Americas Area AV Design Consultant Assistant Director

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This role drives the strategic planning, design capture and implementation of audio and video service solutions to support EY business needs on all office projects. The role is Area based and develops and coordinates the relationships among related key project stakeholders such as the Real Estate portfolio Deployment Leads, IT PM’s, AV integrators, Facilities teams, project management teams (i.e. CBRE), and architects (i.e. Gensler).

The role will meet with the business to understand requirements and advise on current technologies available and application of them to meet requirements or offer alternatives. Working with the broader project team, the role analyzes project floor plans to apply technical solutions as per business requirements and ensure the target rooms are fit for purpose as it relates to room layout, configuration and other room attributes i.e. power and data.

The role additionally determines opportunities to eliminate or consolidate redundancies in platforms to ensure optimal end user experience and drive cost efficiency and global consistency in designs and applications. The role will also prepare and submit AV based RFP’s as per the project scope, reviewing and submitting vendor recommendations.

The role partners with BRM, RE, FM and Product Portfolio Leads on all proposed design specifications and monitors vendor activities in accordance with the agreed to project plans and business directives. The role is a thought leader in A/V solutions, design and best practices and will maintain an industry expertise on architectural standards, “end to end” implementation solution and emerging technologies.

• Partner with BRM on key initiatives and stakeholder engagement

• As part of office projects attend steercos with business line executives, OMP’s and decision makers

• Develop trusted advisor status

• Ensure technologies are applied correctly and aligned to expectations

• Drive the AV experience design

• Drive the solutioning and design of AV products and services into the office conference rooms

• Partner with Real Estate D&P Leads, Facilities, IT PMO, Architecture and PM teams as well as other key project stakeholders to ensure a complete end to end Conference Room Experience is achieved

• Manage the RFP process for office projects

• Maintain alignment to stated budget targets

• Collect feedback and share with the ESPM Product Teams to improve our solutions and experiences

The role is primarily a consulting role and requires a solid analytical acumen and solution orientation to understand the nuances of business requirements and applying solutions to them. The role will guide appropriate changes, solutions and services within the directives of the role’s remit. Utilizes knowledge of conference room A/V technology and other aligned services to make role appropriate decisions including the efficient handling of design reviews as well as determine effective ways to address and mitigate issues.

The role additionally requires consultative questioning, influence management and critical thinking skills to understand a current directive and recommend viable solutions that are both effective and supporting the value to the business

• Maintains solid interpersonal skills to engage with others in the Firm as well as non EY entities in cross business discussions within a matrixed, geographically dispersed organization and to build a solid network of peers and others of influence. Adapts personal communication style to the style of others, develops rapport and stays calm under pressure or escalating issues using advanced oral and written English communication skills.

• Projects well-defined consultative skill to conduct effective questioning, hone in on key issues and information to formulate ideas and materials as well as present those ideas clearly and concisely to all levels…