Onboard Historian & Destination Speaker

American Cruise Lines; St. Francisville (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel to vessel

Room and board

Job summary

American Cruise Lines seeks onboard Historians and Destination Speakers to enhance guest experience with educational talks, port overviews, and daily commentary.

Responsibilities include 45-60 minute daily presentations with PowerPoint, live narration underway, port previews, and hosting shore excursions. Travel to vessels and room and board provided; candidates should be passionate about American history and public speaking.

Qualifications

• Extremely polished public speaking required.
• Excellent and polished presentation skills.
• Extremely knowledgeable of the history, geography, ecology, ports of call, and other points of interest within the cruise itinerary.
• Strong interpersonal and social skills required.
• Must possess a strong sense of production and presentation.
• Must be enthusiastic, outgoing, confident, friendly, sociable, service-minded, and always have a can-do attitude.
• Excellent time management and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily formal presentations (45-60 mins each).
• All presentations should be supported by PowerPoint visuals.
• Provide narration/commentary while the ship is underway from port to port during daylight hours, broadcast over the ship’s PA system to public lounges, outer decks and into guest staterooms.
• Present daily 15-20 min Port Previews and Q&A for all ports of call included on the cruise.
• Participate in daily hosting of Shore Excursions providing coach commentary when needed.
• Dine with guests each evening.
• Be available to guests throughout the day and evening for one-on-one chats and socialization.

Skills

Public speaking

Presentation skills

History knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Production & presentation

Outgoing & sociable

Time management

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

American Cruise Lines seeks onboard Historians and Destination Speakers to enhance guest experience with educational talks, port overviews, and daily commentary.

Responsibilities include 45-60 minute daily presentations with PowerPoint, live narration underway, port previews, and hosting shore excursions. Travel to vessels and room and board provided; candidates should be passionate about American history and public speaking.