Assistant Director, Experiential Programs

berklee; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/dental plans

403(b) retirement match

Generous PTO

Tuition benefits

Paid winter break

Job summary

The Berklee Career Center is seeking an innovative Assistant Director, Experiential Programs to join a transformational career team. Operating across seven specialized career communities, you will blend course instruction, curriculum design, and individual coaching to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset.

In this role, you will bridge classroom learning with practice-based opportunities to launch creative careers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of experience in career services, recruiting, or performing arts/entertainment industries.
• Demonstrated experience in curriculum design, course facilitation, and teaching across in-person and online formats.
• Strong knowledge of career development theories, recruiting practices, and employment trends within music, tech, and entertainment.
• Excellent public speaking, project management, and data reporting skills, with a commitment to supporting diverse student populations.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for key campus events.

Responsibilities

• Instruct internship courses and lead student cohorts across experiential learning frameworks.
• Collaborate with deans and faculty to design and deliver career education curricula, workshops, and seminars tailored to music, technology, and entertainment industries.
• Manage administrative logistics for industry trips, classroom visits, guest speaker sessions, clinics, auditions, bootcamps, and campus career fairs.
• Mentor and supervise graduate assistants and undergraduate student staff supporting career center initiatives.
• Provide one-on-one and group career advising on job search strategies, portfolios, interviews, networking, and salary negotiation.
• Lead an assigned career community sector and align resources with evolving industry trends.
• Cultivate internship and job opportunities by collaborating with Industry Engagement teams for global employers and alumni.

Skills

Curriculum design

Course facilitation

Public speaking

Project management

Data reporting

Career coaching

Teaching

Advising

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Description:

The Berklee Career Center is seeking an innovative Assistant Director, Experiential Programs to join a transformational career team. Operating across seven specialized career communities (business, composition, design, education, health/wellness, performance, and production), you will blend course instruction, curriculum design, and individual coaching to help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset. In this role, you will bridge classroom learning with practice-based opportunities to launch creative careers. At Berklee, your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Career Education & Curriculum Delivery:

• Course Instruction: Serve as an internship course instructor, leading student cohorts each semester across experiential learning frameworks (such as LENS and Experiential Design Labs).
• Program Design: Collaborate with deans and faculty to design and deliver career education curricula, workshops, and seminars tailored to music, technology, and entertainment industries.
• Event & Project Operations: Manage administrative logistics for industry trips, classroom visits, guest speaker sessions, clinics, auditions, bootcamps, and campus career fairs.
• Supervision: Mentor and supervise graduate assistants and undergraduate student staff supporting career center initiatives.

Advising & Industry Engagement:

• Holistic Coaching: Provide 1-on-1 and group career advising for students and alumni on job search strategies, portfolios, interviews, networking, and salary negotiation.
• Career Community Leadership: Lead an assigned career community sector, partnering with department chairs to align resources with evolving industry trends.
• Employer Connections: Collaborate with Industry Engagement teams to cultivate internship and job opportunities, connecting students with global employers and alumni.

What You'll Bring

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of experience in career services, recruiting, or performing arts/entertainment industries.
• Instructional Skills: Demonstrated experience in curriculum design, course facilitation, and teaching across in-person and online formats.
• Advising & Domain Expertise: Strong knowledge of career development theories, recruiting practices, and employment trends within music, tech, and entertainment.
• Core Competencies: Excellent public speaking, project management, and data reporting skills, paired with a commitment to supporting diverse student populations.
• Schedule Flexibility: Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for key campus events.

Why Choose Berklee?

Mission-Driven Impact: Directly shape the professional pathways and entrepreneurial success of global performing artists.

Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly, unrivaled access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances across campus venues.

Total Rewards:

• Top-tier health/dental plans
• an institutional 403(b) retirement match
• generous PTO
• tuition benefits
• and a paid winter break

Hiring Range: $56,000 to $75,000 ; salary dependent on experience and education.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee : We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

Employee Type: Staff