Studio Assistant - Alexandria, Australia - News Corp Australia

News Corp Australia

Verified Company

Alexandria, Australia

1 week ago

Posted by:

Olivia Brown

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Description

The role:

As the studio assistant for delicious. you will be in charge of keeping the delicious. studio running efficiently.

You'll be joining a team of passionate creatives and genuine lovers of all things food, eating, and cooking and be working directly with, and mentored by, Food Director Lucy Nunes, and Food Editor Tracey Pattison within the kitchen studio + be part of the magazines greater team located in our Surry Hills office.

Your tasks will include:

Managing weekly food orders and stocktaking of current supply/equipment levels to avoid over

- or incorrect ordering, including in-depth invoicing and expense tracking.

Cooking recipes from book extracts (preproofed, pretested recipes from publishers). Following stepbystep to confirm accuracy of written recipes.
As part of the food ordering process, identifying better and more efficient ways to manage and even reduce food budget, including comparing suppliers and building and developing new contacts in supply chains.
Assisting food stylists and photographers on shoot days, with equipment handling, packing and unpacking.
Liaising with Suddenly Studio, including confirming studio booking schedule and keeping and updating records of all onset employees and freelancers in attendance on operational day.
Maintaining cleanliness of studio and all equipment, to the highest hygiene standards, including washing up during and after shoot days.

To be successful in the role you will need:

A current Australian driver's licence.
Proven experience in an industrial, commercial kitchen setting.
Intermediate to advanced knowledge of food preparation techniques.
Good comprehension and ability to follow written recipes.
Comfortable with accounting and budgeting basics, including a good working knowledge of useful tools such as Excel.
Great organisational skills.
Proven experience in a fastpaced environment.
Attention to detail.
Excellent communication skills.

News Benefits

News Benefits is our way of saying thank you to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Thanking them for the great things they do daily, for the greater good of Australia.

Our benefits include:

Exclusively ours
Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

Health & wellbeing

Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies

Time off

News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

Helping you grow

Development opportunities and recognition

Financial wellbeing

Support on making the most of your money

Perks & discounts

Exclusive offers across a range of products and services

Giving back

Make a difference to our communities.

Who are we?
delicious. is Australia's number one premium food and lifestyle brand, reaching a total audience of over 1 million**. The delicious. mission is to make life delicious and to share impressive but effortless food experiences. It sees food as a lifestyle. It is sexy and seductive, aspirational and fashionable, functional and inclusive. It is this desire for a "food lifestyle" that has enabled delicious. to become the undisputed food market leader across every platform.

What do I do next?

Diversity strengthens our national teams and newsroom as we seek to tell stories that represent the communities of Australia. Our people make us unique, and so we are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability or gender identity. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply_