Music Production and Engineering Mentor

Berklee College of Music•Boston, MA

14d•$17

About The Position

Under the direction of the Music Production and Engineering Program Associate and the Co-lead MP&E Mentor, the Mentor team will be given explicit assignments, according to their skill level. Mentors must commit to no less than three semesters as an MP&E Mentor, as the position has a learning curve and includes part of a semester on either end of training. Mentors work with first and second MP&E students in order to form a more accurate and skillful understanding of the various aspects of working within recording studios. Some aspects of mentoring include assisting incoming students with booking studio time, introducing students to large format recording consoles, teaching incoming students a solid foundation to signal flow and providing information to students about the various aspects of conducting a recording session, as a student of Music Production and Engineering. Mentors will invite students to assist with recording sessions. Tutors mentor the incoming students to form a more productive and experienced understanding of time, resource, and personnel management within the Music Production and Engineering Curriculum.

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.
Mentors must commit to no less than three semesters as an MP&E Mentor, as the position has a learning curve and includes part of a semester on either end of training.
MP-447 Mentor (The Business of Music Production) assists students who are having difficulty understanding or needing clarification with course material and written homework assignments. The Mentor will conduct review sessions leading up to midterms and final exams. Applicants must have scored within the top 5 grades of both the midterm and final exam and have had no unexcused absences in the course. Applicants must also have scored in the top half of all six homework assignments. Must have taken MP-447 within the last two semesters (Spring or Summer ’20). Must have received an A in the course and a combined Midterm and Final Exam score of 190 (95 average between the two).
MP-216 Mentor: Open ended position for a creative and self-motivated student who wants to coach students on their class projects. Applicants must have successfully completed MP-216 or comparable experience.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are a must.
Mentors must be patient, accessible and empathetic towards other students.
Mentors must be comfortable with technical concepts in music technology and able to provide one-on-one and group mentoring sessions on an appointment basis
Mentors must have broad knowledge around hard disc recording, nonlinear editing, signal flow, acoustics, Pro Tools
Tutors/Graders must be very comfortable troubleshooting with Pro Tools and the MBox.
Must be responsible, organized, efficient, responsible, and flexible.
Pro Tools Graders must understand the Digital Audio Workstation, Pro-Tools and have successfully completed MP-341.
Successfully completing MP-341 allows the tutor to critique and aid students with the Pro Tools Portions of MP-211 and MP-212.
The Pro Tools Assignments require students to follow instructions to complete assignments.
MP&E Mentors work between 1-5 hours per week.

Nice To Haves

Prior mentoring experience is a plus.
Current Music Production and Engineering students in the major are strongly encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Assisting incoming students with booking studio time
Introducing students to large format recording consoles
Teaching incoming students a solid foundation to signal flow
Providing information to students about the various aspects of conducting a recording session
Inviting students to assist with recording sessions
Mentoring incoming students to form a more productive and experienced understanding of time, resource, and personnel management within the Music Production and Engineering Curriculum
Represent the MP&E major at the Majors/Minors Fair and Admissions Welcome event
Conduct review sessions leading up to midterms and final exams
Checking, offering a pass/fail grade and send individualized feedback to the MP-211 and MP-212 students on their Pro Tools online assignments
Critique and aid students with the Pro Tools Portions of MP-211 and MP-212