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 Berklee’s 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 equipment—from modular synths to software workstations—is fully functional, up to date, and ready to inspire creativity.

Whether it’s 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. You’ll work closely with faculty, students, and fellow tech professionals in a fast-paced, collaborative setting that’s 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:

• Bachelor’s 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, you’ll 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 here—they’re 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 us—and 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 hroperations@Berklee.edu or call 617-747-2375.

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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