Strawberry Creek Studios Coordinator (4722C) #87318

University of California, Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 63,606 - 72,904; Full time

Job summary

The Strawberry Creek Studios Coordinator at University of California, Berkeley, is a full-time role within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The position provides end-to-end event support, content creation, and strategic communications for gameday operations and related projects.

It requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities with collaboration across departments, teams, donors, alumni, and staff in a dynamic collegiate

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of administrative procedures and processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, active listening and time management.
• Guidance to other personnel and leadership in events.
• Good judgment in decisions and managing events within budget.
• Understanding of event planning, public relations, and production.
• Excellent communication with diverse populations and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks with deadlines and priorities.
• Experience with project-management and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational, planning, organizing and administrative support for Strawberry Creek Studios events.
• Support strategic communications and marketing for events from a communications lens.
• Assist with credentialing, event-day logistics and will-call operations.
• Coordinate calendars and campaign timelines for events.
• Track deliverables, approvals and deadlines.
• Assist with activation of brand and community partnerships.
• Support gameday, event and production operations.
• Coordinate announcers, statistical crews and event personnel as assigned.
• Assist with equipment inventory, parking passes and content distribution.
• Maintain digital assets and resources including staff directories and web pages.
• Assist with reporting metrics and process improvements.
• Coordinate office operations for Strawberry Creek Studios.
• Collaborate with athletics staff, students, and university personnel.
• Perform other duties including professional development.

Skills

Administrative procedures

Communication skills

Event planning

Budget management

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Multitasking

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Project management tools

Scheduling tools

Collaboration tools

Job description

About Berkeley

At the University of California, Berkeley, we are dedicated to fostering a community where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. Our culture of openness, freedom, and belonging make it a special place for students, faculty, and staff. As a world‑leading institution, Berkeley is known for its academic and research excellence, public mission, diverse student body, and commitment to equity and social justice. Since our founding in 1868, we have driven innovation, creating global intellectual, economic, and social value. We are looking for applicants who reflect California's diversity and want to be part of an inclusive, equity‑focused community that views education as a matter of social justice. Please consider whether your values align with our Guiding Values and Principles, Principles of Community, and Strategic Plan.

At UC Berkeley, we believe that learning is a fundamental part of working, and we provide space for supportive colleague communities via numerous employee resource groups (staff organizations). Our goal is for everyone on the Berkeley campus to feel supported and equipped to realize their full potential. We actively support this by providing all of our full‑time staff employees with at least 80 hours (10 days) of paid time per year to engage in professional development activities. Find out more about how you can grow your career at UC Berkeley.

Application Review Date

First Review Date: July 29, 2026. For full consideration, please apply on or before the first review date.

Departmental Overview

The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics consists of more than 275 staff members and coaches and sponsors 30 varsity sports programs. These 30 programs include more than 850 student‑athletes who participate in the various sports programs annually within the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA).

Position Summary

The Strawberry Creek Studios Coordinator is a critical member of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the new unit tasked with content creation, digital and strategic communications, storytelling and gameday production. This position provides end‑to‑end, event‑specific support for gameday production, strategic communications and content creation. The Strawberry Creek Studios Coordinator serves as a central coordinator for event‑specific communications, marketing and content production needs, helping ensure those events are executed efficiently and on schedule. This role supports a variety of strategic initiatives and serves as a key resource for all staff across Strawberry Creek Studios. The position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and a collaborative approach to working across departments. The Strawberry Creek Studios Coordinator is critical to ensuring Strawberry Creek Studios efforts and events are run efficiently and that fans, donors, staff, and alumni are provided a positive experience when interacting with Cal Athletics.

Responsibilities

• Provides operational, planning, organizing and administrative support for the events associated with Strawberry Creek Studios.
• Supports strategic communications with planning, organizing and the execution of sporting events through a communications lens.
• Assists with credentialing processes for attendees, event‑day logistics, will‑call operations.
• Coordinates marketing and content scheduled and planned events - calendars and campaign timelines.
• Tracks deliverables, approvals and deadlines.
• Assists with activation of brand and community partnerships.
• Supports gameday, event and production operations.
• Coordinates public address announcers, statistical crews and other event personnel as assigned.
• Assists with equipment inventory management and delivery, parking pass distribution, content distribution and selected event operations support.
• Maintains digital assets and departmental resources, including staff directories, historical and informational web pages, media central resources and other communications platforms.
• Assists with reporting metrics and process improvement initiatives that support departmental efficiency and effectiveness.
• Coordinate office operations and support the Strawberry Creek Studios operation.
• The incumbent works with a wide range of people to include athletics staff, student‑athletes, University personnel and the leadership members.
• Other duties as assigned, including professional development.

Required Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge in administrative procedures and processes including word processing, spreadsheet and database applications.
• Good verbal and written communication skills, active listening, critical thinking, multi‑task and time management skills.
• Interpersonal and work leadership skills to provide guidance to other nonexempt personnel.
• Demonstrates good judgment in making decisions and managing events.
• Skill in effectively meeting budget and time constraints.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles and practices of event planning and public relations, including event design, organization and production.
• Highly developed interpersonal communication skills including political acumen and social perceptiveness.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with diverse populations with competing priorities.
• Proven ability to work on several tasks simultaneously.
• Skill at responding effectively to priorities and setting deadlines.
• Working knowledge of collegiate athletics and an understanding of the role of communications, marketing and storytelling within an athletics department.
• Experience using project‑management, scheduling and collaboration tools.
• Knowledge of the sporting events landscape across athletics, its many components, stakeholders and engagement opportunities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Highly developed judgment, decision‑making and problem recognition / avoidance / resolution skills, including skill in determining those issues / problems that need to be brought to management's attention.
• Demonstrated organizational and project management skills to work successfully with internal and external clients/stakeholders to produce high quality events that defined objectives and appropriately represent the campus.

Education / Training

• High school diploma or equivalent experience

Driving Required

Required to hold a valid driver's license, have a driving record that is in accordance with local policies/procedures, and/or enroll in the California Employer Pull Notice Program.

Salary & Benefits

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $30.58 to $35.05.

• This is a non‑exempt, bi‑weekly paid position.
• This is a full‑time (40 hours/week) Career position eligible for UC benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law.