Director of Experiential Programs

Job Description:

Reporting to the Vice President of Career Strategy and Services, the Director of Experiential Programs serves as a senior leader driving a core pillar of Berklee’s strategic plan: deeply integrating industry engagement and experiential learning into the student experience. In partnership with Academic Affairs, the Director leads, supports, and administers, with their team, curricular and co-curricular experiential learning opportunities. In collaboration with the Director of Industry Relations, the Director of Experiential Programs will transform external industry and employer relationships into high-impact learning experiences, opportunities for credit-bearing courses, and structured postgraduate pathways. At Berklee, your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

Strategic Leadership & Curricular Innovation:

• Academic Partnerships: Champion the operational framework for career education and experiential programming in close partnership with Academic Affairs, department chairs, and faculty, serving as the Career Center’s primary liaison.
• Structured Experiential Offerings: Design, scale, and administer credit-bearing and structured experiential frameworks, including the expanding Berklee Fellowship Program, academic Co-Op courses, Experiential Design Labs (EDLs) linking real-world industry challenges to academic coursework, global Industry Exploration Trips, the Alumni Mentor Program, and First-Year Seminars (LENS).
• Industry Relations Partnership & Integration: Partner directly with the Director of Industry Relations to convert newly sourced corporate, brand, and entertainment industry leads into academic partnerships, live client briefs for EDLs, and credit-bearing internship opportunities.
• Pioneering Course Development: Partner with BEATL to incubate next-generation applications, hackathons, masterclasses and career education modules responsive to emerging technological landscapes (e.g., AI in music, spatial audio, Web3 monetization models).
• Fellowships & Prestigious Awards: In partnership with faculty development, support the Fulbright Program strategy as Advisor, cultivating top-tier student candidates through full-cycle application, proposal, and interview preparation.

Student Readiness & Strategic Operations:

• Experiential Coaching: Deliver student coaching for internships/fellowships while overseeing portfolio prep, professional branding, and platform optimization.
• Team & Global Leadership: Supervise an Assistant Director, graduate assistants, and student ambassadors, and co-supervise an Associate Director. Manage the Faculty Ambassador Network and align curricula with BerkleeNYC and Valencia.
• Governance & Analytics: Serve on senior bodies (Curriculum Committee, Directors Council) and track metrics for internship completion and graduate success.

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree required (Master’s preferred); 7–10 years of progressive leadership managing teams in higher education, arts education, or creative industries.
• Pedagogical Mastery: Proven success in curriculum engineering, student development theory, learning assessment, and credit-bearing internship structures.
• Leadership & Fiscal Oversight: Success managing operational budgets, leading cross-functional teams, and collaborating effectively with faculty and academic chairs.
• Technical Competencies: Mastery of outcome assessment, program analytics, and deck creation, paired with deep passion for performing arts and creative tech.

• Executive Impact: Lead strategy to integrate real-world industry experiences directly into degree programs across global campuses.
• Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly, unrivaled access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances across our campus venues.
• Total Rewards: Outstanding health and dental coverage, an institutional 403(b) retirement match, tuition assistance, generous PTO, and a paid winter break.

Hiring Range: $78,000 to $108,000; salary dependent on experience and education.

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This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.