Audio Visual Internship Program

Hands-on training. Real equipment. Real industry experience.

The Sound Guyz Audio Visual Internship Program helps college students and high school seniors explore careers in live events, audio, video, lighting, staging, and broadcast production. Interns learn directly from experienced professionals while supporting real productions in supervised environments.

Sound Guyz provides professional audio, video, lighting, staging, installation, and event-production services from Hartford, Connecticut. Our crews support concerts, corporate programs, festivals, broadcasts, nonprofit events, and community productions throughout Connecticut and regional markets.

This learning-focused program combines structured instruction, hands‑on labs, equipment preparation, and supervised field experience. It is designed to build strong technical foundations, professional work habits, confidence, and a practical understanding of how the audiovisual and live‑events industry operates.

Previous professional experience is not required. We are looking for motivated students who are curious, reliable, ready to learn, and interested in turning their creativity or technical interests into career skills.

• High school seniors exploring careers in technology, media, theatre, music, broadcasting, or live event production.
• College and university students seeking hands‑on industry experience, portfolio development, or possible academic credit.
• Community college and technical‑school students building practical audiovisual skills.
• Entry‑level technicians and career explorers developing a foundation for future production work.

Applicants who are under 18 must meet applicable school, work‑authorization, scheduling, and supervision requirements.

• 25+ years of industry experience: Learn professional standards from an established audiovisual and event‑production team.
• Professional equipment training: Work with the tools, systems, and workflows used on live productions.
• Real events and real teams: Gain supervised exposure to concerts, corporate events, festivals, broadcasts, and community programs.
• Career‑building experience: Develop technical vocabulary, teamwork, communication, safety awareness, and résumé‑ready skills.

Learn equipment preparation, microphones, speakers, wireless systems, mixing consoles, cabling, basic signal flow, soundcheck support, and system strike procedures.

Explore cameras, displays, projectors, video switching, streaming, presentation systems, signal testing, and supervised production workflows.

Learn about fixtures, control systems, data and power cabling, safe placement, basic programming concepts, testing, and show‑site organization.

Build experience with equipment logistics, load‑in, setup, cable management, backstage procedures, production documentation, teamwork, and strike.

• Assist with preparing, organizing, testing, and labeling production equipment.
• Support supervised load‑ins, setups, rehearsals, event operations, strikes, and returns.
• Help run and secure audio, video, lighting, data, and power cables.
• Observe system configuration, signal testing, soundchecks, and technical rehearsals.
• Maintain organized work areas, cases, cables, accessories, and documentation.
• Help inspect and return equipment to show‑ready condition after assignments.
• Follow company, venue, equipment, and workplace‑safety procedures.
• Participate in training, demonstrations, production meetings, and feedback sessions.