Freelance TV Makeup Artist – Fast-Paced News Studio

Fox News Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 62,000 - 76,000; Part time

Job summary

Fox News Media in New York is seeking a freelance makeup artist to prepare anchors, reporters, and contributors for live television. The role requires rapid, high-skill makeup artistry for both men and women to keep up with the fast pace of cable news.

You will join a team that emphasizes professional presentation, reliability, and excellent customer service for on-air talent and staff, with the flexibility to adjust hours to breaking news.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability in television makeup and hair for both men and women.
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience working in the field of hair and makeup for television news.
• Meticulous and careful in their work with a very high personal standard of excellence.
• A positive attitude and strong work ethic.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain the extremely professional behavior that is necessary as a representative of Fox News Media involved in the greeting and looking, after all, appearing on the air
• Promptness and dependability are a must.

Responsibilities

• Makeup application in a manner appropriate for television for both men and women - Often this must be accomplished very quickly with a high level of skill, especially for women
• Provide excellent customer service for those who are visiting the Fox News Channel and always project a friendly, helpful demeanor for talent and other staff alike
• Demonstrate good judgment in solving/identifying problems in advance and proposing solutions
• Be a team player at all times, jump in to help others who are readying talent for air, as well as be a good steward of the makeup room, and share this responsibility with other artists
• Keep the makeup room and one's personal space clean, tidy, free of clutter, and identify for management products that need to be replenished so that supplies are well-stocked
• Understand that the nature of television news requires employees to be able to change their schedule and/or work earlier or later than a planned shift to accommodate the needs of a news bureau responding to breaking news

Skills

Makeup artistry

Television makeup

Hair styling

Job description

Fox News Media in New York is seeking a freelance makeup artist to prepare anchors, reporters, and contributors for live television. The role requires rapid, high-skill makeup artistry for both men and women to keep up with the fast pace of cable news.

You will join a team that emphasizes professional presentation, reliability, and excellent customer service for on-air talent and staff, with the flexibility to adjust hours to breaking news.