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Garden After Dark Event Staff
Are you looking for a fun and fulfilling job? Look no further than becoming part of our Garden After Dark Event Staff! Unleash your creativity at beautiful Red Butte Garden as we bring one of our most beloved seasonal events to life. Join us in celebrating Halloween in the Garden with a dash of imagination, from crafting eye-popping displays and custom decorations to engaging guests with interactive stories, local performers, and thrilling outdoor explorations.
But it’s not just about the fun! As part of the Garden After Dark Event Staff, you’ll also hone essential skills in leadership, communication, set design, decoration fabrication, and event planning. Grow as a leader and make a difference in your community as you help inspire the Halloween spirit in our guests. Join the Garden After Dark Event Staff today for one unforgettable job!
Responsibilities:
- Design and fabricate displays and decorations
- Install signage, lights, displays, and decorations
- Review event and provide constructive feedback
- Cleanup, store, and remove event displays, decorations, lighting, and signage
- Actively participate in all event duties as assigned
- Be present for the entirety of all assigned event shifts
- Maintain a positive, proactive, solution-oriented demeanor when responding to guests, volunteers, coworkers, performers, and vendors
- Check functionality of displays and decorations
- Troubleshoot any lighting issues, signage placement, and pathway closures
- Follow all event safety and security rules, procedures, and guidelines
- Help monitor supplies, equipment, and facilities to ensure proper utilization, care, and maintenance.
- Notify management of any unusual circumstances, safety issues, or damages to property
- Represent Red Butte Garden when interacting with Garden After Dark guests, volunteers, performers, and vendors.
- Provide excellent customer service to guests
- Ensure guest satisfaction before, after, and during the event as much as possible
- Engage with large crowds of guests and assist with crowd management
- Help relay pertinent information to performers and vendors
- Provide direction, leadership, and feedback to event volunteers
- Calmly attend to unexpected incidents related to the event
Qualifications:
- Proven written and verbal communication skills
- Must be proactive, flexible and able to work both independently and as part of a team
Preferences:
- Excellent customer service skills
- Self-directed, punctual, enthusiastic, and highly organized
- Experience crafting or creating backgrounds, sets, props, or other decorative elements
- Previous experience working festivals or special event
- Ability to think creatively and respond calmly and quickly in stressful situation
- Enthusiasm, sense of humor, and patience
- Dependable and punctual
- Ability to accept supervision and guidance
APPLICATION LINK: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186393
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Additional Info
Job Type : Part-time, Seasonal
Education Level : High School/GED
Organization Mission : To connect people with plants and the beauty of living landscapes.
Nondiscrimination Statement : The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran’s status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.
Job Location : Salt Lake City, Utah
Work Model : On-site
Closing Date : 9/30/2025
Compensation Type : Hourly
Job Status : Nonexempt
Pay Range : $14.00 - $16.00 depending on experience
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