Part-Time Studio Producer & Assistant (Carroll Gardens)

Author/Artist; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Author/Artist in New York seeks a part-time right-hand assistant to handle online presence, newsletters, launches, and promotions.

You will train under the creator, manage scheduling, book events, ship materials, prep submissions, and help with a newsletter and Substack growth.

Mostly studio work with some remote days; 10–15 hours weekly to start, with a two-week trial.

Responsibilities

• Support with online presence, social posts, and newsletter planning.
• Coordinate launches, reader outreach, and press/promotional activities for writers and books.
• Assist with studio setup, furniture sourcing, building management tasks, and daily operations.
• Handle speaking engagements, workshops, grant applications, and project shipping.
• Assist with inbox, calendar, Substack growth, and podcast prep when launched.

Job description

I’m looking for someone part-time to be by my side and help with whatever comes up.

Right now I’m switching from a smartphone to a dumbphone, and I’m starting a newsletter about it that I make by hand, with book art, collage, and mixed media. I’m a very offline person. I need someone very online who can take what I’m making and get it out there. Film the process, figure out the posts, help me plan how I announce that I’m going offline and what we share along the way. You’d be creative, just not in the same way I am.

I also work with writers, and three of my clients have books coming out this fall. You’d help me support them online with posts, shares, launch events, and getting the word out.

I’m also just moving into a new studio, so the first few weeks will be a lot of getting it up and running. That means setting up, sourcing furniture and supplies, dealing with the building, and making it a place we can actually work.

The rest changes day to day. One day it’s sourcing materials or helping me put the newsletter together. Another it’s my inbox, my calendar, pitching press, or answering an interview request. You’d help with speaking gigs, workshops and panels, grant applications, a writers’ newsletter, my sites and socials, and a podcast once it’s up. Also shipping, errands, tracking down tools. Not all glamorous!

You’re in NYC. You’re smart and organized and can keep an ADHD creative on track. You write well and you’re good on the phone. You’d rather call than text. You can keep things private. You care about Luddite culture, or at least find it interesting. Bonus if you love books. I’ll train you, but you have to be a self-starter.

Bonus if you’ve worked in the service industry. Bonus if you know how to set up and run paid subscriptions on Substack or do growth marketing, because I’ve got years of material that needs somewhere to go. Podcast or audio experience helps too.

10–15 hours a week to start, mostly at the studio with some remote, and it can grow. Sometimes a kid or a dog will be around. Start ASAP for the right person, with a two‑week trial.