Part-Time Experience Host (Seasonal)

Imagine Children's Museum; Everett, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Museum perks

Job summary

Imagine Children's Museum in Everett, WA seeks an Experience Host to welcome visitors, guide families through interactive exhibits, and help maintain a welcoming environment. The role emphasizes friendly interaction, safety awareness, and teamwork in a busy museum setting.

This part-time, seasonal position requires flexibility for weekends and evenings, the ability to stand for long periods, and a proactive approach to assisting guests and managing exhibits.

Qualifications

• Requires excellent verbal communication and the ability to present information clearly to visitors.
• Demonstrates strong critical thinking and judgment in a public setting.
• Ability to connect with people of varying abilities and diverse backgrounds; works collaboratively and independently.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing schedules and prioritize solutions.
• First Aid training is preferred or required.

Responsibilities

• Interact with visitors in a friendly, professional manner and deliver exemplary customer service.
• Offer prompts for play and interaction to families navigating exhibits.
• Support visitor operations and needs outside of galleries.
• Reset, restock, and maintain cleanliness of exhibits throughout the day.
• Answer general visitor questions about the museum and exhibits.
• Maintain knowledge of programs, services, and events.
• Help direct visitors within the museum.
• Facilitate and assist with special events, parties, and rentals.

Skills

Verbal communication

Critical thinking

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

First Aid training

Job description

Position Summary

The Experience Host is responsible for providing excellent customer service to all museum visitors and monitoring and maintaining museum exhibits and props. This position is primarily responsible for interacting with visitors to ensure they feel welcomed and oriented, monitoring and maintaining the museum’s exhibits, and working cooperatively with a dynamic team to ensure visitors have a positive experience.

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities

• Interact with visitors in a friendly, professional manner and deliver exemplary customer service.
• Offer prompts for play and suggestions for interaction to families navigating the Museum’s exhibits and spaces in a self-guided manner.
• Support visitor operations and needs outside of the galleries.
• Reset, restock, and maintain cleanliness of exhibits throughout the day.
• Answer general visitor questions about the museum and exhibits.
• Maintain current knowledge of museum programs, services, and events.
• Help direct visitors within the museum.
• Facilitate and assist with special events, parties, and rentals. Attend required staff meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Excellent verbal communication skills and ability to present information clearly and confidently to visitors.
• Excellent critical thinking and judgment skills.
• Ability to connect with people of varying abilities and diverse backgrounds.
• Ability to work collaboratively and independently.
• Ability to be flexible and focus on solution-building.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• Complete basic First Aid training.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule including weekends and evenings.

Education and/or Experience

• Minimum 1 year customer service, retail, guest management, or hospitality experience preferred.
• Minimum 1 year experience working with children in an educational or recreational setting in another museum or cultural institution, preschool or daycare, after school, summer camp or other family-oriented setting preferred.

Supervisory Experience

None

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee works in a typical interactive exhibit environment with moderate noise levels.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High level of public contact.
• Regularly required to stand and walk for long periods of time, climb ladders and stairs.
• Occasionally lift and or move up to 30 pounds.
• Speak and hear sufficiently to communicate clearly in person, over the telephone, and in small groups.
• Mental stamina for problem solving and dealing with stressful situations; prioritizing multiple tasks; interpreting and applying oral/written instructions.
• Ability to bend, carry, reach to the side, front and overhead, push, pull, walk, stand, twist and squat, grab, squeeze are repetitive motions required of the position.
• Occasionally exposed to outdoor elements including high and low temperatures, precipitation, and wind.
• Regularly exposed to moderate noise in and around exhibits.
• Occasionally exposed to small and/or enclosed spaces.

This is a part-time position, 16-20 hours per week, onsite in Everett. The pay is $20.00 an hour. This is a seasonal position ending in January 2027.

Candidates must be available to work on weekends, and an occasional Monday. Additionally, candidates must be able to work some evenings.

All part-time employees receive accrued sick time, anniversary appreciation day, free museum membership, discounts, and other museum perks!