Assistant Culinary Producer

Overview

America's Test Kitchen is seeking an Assistant Culinary Producer- ATK Classes to support the Digital Content team.

The Assistant Culinary Producer - ATK Classes reports to the Executive Editor, Video and Classes and is tasked primarily with organizing the culinary production for video and photo shoots for online cooking classes. This includes attending script and pre-production meetings, writing prep lists, organizing shot lists, ordering groceries, and cooking for Classes videos, styled food shoots, and step shoots. In addition to working on Classes, the Assistant Culinary Producer will support other video projects as assigned by the Executive Editor and the Director of Culinary Production.

The Assistant Culinary Producer will also support the America’s Test Kitchen and Cook’s Country television shows, as well as other television projects as they arise. This position is full-time, on-site, and requires early starts and late wraps as individual shoots dictate.

• Self-starter with independence, initiative, and a drive to succeed, as well as strong organizational skills and can-do approach to problem solving
• 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 build relationships and work cooperatively and comfortably across multiple departments
• Minimum of 1-year professional cooking experience and demonstrated ability to precisely follow directions and work in a professional kitchen environment
• Prior culinary support in association with video production strongly preferred

This position is located in our Boston, MA office in the Seaport district. It is the expectation that the person in this role will work a hybrid schedule of 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) in the office and 2 days per week remotely.

$56,000 - $57,680

The range provided is based on what we reasonably expect to pay for this job as of the time of posting. The actual salary offered will be determined based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, job-related knowledge, skills, geographical location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

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), award-winning magazine (Cook’s Illustrated) and limited-edition newsstand issues, 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  .

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