Studio Assistant

**The role**:
Adelicious. is looking for a Studio Assistant who loves all things food, cooking and food publishing, who has cooking experience and who thrives in a busy environment working to tight deadlines.

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 (pre-proofed, pre-tested recipes from publishers). Following step-by-step 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 on-set 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 fast-paced 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?**
- We know that diversity strengthens our teams and newsrooms as we seek to tell stories that represent the diverse communities of Australia that we serve. Our people make us unique and we all have a story. We encourage people of all ages, backgrounds, races, cultures, religions, sexual orientations, abilities and gender identities to apply. Inclusion is important to us and we want everyone at News to bring their whole-selves to work. If you require any accommodations or adjustments throughout the recruitment process, or would like to outline which pronouns you prefer, please feel free to let us know._