Music Production and Engineering Mentor

Berklee College of Music•Boston, MA

19h•$18•Onsite

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. 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. MP-216 Mentor: Open ended position for a creative and self-motivated student who wants to coach students on their class projects. Represent the MP&E major at the Majors/Minors Fair and Admissions Welcome event. Pro Tools Graders Each semester the Mentor supervisor and Lead Mentor determine the Pro Tools Graders/Mentors from the Mentor pool. They will have an additional job in conjunction with their regular mentor responsibilities. Typically, two graders/tutors will be in charge of checking, offering a pass/fail grade and send individualized feedback to the MP-211 and MP-212 students on their Pro Tools online assignments. The professors will grade and send comments on the first MP-212 Pro Tools online assignment, then the graders/tutors can access those comments and use them as a reference for their future work. The Pro Tools Assignments require students to follow instructions to complete assignments. The Pro Tools Graders will grade each assignment and provide students with feedback. This will require work on a weekly basis. These are long term, temporary assignments.

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 employment requires pre-registration for the upcoming fall semester.
Have a valid United States Social Security Number (SSN).
Remain in “valid” Visa status as applicable.
A minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA (first-semester students are exempt).
Federal Work Study student may apply.
In good disciplinary standing.
Must be located in the U.S.
Commit to no less than three semesters as an MP&E Mentor.
Applicants for MP-447 Mentor 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 for MP-447 Mentor 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 MP-447 and a combined Midterm and Final Exam score of 190 (95 average between the two).
Applicants for MP-216 Mentor 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.
Pro Tools Tutors/Graders must be very comfortable troubleshooting with Pro Tools and the MBox.
Must be responsible, organized, efficient, and flexible.
Pro Tools Graders must understand the Digital Audio Workstation, Pro-Tools.
Pro Tools Graders must have successfully completed MP-341.
Current Music Production and Engineering students in the major are strongly encouraged to apply.

Nice To Haves

Prior mentoring experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Assist incoming students with booking studio time.
Introduce students to large format recording consoles.
Teach incoming students a solid foundation to signal flow.
Provide information to students about the various aspects of conducting a recording session.
Invite students to assist with recording sessions.
Mentor incoming students to form a more productive and experienced understanding of time, resource, and personnel management within the Music Production and Engineering Curriculum.
Assist students who are having difficulty understanding or needing clarification with course material and written homework assignments for MP-447.
Conduct review sessions leading up to midterms and final exams for MP-447.
Coach students on their class projects for MP-216.
Represent the MP&E major at the Majors/Minors Fair and Admissions Welcome event.
Check, offer a pass/fail grade and send individualized feedback to MP-211 and MP-212 students on their Pro Tools online assignments.
Grade each Pro Tools assignment and provide students with feedback.