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Role title:
Event Technology Support Specialist (100% Travel)
Location:
United States (nationwide travel; not a remote role) Employment type: Full-time, client-facing field role with variable schedule, including evenings/weekends/holidays during events Role summary We have a few openings on our established Event Support and Field Tech team. The primary responsibility is supporting PwC client offsite events across the U.S. (typically 3-5 days per event). Work includes pre-event readiness, onsite setup/testing, live-event support, and teardown, in close coordination with client event coordinators and venue/hotel technology/AV teams. When not on events, the role provides short-term office backfill (usually 1-2 weeks) at PwC offices, covering the local walk-in IT support window and site tech duties. This is a hands-on, highly customer-facing role in fast-paced environments, requiring extensive travel.
Primary responsibilities:
Offsite events (3-5 days per event; 100% travel)
- Pre-event planning and readiness
- Review event requirements, room lists and run-of-show; confirm inventory and shipping.
- Conduct or validate site surveys; confirm network needs (SSID/VLAN, DHCP/DNS, bandwidth).
- Coordinate with client event coordinators and hotel/venue technology and AV teams.
- Prepare event kits, spares, labels, and documentation. Onsite setup and testing
- Install and test printers (badge/label/laser), drivers, and queues.
- Test wired and Wi-Fi connectivity; validate
DHCP/DNS
; basic switch-port checks; document IP schemes.
- Validate and support AV/conferencing (mics, projectors, room systems; Teams/Zoom/Webex).
- Set up support desk/walk-up bar; stage and label equipment; complete readiness checklists. Live-event support
- Provide rapid-response end-user support for connectivity, printing, and AV issues.
- Monitor network/print health; manage spares and swaps ticketing and status.
- Partner with venue AV to resolve audio/visual issues; support presenters and breakout rooms.
- Communicate status and escalations to event coordinators and stakeholders. Teardown and post-event
- Decommission, inventory, pack, and arrange return shipments.
- Capture lessons learned, incident summaries, and configuration notes.
- Coordinate RMA/repairs and asset updates.
Secondary responsibilities:
Office backfill (typically 1-2 weeks)
- Staff the local IT walk-in window; deliver in-person customer support.
- Troubleshoot Windows/macOS endpoints, printers, mobile devices, and common apps (M365/Teams).
- Perform hardware replacements (laptops, docks, peripherals) and basic imaging/setup.
- Support conference rooms and AV (Teams/Zoom rooms, projectors, codecs).
- Manage ticket queue (e.g., ServiceNow): triage, resolve, document, and close within SLAs.
- Coordinate vendor dispatches/warranty repairs; maintain loaners and asset records.
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