Position:
Audio/ Visual Tech
Location:
State College, Pa
Dates Employed:
2/26/2008–10/2008
My Responsibilities
- Responsible for adequacy of technology equipment
- Supported more than 58,000 square feet of conference/ banquet space throughout 49 rooms for next and same day events
Experience I Gained:
- Learned the behind the scenes of the hospitality industry
- Learned how to set up rooms quickly for a variety of events
- Gained an understanding of event planning requirements
- Began to learn audio/ visual equipment set up
Notable Points:
- Most of my responsibilities dealt with the table and chair set up opposed to the technical
- I had the opportunity to run sound during a live event, though I didn’t completely know what I was doing
- Sometimes, we had multiple events in the same day and had to do quick turn-arounds and clean up to prepare for totally different set ups.