Intern, Production Assets & Archives - Summer 2026

Job Type

Part-time, Internship

Description

Position Title: Intern, Production Assets & Archives - Summer 2026

Location: Burbank, CA

Reporting To: Manager, Production Assets & Archives

Application Window: March 2, 2026 - March 21, 2026

Program Dates: June 8, 2026 - August 14, 2026

Hourly Pay Range: $17.00 - $19.50

Little Schmidt Productions is a creative studio working across film, television, and digital storytelling. We develop audience-focused concepts, campaigns, and narrative experiences designed to connect strong ideas with culture, craft, and commercial impact.

Our production assets and archives team supports the organisation, preservation, tracking, and accessibility of creative and production materials across the studio. We value order, accuracy, documentation discipline, and a thoughtful approach to maintaining important assets throughout the life of a project.

Our internship programme offers practical exposure to a professional studio environment where emerging talent can contribute to active archival and asset-management workflows while gaining hands-on experience in cataloguing, file organisation, records support, and production-related documentation.

Summary

We are looking for a Production Assets & Archives Intern to support the organisation, tracking, and maintenance of physical and digital production materials. This role is ideal for someone with strong organisational skills, close attention to detail, and a genuine interest in how production assets are preserved, referenced, and managed across creative workflows.

This internship provides exposure to archive systems, asset management practices, file structures, and documentation support within a studio setting. The successful candidate will assist with cataloguing, records maintenance, project materials, and internal archive coordination while gaining practical insight into how production resources are stored and accessed over time.

Responsibilities

• Assist with cataloguing and organising physical and digital production assets across active and archived projects.
• Support the maintenance of file structures, naming conventions, archive records, and reference documentation.
• Help track the location, status, and metadata of materials including scripts, artwork, stills, production files, and related assets.
• Contribute to archive research and retrieval requests by helping identify and organise relevant project materials.
• Assist with preparing internal records, inventory updates, and asset summaries for team reference.
• Help maintain order and consistency across stored production materials, folders, databases, and shared drives.
• Support the preservation of project documentation by ensuring records are complete, labelled clearly, and stored appropriately.
• Attend team meetings and help capture notes, action items, and follow-up points related to asset-management workflows.
• Assist with quality checks on organised files, archive references, and supporting documentation.
• Provide general day-to-day support to the production assets and archives team during active project cycles.

Requirements

• Strong interest in production operations, archival work, media organisation, and documentation practices.
• Excellent organisational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfort working with files, records, spreadsheets, folders, metadata, and internal reference systems.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a structured and collaborative environment.
• Strong sense of responsibility, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Confidence working both independently and collaboratively within a team setting.
• Interest in how production assets are maintained, preserved, and accessed across a studio’s lifecycle.
• Professional approach to record keeping, organisation, and internal coordination.
• Familiarity with digital asset management, archive workflows, or administrative tracking is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous academic, internship, or project experience related to archives, records management, library systems, production support, or media operations.
• Comfort working with spreadsheets, databases, shared drives, and structured organisational systems.
• Interest in preservation, production history, and the long-term management of creative assets.
• Awareness of file organisation, media storage practices, or digital archive workflows is advantageous.

More Information

Little Schmidt Productions is committed to creating an inclusive working environment and welcomes applicants from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. We believe strong storytelling is strengthened by diverse perspectives, creative voices, and collaborative thinking.

We are committed to maintaining a professional, respectful, and collaborative workplace where individuals are encouraged to contribute ideas, develop skills, and work as part of a high-performing creative team.