Part-time · Open
Portrait Booth Host
Run a Mammoth photo experience at an event. Greet guests, bring the energy, help them get photos they love.
- Where
- Events across Michigan, out of our Detroit office and Howell studio. Some travel events.
- When
- Mostly nights and weekends. Shifts run from a 3-hour reception to a full conference day. Some of our team works nearly every weekend, some once a month.
What you’ll do
- Pick up the kit, set it up clean, and test it before doors open.
- Face the room. Greet guests right away, invite groups in, help them pose, get as many photos as possible.
- Keep an eye on lighting and framing all night. Booths get moved.
- Take a few setup and behind-the-scenes photos and videos for our social.
- Set up early and ready to go? If other event staff are still getting last-minute things done, ask if you can help. We always go out of our way to help when we have time.
- Verify every photo uploaded, pack it how you found it, check the kit back in.
Who you are
- Fun, charismatic, and kind. Consistently, not just for the first hour.
- Coachable. You expect feedback and you use it.
- Comfortable on your feet for 6+ hours with a good attitude.
- Able to lift cases up to 80 lbs into your vehicle. Valid license, reliable car.
- Dressed for the room. You own business and black-tie clothes. For guys: velvet jacket, white shirt, bow tie, black dress shoes, and properly fitting clothes.
Not for you if
- You default to complaining or need babysitting.
- You say yes to events you can’t actually make.
- You’d rather stand next to the machine than talk to people.
What it pays
- $25/hr while you train. $35/hr once you’re trained and can host events on your own.
- Training time is paid, including the videos, the studio practice, and your first events with a lead.
- $25 for each kit pick-up and each drop-off.
- Driving to far events: $25/hr plus fuel. Overnights: lodging booked for you, meals reimbursed.
- Get a shoutout by name in a Google review: $50.
- Meet someone at an event who wants to book us? Send them your personal link. $50 for every event that books through it, paid when it books.
- Paid every two weeks through Gusto. Everything above is in writing before your first event.
Full detail in How We Pay.
The process
How hiring works
1. Apply
Fill out the short form on the role you want, with a link to your work.
2. Phone screen
A real conversation about you, not a script.
3. References
We ask for three, and we call them.
4. Offer in writing
Your role and rate in writing.
5. Onboarding and training
Paid training: the videos, a quiz and a hands-on day at the studio. You sign The Standard.
6. Shadow an event
Work an event as an apprentice.
7. Work
First event, then the next.
Apply
Sound like you? A few questions, then it’s in front of us. Before you start, read The Standard, the rules everyone signs.