Director, Venue Sound

This is a Full Time Job

In September 2022, MSE acquired the regional sports network, then-called NBC Sports Washington and newly rebranded as Monumental Sports Network. Monumental Sports Network now holds the exclusive local television media rights to Capitals', Wizards', and Mystics' games. The network is both a linear channel and a digital operation. Prior to acquiring the linear platform, the digital platform was launched by MSE in 2016, as the first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile, and streaming platforms. Those linear and digital platforms are now combined and join Caps Radio, Wizards Radio, MSE Outdoor and Monumental Productions for a full suite of six media enterprises.

In addition to Capital One Arena – a venue which hosts 3M visitors across over 250 events annually, MSE also manages MedStar Capitals Iceplex (training facility for the Capitals), MedStar Health Performance Center (training facility for the Wizards, Mystics, and Go-Go) and EagleBank Arena (a 12,000 live event venue on George Mason University's campus).

In July 2020, MSE partnered with William Hill (subsequently acquired by Caesars Entertainment) to open the first ever in-arena sportsbook in North America, now called Caesars Sportsbook. The space now also boasts a destination culinary experience, Guy Fieri's DC Kitchen Bar.

MSE opened ''District E powered by Ticketmaster'' in the spring of 2023, a flagship esports and entertainment venue. This 14,000-square-foot live-event theater offers a 365-day-a-year series of immersive experiences in esports, music, culinary excellence, event programming, and community events.

MSE proudly promotes its core values for all those that interact with the company. As a member of our team:
• You will provide first-class customer service and value for our fans.
• You will champion a double-bottom line that engages, unifies, and gives back to the community we serve.
• You will work tirelessly to build generationally exceptional teams that compete for championships year after year and create lifelong memories for our fans.
• You will measure performance with specific objectives and metrics and our analysis and decisions are compelled by data.
• You will prize leadership, but you should value teamwork and collaboration and transparency even more. We treat each other with respect. We act with honesty and integrity. We remain humble.
• You will innovate. We are nimble and first to market. We are not averse to risk.
• You will have fun. We are in the business of happiness.

Position Overview: The Director, Venue Sound is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Sound Department, generating show-specific paperwork and plans, managing, purchasing, budgeting, crew scheduling, and other logistics. The Director will ensure sound techs are well prepared to mix sound for all Capitals, Wizards, and Georgetown home games and maintain the highest quality sound for 18,000 fans who come to Capital One Arena.

Are you a seasoned venue sound operator or touring engineer? We'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

• Mix all games at Capital One Arena; work with TV Network trucks to receive and deliver audio feeds.
• Maintain balanced sound levels throughout the arena and on concourse during games.
• Mix microphones, music, videos, and operate Caps' hockey goal horn when the home teams scores.
• Manage service contract with Clair.
• Supervise union covered employees.
• Support special acts and performances before, during, or after events.
• Stay ahead of any potential issues, maintenance, and firmware of the in-house audio systems; understand integration with fire alarm system.
• Establish maintenance program of sound equipment including any Capital replacement.
• Support National Touring acts with patching into house comms or systems.
• Maintain a distributed Clear-Comm FreeSpeak II used throughout the arena during all events.
• Support other MSE entities and properties for external events where permitted.
• Set up, break down, and operate audio equipment including microphones, IFB's, sound speakers, recording equipment, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing board, and related electronic systems for concerts, sporting events, meetings, conventions, presentations, and press conferences.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
• 10 years' experience working in large venues, professional theaters, or with touring acts or TV broadcast. Minimum of 5 years as an A1.
• Expert with Yamaha CL/QL Digital Mixing Consoles.
• Technical knowledge of Signal Flow, including Dante and analog signals, DSPs, routing, and patching.
• Solid understanding of Wireless Workbench, Shure Wireless Microphones, IFB's, and RF in a dense environment.
• Sustaining a zero-feedback environment while mixing for an in-the-round setting.
• Proficiency in Broadcast and Recording standard processes is helpful.
• Attention to detail and the ability to remain levelheaded while troubleshooting issues during an event.
• Must be comfortable mixing while on comm, to include corporate and in-house special events.
• Experience with Smarrt or similar software.
• Ability to climb, lift, balance, walk, stoop, and handle materials. Comfortable working on arena catwalk with heights of up to 110ft.
• Previous experience mixing for a sports venue is a plus but not required.
• Flexibility to work holidays, nights and weekends based on event calendar.