On-Call Makeup Artist - Mankato, United States - Funcom

Description

All of us at specialize in dreaming up costumes and bringing them to life From brainstorming to the creation of next year's biggest hit costume, we do it all And right now, we're looking for an on-call makeup artist to bring our costumes to life

As an on-call makeup artist, you will work with our Multimedia team in our onsite studio to complete the look for our costumes. That's right, we are looking for someone skilled in everything from zombie makeup to beauty makeup for a princess costume. If you have experience applying and removing character and/or beauty makeup and are regularly available for short periods of time during normal office hours [Monday through Friday from 9:00am until 5:00 pm] then we want to see what you got No need to bring your own supplies. We have a fully stocked beauty bar - the beauty bar of your dreams

Do you obsessively watch online makeup tutorials? Do you call yourself a beauty guru? Looking for a way to exercise your makeup creativity? You may be exactly what we're looking for

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Apply a variety of makeup looks on talent; including men, women and children. Don't worry, we don't require any makeup for pet costumes That's really not a thing anyway...hopefully. Although maybe you can be the first?
• Create dramatic character and theatrical makeup using mostly water based face paints. Some old age and injury looks are required using extreme highlight/shadow with occasional FX makeup
• Create basic beauty makeup looks for photo shoots
• Removing special FX makeup from talent at the end of photo shoots
• Prep supplies for makeup application and maintain an organized and clean work area
• Clean makeup kits, makeup bins and makeup counter after each photo shoot
• Alter and maintain makeup during photo sessions as needed

• Creativity, imagination and problem solving ability
• Must be able to apply makeup quickly and accurately. Average application time for beauty makeup must be completed between 10-15 minutes per look. Character makeup is given 30 minutes per look
• Extreme attention to detail
• Experience with dramatic character, theatrical, facepaint and special FX makeup
• Knowledge of special FX makeup applications, including creating a build up from scratch without the use of a prosthetic
• Comfortability working with a variety of people of all ages
• Ability to work efficiently in fast paced environments under pressure
• Advanced knowledge of makeup hygiene practices to follow before and after applying makeup
• Working knowledge of how to use with latex, adhesives and adhesive removers
• Must have flexible daytime availability as photo shoots are typically during office hours