Assistant Culinary Producer Job at America's Test Kitchen in Boston

Assistant Culinary Producer

America's Test Kitchen is seeking a talented Assistant Culinary Producer to manage recipe planning and execution for photography projects. In addition to providing food support for shoots, this enthusiastic food media professional will be involved in pre-production as well as content review during the post-production process to help ATK create best-in-class imagery that inspires home cooks.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure excellence and brand integrity is met for editorial and visual standards across all recipe and culinary-focused production.

• Maintain accuracy of recipe representation

• Plan shot lists & prep lists

• Coordinate food support needs, order and receive ingredients, and select and manage equipment

• Work collaboratively with food editors, food stylists, photographers, art directors and other staff to create best-in-class, inspiring imagery.

• Occasionally support TV, video, and event projects with culinary production support

Skills and Abilities You Need to Succeed:

• Self-starter with independence, initiative, and a drive to succeed, as well as strong organizational skills and can-do approach to problem solving

• Strong communication skills and the ability to delegate tasks and work collaboratively in a team environment

• Ability to juggle cooking tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven team environment where priorities can shift quickly

• Comfort with both savory and sweet cooking methods and understanding of technique

• Fastidious attention to detail in following and executing recipes

• Ability to style food for the camera

• Ability to build relationships and work across multiple departments

• Ability to work cooperatively and comfortably in an environment in which decisions are more often made by the group than by the individual

Education and Experience You Should Have:

• Degree from an accredited culinary arts program or equivalent experience in recipe development or food media preferred

• Minimum of 1-year professional cooking experience and demonstrated ability to precisely follow directions

• Prior culinary production experience preferred

This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. While it is generally expected that this role will follow a hybrid schedule of three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) in the office and two days per week remotely, the filming schedule may necessitate additional on-site work during certain weeks. This position may also require early start times and the ability to participate in videos, behind-the-scenes action, and food styling.

About America’s Test Kitchen

The mission of America’s Test Kitchen (ATK) is to empower and inspire confidence, community, and creativity in the kitchen. Founded in 1992, the company is the leading multimedia cooking resource serving millions of fans with TV shows (America’s Test Kitchen, Cook's Country, and America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation), magazines (Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country), cookbooks, a podcast (Proof), FAST channels, short-form video series, and the ATK Essential Membership for digital content. Based in a state-of-the-art 15,000-square-foot test kitchen in Boston’s Seaport District, ATK has earned the trust of home cooks and culinary experts alike thanks to its one-of-a-kind processes and best-in-class techniques. Fifty full-time (admittedly very meticulous) test cooks, editors, and product testers spend their days tweaking every variable to find the very best recipes, equipment, ingredients, and techniques. Learn more at https://www.americastestkitchen.com/.

Why America’s Test Kitchen:

We're passionate about cooking, and about creating the best place to work. We're small enough for your ideas to make a big impact, and large enough to offer you opportunities to grow professionally at any stage of your career. We want you to take risks and make mistakes — that's how innovation happens in our test kitchen, in our offices, and in life.

We at America’s Test Kitchen believe food media can be a powerful force for social change. We are passionate about building an inclusive workforce that represents many different cultures, backgrounds, abilities, identities, and perspectives.

We welcome your application.