Full-time Faculty, Screen Scoring (Game and Interactive Media Scoring)

Primary Responsibilities

• Teach undergraduate courses in game and interactive media scoring across introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels, including core curriculum and upper-level electives.
• Develop and refine curriculum to reflect emerging trends in interactive audio, immersive storytelling, and nonlinear media.
• Integrate contemporary game engines and middleware (Unity, Unreal Engine, FMOD, Wwise) into coursework.
• Cultivate and expand interdisciplinary partnerships with peer institutions and external collaborators (e.g., USC, Fitchburg State, University of Wisconsin–Stout, and others).
• Collaborate with Berklee ITS and Lab Operations to maintain and advance classroom technology infrastructure.
• Mentor and train junior faculty, tutors, and student employees within the department.
• Participate in departmental service, including course coordination, faculty meetings, visiting artist events, and program initiatives.
• Maintain regular student office hours.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Significant professional credits as a composer and/or audio designer for games or interactive media.
• Demonstrated teaching experience, preferably at the collegiate level.
• Fluency in interactive audio workflows and middleware (Unity, Unreal Engine, FMOD, Wwise).
• Strong communication, collaboration, and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in teaching and professional practice.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with immersive and spatial audio (VR/AR/XR), 360° audio, or metaverse applications.
• Advanced proficiency in scoring technology, including DAWs (Cubase, Pro Tools), notation software (Dorico), and virtual instruments.
• Recording studio experience, session management, and conducting skills.
• Strong background in composition, orchestration, and professional notation formatting and standards.
• Knowledge of game design principles and nonlinear narrative structures.
• Experience integrating generative AI tools into creative or pedagogical workflows.