Lead Event Technician

Department: Operations

Location: Atlanta

MailChimp is the world's leading email marketing service. More than 10 million people and businesses use MailChimp to design and send 1 billion emails a day. We empower small businesses with a suite of powerful and easy-to-use email, marketing automation, and analytics tools that integrate with hundreds of popular applications and services.

The IT team works to ensure that MailChimp employees have the technological tools and security systems in place to get their jobs done. We do everything from setting up new hires’ work environments to maintaining the office’s internet connectivity to helping produce live, in-house events.

We’re looking for an Event Technology Lead Technician to join the team. This person will oversee the technological aspects of MailChimp’s in-house events, including our weekly Coffee Hour meetup, Tech Talks, and more. They’ll also assist with resources and setup for video conferencing and other event technology throughout the office. The ideal candidate has experience with audio and video engineering and live-streaming. They should be a great communicator, a team player, and passionate about serving their colleagues.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the selection and operation of audio and video systems for live events and video conferencing
  • Manage livestreaming and recording events
  • Manage content generated by livestreaming and recording events
  • Educate and support employees’ use of event technology throughout the office

Requirements

  • 2+ years of audiovisual technical experience
  • Proficiency with audiovisual equipment and computer software and systems
  • Ability to define technical requirements, solicit quotes from external vendors, and manage external vendor services for cost-efficiency

MailChimp is a founder-owned, highly profitable, and private company located in the heart of Atlanta. We offer our 500+ employees an exceptional workplace, extremely competitive compensation, fully paid benefits (for employees and their families), and generous profit sharing. We hire humble, collaborative, and ambitious people, and give them endless opportunities to grow and succeed.

We love our hometown and support sustainable urban renewal. Our office is in the historic Ponce City Market, right on the Atlanta Beltline. If you'd like to be considered for this position, please apply below. We look forward to meeting you!

MailChimp is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

 

Big and getting bigger

MailChimp has 12 million users who email 16 billion subscribers, with 12,000 new accounts created every day.

A home for square pegs

We don’t work like most tech companies, and we don’t look like them either. Our engineers have come to MailChimp from many different paths.

Benefits

We encourage our employees to live their best lives through wellness programs, education opportunities.