Job Description:

The Student Enrollment and Engagement (SEE) office is seeking an innovative, resourceful, and highly organized Events Manager, Student Engagement. Overseeing the full lifecycle of student-centric programming, you will plan, manage, and execute high-visibility campus experiences, including Orientation, Career Jam, and Career Fairs. This role bridges strategic event design with day-to-day logistical precision, aligning every event with Berklee's values and brand to optimize the student journey. At Berklee, your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Full-Service Event Planning & Execution:

• Project Management: Deliver day-to-day coordination for multiple concurrent events, large-scale conferences, and meetings for varied internal clients simultaneously.
• Signature Programming: Own the implementation of major campus moments like Career Jam, Orientation, and career fairs, while contributing to institutional flagship events like Commencement.
• Systems & Timelines: Effectively utilize professional services automation systems and project management software to establish, track, and maintain event roadmaps and deliverables.
• Site & Venue Selection: Conduct thorough site inspections, evaluate venue capabilities, and make strategic recommendations to leadership regarding space allocation on our urban campus.

Operations, Budgets & Vendor Relations:

• Fiscal Control: Develop, manage, and reconcile individual event budgets to balance high-quality student experiences with institutional cost efficiency.
• Vendor Management: Maintain and build strategic vendor relationships, overseeing the bidding process, complex contract negotiations, and final service delivery parameters.
• Logistical Operations: Oversee meeting preparation, supply ordering, and the packing or shipping of critical event materials.
• High-Touch Support: Deliver exceptional client service, working directly with student registrants, external guests, and internal departments to resolve real-time inquiries.

What You'll Bring

• Experience: Minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience in meeting/event coordination or hospitality management, ideally within a Higher Education setting.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in hospitality management or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong computer skills across Google Workspace, Zoom, CRM/AMS systems, and specialized event reservation software (EMS). Experience with CMS platforms, email marketing, and basic HTML is highly preferred.
• Core Attributes: Exemplary track record of event success, strong time management habits, and a collaborative team mindset. You excel at navigating competing operational priorities on a space-constrained campus.
• Physical & Schedule Flexibility: Ability to work occasional nights and weekends to support the active student events calendar, with the physical capacity to lift up to 40 lbs.

Why Choose Berklee?

• Mission-Driven Scope: Shape the flagship experiences that welcome, connect, and launch the professional careers of inspired young artists.
• Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly, unrivaled access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances across our campus venues.
• Total Rewards: Outstanding health and dental packages, an institutional 403(b) retirement match, generous PTO, tuition benefits, and a paid winter break to rest and recharge.

Hiring Range: $60,000 to $82,000; salary dependent on experience and education.

Please visit the Total Rewards page to learn more about our 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 [email protected] or call 617-747-2375.

*Currently enrolled Berklee students are not permitted to apply for staff or faculty positions.*

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