Equipment Room Specialist

Job Description:

Berklee College of Music is seeking a detail-oriented tech-savvy and student-focused Equipment Room Specialist to join our vibrant Academic Technology team. This role plays a key part in supporting Berklees mission to empower artists through education that is rooted in creativity innovation and collaboration.

About the Role:
Reporting to the Equipment Manager the Equipment Room Specialist provides high-level technical support to students faculty and events ensuring that equipmentfrom modular synths to software workstationsis fully functional up to date and ready to inspire creativity.

Whether its troubleshooting an audio interface setting up gear for a class or mentoring student employees this role is essential in delivering the hands-on technology-rich learning environment that Berklee is known for. Youll work closely with faculty students and fellow tech professionals in a fast-paced collaborative setting thats active up to 16 hours a day seven days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide in-person remote and on-call support for technology labs and technology classrooms.

• Maintain inventory and oversee equipment checkouts installations and updates.

• Assist faculty with course technology needs and support special equipment reservations.

• Supervise train and support a team of 15 Student Employees.

• Research and implement firmware/software updates across a wide range of devices.

• Collaborate on testing and documentation for software and hardware configurations.

• Keep detailed records of equipment use and technical issues using various digital tools.

• Support faculty and students in exploring innovative uses of new music technology.

What You Bring:

• Bachelors degree in music technology or equivalent professional experience.

• Deep experience with audio gear DAWs (Pro Tools Logic Ableton Live etc.) and Mac systems.

• A strong understanding of signal flow audio recording modular synthesis and MIDI.

• Comfort with studio environments and professional audio configurations.

• Ability to lead support and communicate effectively in a diverse fast-paced environment.
  

Why Berklee
At Berklee youll be part of a passionate mission-driven community where artists and technologists thrive together. We are committed to fostering creativity equity and excellence in everything we do. Work-life balance inclusive practices and student-centered values are not just ideals heretheyre part of our everyday culture.

Berklee offers competitive compensation and a generous benefits package including healthcare retirement time off professional development and more. We are a place where your skills and your passion for music technology can truly make an impact.

Join usand help shape the future of music through innovation access and education.

Hiring Range: $27.47 to $29.00/hr; dependent on relevant experience and education.

Please visit the Berklee Benefits page for a complete listing of the benefits.

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. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process to perform essential job functions and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact the Human Resources Team at or call .

Berklee is committed to increasing the diversity of our institution community and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

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

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