EPD Office and Media Assistant (Federal Work-Study)

In order to participate in Berklee Student Employment, a student must fulfill the following requirements:

• Current student at Berklee College of Music or Boston Conservatory at Berklee.

• Enrolled at least half-time in a degree, diploma, or certificate-seeking undergraduate or graduate program. Summer is the only semester in which a student can maintain employment without being enrolled. In this case, the student must be pre-registered for the upcoming fall semester. This exception does not apply to fall or spring semesters.

• Have a valid United States Social Security Number (SSN).

• Remain in “valid” Visa status as applicable.

• A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA. Students in their first semester can work, even though they do not have an official GPA until the completion of their first semester.

• Federal Work Study student may apply.

• In good disciplinary standing.

• Must be located in the U.S.

For complete program details, please go to our website: www.berklee.edu/se.

The EPD office is looking for a self-motivated, responsible person to provide office assistance and support for the EPD and EDI Program. The ideal candidate for this position will be an EPD or EDI student with a passion for social media and marketing. They will help to organize and create media content and work to maintain social media accounts. At times, they will be asked to complete EPD and EDI office tasks as well as to attend to the front desk.

This job requires federal work-study eligibility and U.S. domestic status.

What is federal work-study? It’s available to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students with financial need from their financial aid award to provide part-time employment when you’re enrolled in school. You can learn more about the federal work-study program here.

To be considered for federal work-study, you must check ‘yes’ on your FAFSA Application for the current year. If you have any questions regarding your federal work-study eligibility, please contact the One Stop.

All applications will be automatically reviewed by Student Employment for federal work-study eligibility.

Responsibilities:

Office assistance to the EPD coordinator, attending to the front desk, organizing and editing existing video/audio content, creating new video/audio content, contributing to social media accounts, working on materials.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Applicant must be an EPD Major

• Extensive knowledge of database maintenance, web page editing, graphics designing and editing, audio and video editing, and department marketing and promotion on Berklee website and on social media.

• Requires good working knowledge of software used for spreadsheets, text editing, photo editing, audio editing, video editing; such as Microsoft Office, Preview, GIMP, Quicktime, Audacity, Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve.

• Strong knowledge of Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and Tik Tok and excited to research and generate content and post frequently to platforms

• Experience with notation software, such as Finale a plus, but not required

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Pay Rate: Student Worker 1

Hiring Manager: Michelle Stockman