New York University
Program Administrator, NYU Game Center Incubator
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Hybrid - Brooklyn, NY
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Full-Time
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$76K - $92K
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Administrator
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March 12th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
New York University is hiring a Program Administrator for the NYU Game Center Incubator. The role involves overseeing, planning, and coordinating the annual game incubator program, providing mentorship to teams, managing industry relationships, and raising the program’s public profile through events and communication strategies.
Highlights
- Manage the NYU Game Center’s annual game incubator, including team mentorship and project promotion.
- Recruit and coordinate industry advisors, including advisory board members and executive producers.
- Oversee programming for the Center of Excellence in Digital Game Development and manage industry communications.
- Raise awareness of the Game Center through event coordination, social media, and mass communication tools.
- Build partnerships within the games industry and represent the Game Center at industry events.
- Plan and execute community-building programs for students and incubator participants.
- Required knowledge of the games industry and current industry work practices.
- Proficient in standard office software, web publishing, and social media platforms.
- Must have excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Educational qualifications: Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree preferred.
- Experience: 3+ years in academic or office administration with creative team management; preferred experience in academic or games industry environments.
- Annual base salary range: USD $75,622.95 to $92,428.05.
Program Administrator, NYU Game Center Incubator Full Description
Position Summary: Oversee, plan and coordinate all aspects of the NYU Game Center’s annual game incubator program, including providing production guidance and mentorship to current incubator teams, maintaining relationships with incubator alumni, and raising the public profile of incubator projects. Recruit and coordinate industry advisors to the incubator, including advisory board members and executive producers. In coordination with the Industry Liaison, manage programming for the Center of Excellence in Digital Game Development (CoE) and oversee the department’s industry-facing relationships and communications. Raise awareness of the Game Center and the creative work of Game Center students and faculty through event & conference coordination, social media and mass communication tools. Build partnerships within the games industry, game-adjacent fields, and other stakeholders; represent the Game Center at industry events. Plan and execute programs for students and incubator participants that foster a sense of community within the Game Center.
Qualifications:
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree
Required Experience:
3+ years progressively responsible experience in academic or office administration. Must include experience working in and guiding creative teams. Must have a working knowledge of the games industry and stay up to date with industry work practices.
Preferred Experience:
3+ years Experience in academic environment and/or games industry position
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact with distinguished visitors, faculty, and students. Proven ability to direct and implement a variety of operations and activities, to communicate policies and procedures to individuals at all levels and use problem solving. Knowledge of standard office software, web publishing, and social media. Extensive knowledge of games and game industry.
Additional Information: In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $75,622.95 to USD $92,428.05. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
Qualifications:
Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree
Required Experience:
3+ years progressively responsible experience in academic or office administration. Must include experience working in and guiding creative teams. Must have a working knowledge of the games industry and stay up to date with industry work practices.
Preferred Experience:
3+ years Experience in academic environment and/or games industry position
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and written and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact with distinguished visitors, faculty, and students. Proven ability to direct and implement a variety of operations and activities, to communicate policies and procedures to individuals at all levels and use problem solving. Knowledge of standard office software, web publishing, and social media. Extensive knowledge of games and game industry.
Additional Information: In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $75,622.95 to USD $92,428.05. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, as well as, market and organizational considerations when extending an offer. This pay range represents base pay only and excludes any additional items such as incentives, bonuses, clinical compensation, or other items.
NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.
NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.
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