ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION
The American Council on Education (ACE) is the major coordinating body for the nation’s colleges and universities. ACE is a membership organization that mobilizes the higher education community to shape effective public policy and foster innovative, high-quality practices. With a diverse base of member institutions, ACE represents nearly 1,700 college and university presidents and executives, serving as the only major higher education association to represent all types of U.S. accredited, degree-granting institutions. ACE’s mission includes serving 280 minority serving institutions, 25,000 higher education professionals, and 7.7 million students enrolled in colleges and universities. ACE membership extends to all 50 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 21 other countries.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Collaboration Technology Senior Specialist works within the ITS team at ACE and is responsible for planning and managing logistics for live virtual events via audio, web conference, videoconference, and teleconference, and hybrid events.  This includes working with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to ensure successful production and execution of ACE virtual and hybrid collaboration events. The ideal candidate is customer service-oriented, flexible, experienced with virtual and collaborative technologies, detail-oriented, and able to balance competing priorities.

A FEW ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND TASKS: 

• Operate as part of the Virtual Technology and Multimedia Production (VTMP) team to plan and manage ACE’s use of virtual and collaborative technologies, designed to inform and enlighten ACE members and the higher education community at large.
• Serve as a primary resource for internal and external stakeholders, providing guidance on the development of strategies and production flows for both fully virtual and hybrid events.
• Serve as the primary lead/project manager between various ACE departments, senior leadership and external participants for virtual and hybrid events and oversee all necessary technical elements for production and execution.
• Serve as a primary lead during the planning phase of managing virtual and hybrid events to gather appropriate requirements and support needs.

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