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HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.
We are hiring a Lead Workplace Audio Visual Technician to join our IT Infrastructure team. This position will provide regular support to multiple showrooms in the Downtown Chicago / Fulton Market area. This role will occasionally provide support to showrooms through HNI's midwest corporate campuses as well as showrooms on the east coast. For that reason, onsite presence and regular travel is required for this position.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Lead Workplace Audio Visual Technician provides technical leadership and hands-on support for collaboration and audio-visual technology across corporate showrooms, conference rooms, and event spaces located in major metropolitan areas. This highly visible, customer-facing role is accountable for delivering reliable, consistent, and high-quality technology experiences for members, customers, partners, and executive leadership.
The lead technician serves as the senior technical resource and escalation point for room systems, live events, technology deployments, and complex incidents. This position establishes support standards, coordinates the day-to-day technical work of internal teams and vendors, mentors other technicians, and partners closely with business stakeholders, Facilities, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and End-User Support.
This role requires a self-motivated, service-oriented individual who can work independently, influence without direct authority, manage multiple priorities, and travel up to 75% to support showrooms, projects, and events across the US.
Essential Duties
Audio-Visual & Collaboration Technology Leadership
- Serve as the lead technical resource and escalation point for audio-visual and collaboration systems across corporate showrooms, conference rooms, and event spaces.
- Install, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize A/V and collaboration equipment including displays, cameras, conferencing systems, audio processing, control systems, and presentation technologies.
- Establish and maintain room standards, configuration baselines, support procedures, technical documentation, and knowledge articles to improve consistency and supportability.
- Lead root-cause analysis for recurring or complex issues, identify service trends, and recommend corrective actions and continuous improvements.
- Perform and oversee hardware and software upgrades, preventative maintenance, lifecycle refresh activities, and physical installations including mounting displays, running cabling, and staging technology.
- Monitor the technology portfolio, industry trends, and changes in the IT infrastructure environment. Provide technical input into product selection, procurement, standards, roadmaps, and strategic decisions affecting conference room and event technologies.
Event & Meeting Support
- Lead technology planning and delivery for internal communication events such as town halls, Member Meetings, executive briefings, and leadership meetings.
- Ensure successful technology outcomes for external-facing events including dealer events, sales summits, trade shows, supplier summits, customer engagements, and training sessions.
- Coordinate run-of-show preparation, rehearsals, testing, support coverage, and contingency plans; provide on-site or remote support to ensure a high-quality event experience.
Project Leadership & Technology Deployments
- Lead A/V technology workstreams for new facilities, showroom openings, renovations, and lifecycle refresh projects.
- Translate business and operational needs into technical designs, equipment standards, implementation plans, and support requirements.
- Develop and review scopes of work (SOW), bills of materials, technical documentation, vendor proposals, and project estimates.
- Coordinate with Facilities, construction teams, IT, business stakeholders, and external vendors to manage dependencies, risks, schedules, and successful project delivery.
- Direct system testing, commissioning, acceptance, documentation, training, and operational turnover of newly deployed solutions.
End User, Infrastructure & Team Support
- Provide advanced hands-on support for desktops, laptops, printers, mobile devices, collaboration tools, and other workplace technologies when needed.
- Diagnose network, identity, security, and connectivity issues affecting showroom, conference room, and event environments; engage the appropriate technical teams for resolution.
- Support Microsoft 365 collaboration services, Microsoft Teams, Teams Rooms, and associated conferencing technologies, administration, and monitoring tools.
- Coach and mentor technicians and local support contacts, share technical knowledge, and deliver exceptional customer service while maintaining strong relationships with end users and business stakeholders.
Vendor, Standards & Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary technical liaison with strategic suppliers, integrators, and service providers supporting collaboration and A/V technology.
- Coordinate vendor scheduling, service calls, project activities, and escalations; validate work quality, documentation, and adherence to technical standards.
- Track recurring issues and service performance, and partner with Infrastructure, Networking, Cybersecurity, Facilities, and End-User Support to resolve cross-functional problems.
Travel
- Travel up to 75% to lead and support showroom deployments, complex incidents, projects, and corporate events across multiple locations.
- Serve as a trusted on-site technology leader for showroom teams, members, customers, and executive leadership.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Associates Degree (Minimum), 4-year Bachelor's Degree (Preferred) in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- AVIXA CTS/CTS-I, Microsoft Teams Rooms, or relevant manufacturer certifications preferred.
- 8+ years supporting enterprise conference room, audio-visual, collaboration, and end-user technologies in a corporate environment.
- Advanced experience with enterprise collaboration and teleconferencing platforms, with Microsoft Teams and Teams Rooms strongly preferred, including room design, configuration, monitoring, support, and lifecycle management across simple and complex multi-system environments.
- Proven hands-on and remote troubleshooting experience, including leading support for live meetings and executive events, coordinating technicians and vendors, performing root-cause analysis, and communicating effectively during high-visibility incidents.
- Experience with A/V signal flow, control and audio processing platforms, network fundamentals, Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Visio, technical documentation, and multi-location technology deployments or facility buildouts.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated customer-service mindset with the judgment and composure required to support executives, customers, and high-visibility events.
- Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, standards, and practical solutions.
- Technical leadership and coaching skills, including the ability to coordinate work, mentor others, and influence teams without direct supervisory authority.
- Strong structured troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, prioritization, and decision-making skills in time-sensitive environments.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, incidents, meetings, and events while maintaining attention to detail and clear stakeholder communication.
- Strong documentation discipline and commitment to safety, quality, standardization, lifecycle planning, and continuous service improvement.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!
INTRODUCTION
HNI Corporation is a global family of brands for the workplace and home dedicated to enhancing the spaces where we live, work, and gather. We pride ourselves on fostering an environment where we make a positive impact on others; upholding our beliefs in integrity, inclusion and belonging.
We are hiring a Lead Workplace Audio Visual Technician to join our IT Infrastructure team. This position will provide regular support to multiple showrooms in the Downtown Chicago / Fulton Market area. This role will occasionally provide support to showrooms through HNI's midwest corporate campuses as well as showrooms on the east coast. For that reason, onsite presence and regular travel is required for this position.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Lead Workplace Audio Visual Technician provides technical leadership and hands-on support for collaboration and audio-visual technology across corporate showrooms, conference rooms, and event spaces located in major metropolitan areas. This highly visible, customer-facing role is accountable for delivering reliable, consistent, and high-quality technology experiences for members, customers, partners, and executive leadership.
The lead technician serves as the senior technical resource and escalation point for room systems, live events, technology deployments, and complex incidents. This position establishes support standards, coordinates the day-to-day technical work of internal teams and vendors, mentors other technicians, and partners closely with business stakeholders, Facilities, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and End-User Support.
This role requires a self-motivated, service-oriented individual who can work independently, influence without direct authority, manage multiple priorities, and travel up to 75% to support showrooms, projects, and events across the US.
Essential Duties
Audio-Visual & Collaboration Technology Leadership
- Serve as the lead technical resource and escalation point for audio-visual and collaboration systems across corporate showrooms, conference rooms, and event spaces.
- Install, configure, troubleshoot, and optimize A/V and collaboration equipment including displays, cameras, conferencing systems, audio processing, control systems, and presentation technologies.
- Establish and maintain room standards, configuration baselines, support procedures, technical documentation, and knowledge articles to improve consistency and supportability.
- Lead root-cause analysis for recurring or complex issues, identify service trends, and recommend corrective actions and continuous improvements.
- Perform and oversee hardware and software upgrades, preventative maintenance, lifecycle refresh activities, and physical installations including mounting displays, running cabling, and staging technology.
- Monitor the technology portfolio, industry trends, and changes in the IT infrastructure environment. Provide technical input into product selection, procurement, standards, roadmaps, and strategic decisions affecting conference room and event technologies.
Event & Meeting Support
- Lead technology planning and delivery for internal communication events such as town halls, Member Meetings, executive briefings, and leadership meetings.
- Ensure successful technology outcomes for external-facing events including dealer events, sales summits, trade shows, supplier summits, customer engagements, and training sessions.
- Coordinate run-of-show preparation, rehearsals, testing, support coverage, and contingency plans; provide on-site or remote support to ensure a high-quality event experience.
Project Leadership & Technology Deployments
- Lead A/V technology workstreams for new facilities, showroom openings, renovations, and lifecycle refresh projects.
- Translate business and operational needs into technical designs, equipment standards, implementation plans, and support requirements.
- Develop and review scopes of work (SOW), bills of materials, technical documentation, vendor proposals, and project estimates.
- Coordinate with Facilities, construction teams, IT, business stakeholders, and external vendors to manage dependencies, risks, schedules, and successful project delivery.
- Direct system testing, commissioning, acceptance, documentation, training, and operational turnover of newly deployed solutions.
End User, Infrastructure & Team Support
- Provide advanced hands-on support for desktops, laptops, printers, mobile devices, collaboration tools, and other workplace technologies when needed.
- Diagnose network, identity, security, and connectivity issues affecting showroom, conference room, and event environments; engage the appropriate technical teams for resolution.
- Support Microsoft 365 collaboration services, Microsoft Teams, Teams Rooms, and associated conferencing technologies, administration, and monitoring tools.
- Coach and mentor technicians and local support contacts, share technical knowledge, and deliver exceptional customer service while maintaining strong relationships with end users and business stakeholders.
Vendor, Standards & Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary technical liaison with strategic suppliers, integrators, and service providers supporting collaboration and A/V technology.
- Coordinate vendor scheduling, service calls, project activities, and escalations; validate work quality, documentation, and adherence to technical standards.
- Track recurring issues and service performance, and partner with Infrastructure, Networking, Cybersecurity, Facilities, and End-User Support to resolve cross-functional problems.
Travel
- Travel up to 75% to lead and support showroom deployments, complex incidents, projects, and corporate events across multiple locations.
- Serve as a trusted on-site technology leader for showroom teams, members, customers, and executive leadership.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Associates Degree (Minimum), 4-year Bachelor's Degree (Preferred) in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- AVIXA CTS/CTS-I, Microsoft Teams Rooms, or relevant manufacturer certifications preferred.
- 8+ years supporting enterprise conference room, audio-visual, collaboration, and end-user technologies in a corporate environment.
- Advanced experience with enterprise collaboration and teleconferencing platforms, with Microsoft Teams and Teams Rooms strongly preferred, including room design, configuration, monitoring, support, and lifecycle management across simple and complex multi-system environments.
- Proven hands-on and remote troubleshooting experience, including leading support for live meetings and executive events, coordinating technicians and vendors, performing root-cause analysis, and communicating effectively during high-visibility incidents.
- Experience with A/V signal flow, control and audio processing platforms, network fundamentals, Active Directory or Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, Visio, technical documentation, and multi-location technology deployments or facility buildouts.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Demonstrated customer-service mindset with the judgment and composure required to support executives, customers, and high-visibility events.
- Excellent communication and listening skills with the ability to translate business needs into technical requirements, standards, and practical solutions.
- Technical leadership and coaching skills, including the ability to coordinate work, mentor others, and influence teams without direct supervisory authority.
- Strong structured troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, prioritization, and decision-making skills in time-sensitive environments.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects, incidents, meetings, and events while maintaining attention to detail and clear stakeholder communication.
- Strong documentation discipline and commitment to safety, quality, standardization, lifecycle planning, and continuous service improvement.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU!
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Visual Designer
Frame your portfolio around specialty occupation
USCIS evaluates whether Visual Designer work requires a specific bachelor's degree. Organize your portfolio to show UX systems, brand identity, or design systems work, not just execution tasks, so the specialty occupation argument is self-evident.
Verify LCA wage levels before negotiating salary
Your employer's LCA locks in a prevailing wage level before USCIS sees the petition. Run your job title and location through the OFLC Wage Search so you know whether you're being offered Level I or Level III wages before you accept.
Target employers with active design team LCA history
Use Migrate Mate to filter for employers who have filed Labor Condition Applications for design roles. LCA history confirms an employer already understands the H-1B filing process and has sponsored comparable positions.
Check that your degree field directly maps to the role
A graphic design or visual communication degree supports a Visual Designer petition clearly. A general business or liberal arts degree may trigger a Request for Evidence. If your degree is adjacent, gather course transcripts showing design-specific coursework to document the connection.
Register in March, then plan your 60-day grace period
If you're on OPT when selected in the H-1B lottery, your OPT end date and the October 1 start date may not align cleanly. USCIS allows a 60-day grace period after OPT expires, so confirm your cap-gap coverage status with your employer's attorney early.
Ask about premium processing before signing an offer
Standard H-1B processing can take several months. Premium processing through USCIS guarantees a 15-business-day adjudication decision. For design roles that require a firm start date, confirm upfront whether your employer will pay the premium processing fee.
H-1B Visa Visual Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Visual Designer role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, provided the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as graphic design, visual communication, or interaction design. Roles focused on execution tasks with no degree requirement can face challenges. The O*NET profile for Visual Designers lists a bachelor's degree as the standard entry-level education, which supports the specialty occupation argument in the USCIS petition.
How do I find employers who have sponsored H-1B visas for Visual Designer roles?
Search Migrate Mate to browse Visual Designer job listings filtered by employers with verified H-1B Labor Condition Application filing history. LCA records are public DOL data, so you can confirm that an employer has filed for comparable design roles before you invest time in the application process.
Can a Visual Designer switch employers mid-H-1B without losing status?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once they file a new H-1B petition on your behalf, as long as your previous petition was approved and you've been in valid H-1B status for at least 180 days. Your new employer must file before your current status expires to maintain continuous authorization.
What documents should a Visual Designer prepare to support an H-1B petition?
You'll need official transcripts showing a degree in a design-related field, a credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., and a portfolio or work samples that demonstrate the specialized nature of your role. Your employer's attorney will also need a detailed job description showing the position requires a specific degree, not just design skills generally.
Does a freelance or contract Visual Designer background create problems for H-1B sponsorship?
It can. USCIS requires a traditional employer-employee relationship, meaning the sponsoring company must control your work. A history of independent freelance work doesn't disqualify you, but your offer must be for a full-time or part-time salaried position, not a contractor arrangement. Your employer's petition should document supervision, deliverables, and integration into the company's design team.