Mercantile Hall DJ

Job Posting

Title: DJ, BEDO Brands

Spin love stories—join BEDO Brands as a Wedding DJ!

Who we are:

• Our Mission: Make Other People Shine
• Our Core Values:
• CARE: We care first for each other, then customers
• SERVICE: We wow our customers with service and hospitality
• PROCESS: We follow repeatable systems to ensure consistently excellent experiences for our customers and co-workers
• IMPROVEMENT: We constantly improve and raise the bar on our service experience, our facility, our brand, ourselves

The Job:

The BEDO Sound DJ duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Communicate with couples in the weeks leading up to their event and complete all pre-event DJ tasks.
2. Prepare playlist for each couple’s event, using the BEDO Sound MC form for a list of the couple’s preferred songs and styles.
3. Set up BEDO Sound equipment (speakers, microphones, sound board, lights) for ceremonies, both indoor and outdoor, and receptions.
4. Assist officiants, family, bridal party members and couples with using the microphone for the ceremony, toasts and speeches.
5. Play music for ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner and dancing using the couple’s preferences and guest requests.
6. Make announcements for the couple or event staff as needed throughout the day, confirming pronunciation of names and any pertinent details.
7. Maintain awareness of event timeline and work with Event Manager to coordinate the timing of important event milestones, such as asking guests to be seated, grand march and first dances.
8. Maintain awareness of the crowd’s response to music selections and adjust as necessary to create a full and lively dance floor.
9. Take down and safely store BEDO Sound equipment at the conclusion of each event.
10. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Friday-Sunday availability.
• Must act with absolute integrity and honesty.
• Ability to read, speak and understand the English language.
• Ability to lift/carry up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to work holidays, including New Year's, St Patrick's Day, and Halloween (depending on whether an event is booked on that date).
• The ideal candidate would be able to DJ events at our venue in Burlington, WI as well as our venue in Janesville, WI.

Perks of the job:

• We provide all of the equipment you need—you do not need to load and unload heavy speakers and sound boards from your car and bring them in each shift-we have all of that and more at our venues for you to use.
• Weddings are fun! You are DJ'ing an event for one of the happiest days of a couple's life-it's a great atmosphere with happy people.
• Free dinner—enjoy a free catered meal every shift you work.
• We sell and schedule the gigs for you—you don't have to deal with booking the couples, we simply schedule you for your events and you show up.
• Weddings almost always end at midnight. No super late nights, no getting home at 4am from a gig. Our DJs are typically packed up and heading home by 12:30am.
• Learn from veteran DJs! We provide extensive training on our equipment with experienced DJ's.

Compensation:

• Training, Onboarding & Orientation, Observations: $10.00 per hour
• Monthly Meetings: $17.00 per hour
• Blueprint Modules: $25.00 per completed module
• Launch Events: $300.00 per event
• Standard Event: $400.00 per event
• Non-Standard Event: A rate will be determined at the discretion of BEDO Brands and offered to the employee