Part-time · Open
Host Personality
Help our photographer crew run the room: manage the crowd and the line, greet people with a smile, and set expectations.
- 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
- Manage crowds and lines of people so the photographers can keep shooting.
- Greet people with a smile and set expectations: how long the wait is and what happens next.
- Be generally helpful to the photographer crew, whatever they need.
- 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.
Who you are
- Fun, charismatic, and kind. Consistently, not just for the first hour.
- Comfortable on your feet for long events with a good attitude.
- Reliable transportation and a valid license. Cases go in your vehicle.
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.
- 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.