Production Executive Assistant

Key responsibilities:
- Assisting the Head of Production.
- Booking translation and voice talent for projects.
- Reviewing pre-production materials (with AI assistance) and quality-checking post-production output.
- Maintaining documentation, including scheduling and costing sheets.

Core attributes:
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to follow and optimise production processes.
- Strong written and spoken communication skills.

Our business operations and production tools include the Google Workspace Suite. While prior experience with these tools is not required, familiarity will be helpful for a quick start. Applicants must have some working knowledge of the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (including Premier Pro and InDesign), which is used by members of the production team.

Context: Storytime PODs is an Australian company that creates children’s books and digital products to engage, educate, and entertain kids. We work with a diverse range of customers, including hospitals, libraries, and schools. Our markets currently include Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, and various niche markets in Europe and Asia.

We are seeking a production assistant with a passion for design and strong attention to detail to review manuscripts and production documents for children’s picture books created by our book production team. Applicants must be able to follow checklists and identify issues related to production guidelines, including formatting, punctuation, and quality issues.

This is a full-time position (initially for 3 months), with the potential to become a permanent role at Storytime PODs.