Sound Technician

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a private institution whose main purpose is to improve people’s quality of life through art, charity, science, and education. The Foundation carries out its activities from its headquarters in Lisbon, and from its branches in Paris and London.

We intend to reinforce the Support team for Shows and Other Activities of our Central Department with a Sound Technician. The Sound Technician will be responsible for ensuring the installation, set-up, operation and maintenance of sound systems associated with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation’s events, initiatives, exhibitions, conferences and shows, ensuring the necessary levels of quality during their development.

Contractual Conditions: Permanent Employment Contract.

Main Responsibilities

• Assess and review the technical needs for shows, exhibitions, conferences, broadcasts and recordings;
• Design and plan the sound and audio-visual systems suited to each situation, ensuring effective, tailored solutions;
• Assess various requirements such as space, acoustics, audience typology and dimension, energy sources, instrument layout, amplification and sound capture needs;
• Carry out sound equipment assembly activities (installation of cables, microphones, speakers, among others), according to the specific needs of each event;
• Perform various sound checks, and check all connections and microphones, ensuring that all requirements and conditions are met for events to happen;
• Set-up (design and dimension the PA system) and operate the sound equipment required for the development of the various events, initiatives, exhibitions, conferences, streaming, recordings, and performances at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;
• Real-time operation during live events, broadcasts and recordings;
• Ensure the verification, storage, internal registration and organization of all equipment, making sure it is well stored and preserved;
• Help identify equipment purchase needs;
• Provide support and assistance in recording concert sound, audio for videos and audio processing for use in promotional materials of various activities, initiatives or events with external entities and of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

Required skills

• 12th grade plus technical / professional training in the field of sound; Graduate degree in Sound Engineering or similar field (preferred);
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in similar responsibilities;
• Set-up and manage computer networks (Audio systems) / Operating Systems (MacOS/Win/Linux);
• Good communication and teamwork skills;
• Adaptable to the schedule of events to be held.

Technical knowledge

• Acoustics for performance and recording (sound spectrum measuring devices);
• Good grasp of Electricity / Electronics;
• Audio Post-Production on Digital Audio Workstation Platform;
• Sound design and dimensioning / PA assembly and calibration / Sound operation for Concerts (PA and Monitoring) and for Broadcasting;

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The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation welcomes applications from all people, regardless of their age, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, religion, or disability, in particular of those who identify with underrepresented groups in the various initiatives promoted by the Foundation.

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