Audio Production Associate

Sourcebooks•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Sourcebooks Audio is hiring a detail-oriented Production Associate to support audiobook production from pre-production through final delivery. The role helps keep materials, schedules, assets, and title data organized, accurate, and on schedule while providing hands-on exposure to casting, manuscript preparation, recording support, quality control, and final delivery. The associate works with the Director of Audio Production, Senior Production Manager, editors, studios, narrators, and outside production partners. The position reports to the Director of Audio Production. It may be hybrid or remote in New York or Naperville, Illinois, or remote from specified eligible states. The annual salary range is $55,000–$65,000, with starting pay determined using job-related factors including location, market conditions, experience, training, and education.

Requirements

A degree in audio, publishing, communications, media production, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Strong attention to detail and excellent organizational skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, assets, and details while maintaining priorities.
Clear written and verbal communication skills for working with internal teams and outside production partners.
Comfort learning production systems, databases, trackers, shared drives, and vendor-facing platforms.
Judgment to identify missing information, ask thoughtful follow-up questions, and escalate issues appropriately.
No specific number of years of experience is required; relevant internship, freelance, academic, or professional experience will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Experience in publishing, audio production, media production, project coordination, editorial support, or a related field.

Responsibilities

Support audiobook production from pre-production through final delivery, ensuring materials, schedules, assets, and title data are organized, accurate, and delivered on time.
Organize casting materials, prepare production documents, review manuscripts for audio-specific needs, and confirm titles are ready before recording.
Maintain and update internal production systems, trackers, databases, shared drives, and vendor-facing platforms.
Create, route, and manage pronunciation materials, coordinating with editors, authors, studios, narrators, and production partners to answer questions and share approved guidance.
Confirm delivery materials are complete, accurate, properly formatted, and shared according to internal and vendor specifications.
Track quality-control reports, corrections, pickups, final-file readiness, and issues requiring escalation.
Follow up with the audio team and outside partners to resolve missing materials, timeline changes, and production questions, and help build efficient, scalable workflows.