Manager, Audio Visual

Date Posted: 11/04/2025

Req ID: 45869

Faculty/Division: Operations and Real Estate Partnerships

Department: Campus Events

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

The Campus Events & Conference Services team is the central point of contact for events on the St. George Campus, operating several full-service conference facilities, and providing expert coordination and logistical support to deliver memorable and engaging events in its own spaces as well as shared campus spaces for both internal and external stakeholders. University Events plays a critical role in assessing and ensuring a variety of high profile and other events can be successfully executed while ensuring that the activities related to the primary purpose of the University - namely academic instruction and research - can proceed without disruption.

The Manager, Audio Visual & Media Productions role is responsible for leading the strategic development and implementation of a comprehensive audio visual, media production, and virtual event services model for the campus. The Manager will be responsible for the successful planning and operational launch of a comprehensive service model to deliver exceptional service driven, revenue generating services for dedicated event and meeting facilities including the Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus (phase 1), The Conference Centre (formerly the Chestnut Conference Centre), and the development and delivery of a comprehensive conference services support model in centrally shared academic and indoor and outdoor common areas to provide an essential service to the internal community with economies of scale to ensure revenue. The Manager, AVMP will also be responsible for managing the AVMP team supporting other purpose-built conference spaces under S&E control including Oak House as well as other partner venues. Rapid growth and several additional new roles are planned for Campus Events & Conference Services and the development of an audio visual, media productions and virtual event service to support the academy is critical to the unit's strategic growth.

The incumbent is part of the Campus Events & Conference Services management team working under the general direction of the Director, Campus Events & Conference Services and in close collaboration with the Assistant Director, Campus Events, Assistant Director, Conference Services but with a high degree of independence, initiative, and responsibility.

This position will act as a business development representative to key stakeholders and represent the interests of Campus Events & Conference Services to develop and foster a brand around this important new strategic initiative and audio-visual and media productions service offerings.

Essential Qualifications:

Education:

• University Degree required or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of experience working in a fast-paced audio-visual unit supporting a meeting and event venue
• Experience managing an audio-visual and media productions unit in a meeting and event venue. Ability to apply management principles, practices and techniques to ensure the effective administration of the unit and to ensure revenue and departmental goals are achieved
• Departmental fiscal and budget management knowledge and experience including the ability to establish, implement, monitor and analyze financial data
• Experience managing and providing strategic procurement practices to maintain and purchase technical equipment

Skills:

• Demonstrated integrity, dependability, sound judgement, teambuilding, and resourcefulness to establish and maintain collaborative, positive, and effective working relationships with multiple and diverse constituency groups
• Excellent communication skills to express ideas and agreements concisely and persuasively, both orally and in writing, to a variety of constituencies
• Leadership skills to provide vision, motivation and guidance to all constituencies involved
• Project management and project coordination skills.

Other:

• High degree of tact, discretion, and judgment
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to develop and foster strong working relationships with outside agencies.
• Ability to address complex issues utilizing a clear, thoughtful manner and come to a resolution quickly without jeopardizing the event or relationships with people involved
• Ability to listen carefully to understand, respond and problem-solve effectively to address concerns and interests of campus constituents, guest, vendors, and others as needed
• Ability to work independently with a minimal supervision

Closing Date: 11/18/2025, 11:59PM ET

Employee Group: Salaried

Personnel Subarea:PM

Appointment Type: Ancillary Operations

Schedule: Full-Time

Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: PM 3 - Hiring Zone: $93,592 - $109,190 - Broadband Salary Range: $93,592 - $155,985

Job Category: Administrative / Managerial