Description:
Santa is looking for energetic and enthusiastic individuals with a passion for the performing arts to join the Elf Experience Team and help create magical memories for our guests this season! This is an opportunity for actors looking for experience in an interactive setting.
Play the Role of one of Santa’s Elves; Teach aspiring youngsters in our new Elf School, the fundamentals of becoming an Elf. Send new Elves on their activity quest throughout the park! Help them build and assemble toys to be sent to the North Pole in our new Santa’s Toy Factory experience.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Assist guests by answering questions, providing park information, and other related services
- Learn and memorize scripts, take cues, and rehearse with team members while keeping a heavy improv mindset
- Develop your own Elf Name and Character
- Participate in impromptu performances, sing-a-longs and skits throughout the park
- Facilitate and assist our Mascots on a rotating basis in their interactions and wandering the park with guests
- Use improv and creativity to have one-of-a-kind and spur-of-the-moment interactions with our guests
- Collaborate with other Elves as part of an ensemble whether doing individual or group performances
- Remain accountable and responsible for the primary working environments; Daily tidying and maintenance of Elf School, performance spaces, dressing area, and Green Room is mandatory
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
- Strong customer service and interpersonal skills
- Experience with acting, improv and/or any other similar talents is required
- Physical fitness is required to perform in a full-body and enthusiastic way for children during the summer months
- Frequently standing and walking in uneven terrain, inclines, asphalt, interlocking brick
- The ability to work in costume in extreme weather. Indoor and outdoor roles
- The ability to remember locations, understand and carry out instructions
- Self-motivated and ready to engage with our guests
- Energy and a willingness to commit to being a character without breaking the magic of the experience
- Willingness to change positions and/or settings throughout the day
- Ability to improvise within a structured performance
Staff Incentives:
- Discounted Tickets and Season Pass sales to all Santa’s Village Employees
- Discounts on dining, drinks, and merchandise
- Santa’s Village is committed to hosting Team Building and Social Events for all members of #TeamSanta