Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative (BTAC) PR Assistant

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.

BTAC PR Assistant will assist with overall internal/external communications and administrative duties surrounding all BTAC projects and shows for the academic year, working in the Performance Division Office and at BTAC events.

Duties: 

Assist the artistic director and program assistant in the following: 

• Managing the BTAC social media accounts and BTAC web content 

• Generating an ongoing newsletter and maintaining BTAC’s digital presence - Assisting with general PR/marketing activities, such as community outreach, generating and building mailing lists, creating posters and print materials etc. 

• Assisting with video content and graphic design elements 

• Providing additional administrative support for meetings, calendar management, compiling/sorting audition materials, and other general program activities - Creating advertising and marketing materials, including graphics, social media materials, mailing lists 

• Ensuring that information regarding BTAC courses, opportunities, and events is announced clearly and is easily accessible to the student population. 

• Creating online google forms for sign ups 

• Organizing google drive when audition videos come in for easy access - Assisting the various show production teams with special tasks and requests - For casting; cross-reference conflicts of students from different shows and making sure 

  • the CONFLICT DOC that Managing Director keeps of who is in each show is filled out by all groups including MTC 

• Organizing and maintaining all of the dates and deadlines for BTAC productions, classes, rehearsals, and events and publishing them to a centralized, accessible document and calendar 

• Overall organization and scheduling of various BTAC programs, minimizing scheduling conflicts between programs and creating a BTAC annual calendar on google cal. - Assist the BTAC artistic director when needed in organizing BTAC programs - Pull together audio and video samples for the website. 

Required skills and knowledge: 

• Organized
• detail oriented
• Administrative experience
• Musical theater background a plus
• PR experience a plus
• ability to work with applications and programs to make fliers and announcements 

Required application Materials: Resume & Cover Letter 

Preferred skills: Some experience with video editing (Final Cut), and graphic design (Photoshop)

This work study is expected to work 7-10 hours.

There will be regularly scheduled weekly hours in the 1140-PFDV office, which can be negotiated according to availability.

Hourly Rate: $16.97

Hiring Manager: Christian Peña