What are the responsibilities and job description for the DJ/MC position at VOX DJs?
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Description
VOX DJs is a Professional Mobile DJ/MC company Seeking DJ/MCs - NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
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Attention DJs, musicians, TV/Radio personalities, music lovers, college students, working professionals, professional dancers, and those looking to make money creating one of a kind experiences at events every weekend all over Arizona and Southern California --- do you have a fun, outgoing, and charismatic personality and have always thought that you would be a great, charismatic, DJ/MC personality?
Our company has been in business for over 20 years as one of the highest Rated Entertainment companies in the Southwest. We are a full service, professional, mobile DJ company seeking fresh, talented, new DJs/MCs to provide entertainment for our clients in the realm of weddings, private parties, corporate gatherings, mitzvahs, and special events!
The First Step: Training in our DJ Academy.
We have trained over 200 DJ/MCs to date in our weekly class format. This training in paid. You will also have the opportunity to get paid assisting our Senior DJs on actual events as part of your training.
- Assistant DJ/Academy DJ (Entry Training Level)
- Weekly classes with opportunity to grow as a DJ, MC and overall Event Professional
- Upon completion of class, depending on overall standing and scores, a job position as a lead DJ in one of our tiers may be offered.
- Assistant DJ Pay Rate:
- Starts at $13/hr
- Mileage and Expense Reimbursements
- Typically equates to $100 - $200 per event.
- Overtime Eligible
The Second Step: Become Part of the Lead DJ Roster
The goal of any DJ to come through our training would be to become a Lead DJ on our roster in one of our many tiers. We then have our Booking Team work hard to get your booked consistently each week on great events.
What We Offer:
- Event Pay Ranges from Roughly $175 - $1000 per event depending on DJ Tier Level. (Pay based on Hourly Rates between $13/hr - $85/hr)
- Full Training and Support to set you up for a career of success
- Full Marketing and Media creation and management
- Account Management support on all events with client and venue planning
- DJ/Lighting/Production Equipment Provided by Company
- You provide a Laptop and Transportation, we provide the rest
- Paid Sick Time
- Health Care for Full-Time Employees
- 401k Retirement
- Expense Reimbursement
Qualifications and Expectations
- Experience
- Previous Event Industry Experience; 0 years - ?
- Previous Customer Service Experience: Ideally 2 Years Minimum working directly with clients/customers
- Equipment & Event Management
- Handle basic lifting/setup/tear-down of heavy equipment, up to 60 lbs
- Follows proper check-in/checkout procedures
- Attempts to troubleshoot basic technical issues in a timely manner
- Is well-prepared prior to every event
- DJ/MC Performance
- Basic music knowledge of multiple genres and "current" music (Example: Able to categorize the genre of a given artist or suggest an artist or song based on a given genre.)
- Great sense of rhythm and timing
- Ability to control the tone and flow of a wedding or event through the planned structure/timeline
- Can confidently speak to large groups of people with leadership
- Professionalism
- On-time for events and meetings
- Answers emails and calls in a timely manner (within 24 hours)
- Is coach-able, positively takes direction from those in authority (Manager, venue director, client, event coordinator, etc.)
- Conducts themselves appropriately during an event, as outlined in the Employee Handbook
- Always friendly, approachable, and enthusiastic at all times when working with or on behalf of VOX DJs (Focus on what you can do...not on what you can't do.)
- Works well with others (including peers, vendors, clients)
- Overall great awareness of what it means to be a representative of the VOX DJs team versus operating on their own. Be a team player
- Awareness and ownership of DJ responsibilities from booking to completion of the event.
Salary : $13 - $85