadcast, sports, events, and performing arts is desirable.Key Duties:Designing audio-visual systems and displays including larger format LED screens and projectionProviding schematic designs to showcase innovative solutions to clientsSound system designIPTV/Digital signage designPresentation systemsAV control room systemsVideo production systemsIntegrated audio solutionsBroadcast systemsRoom control/room booking systemsYour skills and experience: Understanding the Client AV requirements and production of a Client briefAV design process both independently and in line with RIBA design stagesDesign of AV systems and AV infrastructure – Including Audio systems, Projection, LED Screens and Media systems.Projection mapping design on 3D surfaces/ architectural featuresExperience with performance lighting would be beneficial[JM1] AV system budgets and cost estimatesProject coordination with the Client teamMaintain market knowledge of industry-leading technologiesOngoing development of our computational design tools including Revit[JM2] Knowledge of key software such as Sketchup, EASE and Disguise D3What we offer you:Hybrid working arrangements. Attractive salary and benefits package including life assurance, income protection and private medical cover. Holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum (exclusive of bank holidays) and flexible holiday arrangements. Generous company pension scheme.Flexible benefits including cycle scheme, dental insurance, optical cover, travel insurance, season ticket loans, and corporate discounts Enhanced parenthood leave policies 3pm finish on the last Friday of the monthA strong commitment to your continuous development. Whatever stage in your career, we have a learning and development programme that will enable and empower you. Entitlement to two memberships to professional bodies or subscriptions A commitment to your wellbeing through a comprehensive employee assistance programme and wellbeing activities A supportive and inclusive environment that will welcome you through social and outreach activities from the Young Employees Forum to mentoringAn international culture that wherever your career takes you at Buro Happold, you won’t be far from the exceptional. Join us to find out what you’re really capable of.A place for everyoneBuro Happold values an individual's flexible approaches to working patterns as an important part of how you work and achieve balance. We welcome applications from those who are seeking flexibility in their careers. Our exceptional portfolio of projects is the result of the diversity of thought, identities, backgrounds, and experiences that shape us. Appreciating each other’s differences is key, we want employees to feel they don’t have to mask elements of their identity to thrive. We are working to change the lack of representation of marginalised groups in the built environment. We are particularly keen to hear from anyone who feels they are underrepresented in the industry. We have much to learn from one another. Embracing differences allows us to develop the most innovative and elegant solutions.Please let us know if there are any adjustments we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Contact recruitment@burohappold.com so we can work with you to support you throughout your application. #LI-JA1 #Hybrid [JM1]@Aidan Quibell / @Phillip Lu Everything I add I am highlighting in yellow for now [JM2]is it worth adding other key software such as sketchup / Ease / disguise D3? Salary Competitive Frequency Annual Job Reference burohappold/TP/653/2692 Contract Type Permanent Job Category Engineering and Design Discipline UK Acoustics & AV Location London, United Kingdom Closing Date 13 December, 2026