Berklee Theater Arts Collaborative (BTAC) PR Assistant

Berklee College of Music•Boston, MA

9d•$17•Onsite

About The Position

The BTAC PR Assistant will assist with overall internal/external communications and administrative duties surrounding all BTAC projects and shows for the academic year. This role involves working in the Performance Division Office and at BTAC events. The assistant will support the artistic director and program assistant in managing social media, web content, newsletters, digital presence, PR/marketing activities, video content, graphic design, and general administrative tasks. This includes creating advertising and marketing materials, ensuring clear communication of BTAC information to students, organizing audition materials, and managing production schedules. The role also involves assisting production teams with special tasks, cross-referencing conflicts for casting, and maintaining a centralized calendar of events.

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. (Students in their first semester can work without an official GPA).
Federal Work Study student may apply.
In good disciplinary standing.
Must be located in the U.S.
Organized
Detail oriented
Administrative experience
Ability to work with applications and programs to make fliers and announcements

Nice To Haves

Musical theater background a plus
PR experience a plus
Some experience with video editing (Final Cut)
Some experience with graphic design (Photoshop)

Responsibilities

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.