JOB POSTING
Event Production Associate
Posted: Open to internal and external applicants
Reports to: Production Manager
Status: Full-time, hourly, benefitted position, eligible for overtime
Hours of work: This position works a variety of shifts, days, or evenings. Need for weekend or after-hours work as related to events and other projects.
Date needed: June 2024
Posting expires: When filled
Position description:
The Seattle Aquarium, a leading marine conservation organization, is looking for an Event Production Associate to join the Events team. The Event Production Associate plays a crucial role in furthering the mission of the Seattle Aquarium - "Inspiring Conservation of our Marine Environment." This dynamic position oversees a diverse range of events, encompassing in-person promotional events, virtual broadcasts, video productions, and evening rental events. By seamlessly blending event and production support, the Event Production Associate ensures the success of all Aquarium events while maintaining the highest standards of customer service and conservation awareness.
Key functions:
Required skills and experience:
We will consider various combinations of relevant experience and education to meet minimum requirements.
Working conditions:
Salary and benefits: $26.50-$28.00, Dependent on experience, with an additional $1.00 or $2.00/hour shift differential for nighttime hours, depending on schedule. Please include salary expectations in your materials. Full-time staff are eligible for the Seattle Aquarium's comprehensive benefits package to include medical, vision, dental, an employer-funded health reimbursement account, medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long-term disability, 403b retirement fund with employer match, access to a subsidized ORCA pass, a Seattle Aquarium Family Plus membership and generous paid time off.
How to apply: The Seattle Aquarium is committed to expanding a diverse, equitable, and inclusive conservation movement. We are invested in building an Aquarium with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, languages, cultural ways of knowing, and life experiences. We know research shows that society has conditioned communities of color, trans and gender non-conforming people, immigrants, people with disabilities, and other marginalized candidates to more frequently not apply to a job because they don't feel that they meet all of the qualifications listed even if they are qualified. If you meet some of the requirements and you are passionate about our mission and our ocean, we encourage you to apply and look forward to learning more about you.
Interested candidates should upload a resume to our online application to be considered. Application review will begin immediately.
Please let us know if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for this job by emailing us at .
Note: If offered the position, candidates must pass a background check. Conviction record is not an automatic disqualifier; we are a second chance employer.
About the Seattle Aquarium:
The Seattle Aquarium is a respected authority on Puget Sound, the Salish Sea and the world's one ocean. Our passionate staff increases awareness and drives the change needed to preserve and protect our marine environment by providing an inspiring visitor experience, engaging daytime and evening events, conservation education programs for people of all ages and backgrounds, community outreach to marginalized populations, research that advances understanding of animals in our care and their counterparts in the wild, advocacy and policy work, an award-winning volunteer program, high-impact marketing and communications, and more.
Our values, developed in conjunction with our staff, include commitments to adopting and promoting sustainable practices, creating awe-inspiring experiences, constantly learning and improving, fostering an inclusive community, maintaining scientific credibility through evidence-based practices and honoring our unique place by using our location and history as a lens for larger understanding.
Proudly accredited by the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, we're among the top 10 aquariums in the U.S. by attendance, and we welcome over 850,000 people each year. Guided by our mission ofInspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment, we're working to substantially increase our conservation impact by expanding our campus with a new building, the Ocean Pavilion. Learn more at .
Timeline:
We anticipate the following recruiting schedulefor those candidates who are selected for consideration.The following dates are preliminary and subject to change.We will work with candidates to set interview dates.If hired, relocation assistance is not available.
Priority given to applications received within the first two weeks of posting.
Interviewscompleted by end of May 2024
Start date: June 2024