Our technical team is a high-achieving operational group of technicians, who deliver Imperial's ambitious events programme throughout the year. We are the technical experts behind the event, delivering over 430 events a year including key moments, highlights throughout the year include Graduation at the Royal Albert Hall, Ministerial Announcements and Annual Lectures. We aim to provide a tailored technical support service to all our clients, whether that is a strategy-focused event or delivering a hybrid conference for a department on a strict budget. Our goal is to deliver for our internal community by providing a reliable and high-quality event.
As a team of passionate technicians, we have developed our expertise and services to meet the ever-growing requirements of our community. To enable our team to deliver the best, we are proud to stock some of the best equipment, you can read more about our investment in our equipment inventory below.
Our success as a team is down to our freelancers, with our core values of community and excellence at the heart of what we do together; we care about our freelancers’ experience when working with us, and we strive to continuously listen and understand how we can develop. We have great pride of our event delivery record and as we look ahead, we want to keep our commitment to delivering great events.
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What we do
Technical Production
Our Freelancers enable us to deliver world-class events, from Audio, Video Streaming & Lighting.
Working With Us
The Technical Events Team at Imperial is always on the lookout for new talent to add to our existing pool of established freelance Audio Visual technicians who are the backbone of every event delivered for Imperial. We have technicians from every different audio-visual discipline working together to provide seamless events every day for the Imperial community.
Whilst the roles listed below are how we define our techs, we always love to see technicians who can mix and match these skills and don’t mind helping with different jobs when needed during an event.
Technician Roles & Expectations
We expect all our technicians to understand and be able to work with AVoIP workflows including Dante, NDI & Milan. Specifically; Audio & Venue Technicians should have obtained Dante Level 1 & 2.
Technician Roles & Expectations
Confident with running live sound and mixing outputs for livestreams and recordings, AVoIP workflows should be understood and experience with d&b audiotechnik products is a bonus.
Confident in setting up, routing and operating cameras for our livestream and recorded events, including adjusting settings where needed to ensure smooth livestreaming and recording outputs.
Confident running livestreamed events, mixing content live via our vision mixers and understand the signal flow along with this. Confident in multiple different presentation software and with hybrid style events with remote attendees and speakers is always a bonus.
Confident in setting up, programming and operating the range of lighting we have for our events, advising the client on the event on colours and effects and what will look best for their event. Some of our kit is listed below.
Audio Visual techs who don’t mind the manual tasks such as setting up stages, rigging truss and setting up exhibition style events such as power requirements and displays.
A new role for our team is coming soon; as we open our Great Hall in 2027, we are looking to add a set of skilled technicians who are dedicated to support our impressive space. Technicians will need an advanced understanding of all our roles. In addition, they should be able to use d&b Soundscape (by d&b audiotechnik).
Equipment Inventory
We have an extensive range of equipment, take a look at what we typically use day-to-day:
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d&b U-Series (U5N, U3N) d&b E8 & 42S with D40 & D90 Yamaha DM-Series Mixing Desks (DM7, DM7C, DM3) Sennheiser Spectera (Bodypacks & Handhelds) Sennheiser EW-DX (Bodypacks & Handhelds) DPA Capsules & Lectern Mics & More...
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Livestream HD550 4K Panasonic AG-CX310E Panasonic UE150 PTZ Sony NX5R Blackmagic ATEM Mini Roland VR-120HD Range of 55" & 65" TVs Kiloview N6 (NDI Tx/Rx) & More...
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Chamsys MagicQ MQ70 Lighting Desk Martin MAC One Chauvet Maverick Silens 1X Profile Chauvet Colorado (Bar 6 & Batten Q15) Chauvet Ovation (E-910, F-415 & E-260) Prolights Astra Wash (7PixIP & 19Pix) Chauvet Well Fit X & More...
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Caption: A bespoke event for the launch of Imperial's Grapht Works, delivered by our freelancers.
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Caption: A freelance audio technician monitoring our DM7 mixing desk remotely for our annual Imperial All Staff Party.
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Caption: One of our freelance video technicians preparing for a stream with NASA
Caption: Back of House with the team whilst delivering one of our outdoor events.
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Caption: a day of d&b training for some of our freelancers
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Caption: One of our freelance team socials after a successful event.
Freelancer Profiles
Ready to Join our Team?
We undertake a freelancer recruitment and selection process annually. This gives us a chance to add new skilled technicians onto our books ahead of the next year of events. If you're interested in joining our team, please keep an eye on Indeed for an opening. We aim to open applications in the Autumn with selections taking place within 6-weeks after the application deadline.
Referral Route
We do not accept speculative applications to join our freelance team. We do accept referrals from current members of our freelance team; If you know someone, request a referral through them to join our team.