Open Position: Specialty Paint Artist

We are currently seeking a skilled Specialty Paint Artist to join our team in High Springs, FL (just outside of Gainesville).

Desired qualifications for this position include the following:

  • Previous experience in high-end sign painting, airbrushed murals, custom automotive art or other related field utilizing a high degree of skill and artistry in paint finishes
  • Highly skilled with airbrush/touch-up gun paint application, both freehand and utilizing masks
  • Adept at application of paints, including catalyzed paint systems
  • Skilled with brush applied paint, including line art
  • Previous experience as an artist, especially as a scenic or commercial artist
  • Experience with themed/scenic paint, including color matching and mixing, blending, layering, etc.
  • Ability to work with art direction to accurately and efficiently produce desired results
  • Strong attention to detail and quality
  • Faux finish, wood graining, and scenic texturing experience a plus
  • Hand painted lettering experience a plus
  • Character painting experience a plus

Requirements:

  • Perform necessary tasks in a safe manner
  • Ability to multi-task/cross train within various departments
  • Motivated to continually develop technical knowledge and skills
  • Ability to work in a team environment
  • Ability to handle and lift up to 50 lbs. without assistance

About ThemeWorks

About ThemeWorks

Who we are:

ThemeWorks creates experiences to amaze, inspire, educate, and enlighten. At ThemeWorks, we know that environment and visual impact is crucial to any experience, we work tirelessly to create worlds that bring imagination to life, and put creativity at the forefront. From theme parks to museums and sports venues across the globe, our technicians and artists carefully craft the physical elements that bring stories to life and engage the human spirit.

Our Culture:

We are a diverse group, with stories and backgrounds as varied as our projects. We share a passion for creating, for building, for thinking, and for finding solutions. We’re curious, hardworking and fun loving. We believe in the power of a team.

We are motivated by the reaction that other people have to our work. Seeing people smile, laugh or hug after experiencing one of our projects, reminds us that what we create remains an extension of our team identity and is a testament to our affection for our craft.

Our Work:

Since ThemeWorks was founded, we have sought out unique and challenging projects – from the world’s largest installation of a urethane rockwork system in a zoological facility to an interactive play structure inside of a forty-foot sculpture of a boy in a children’s museum. With each project, we’ve risen to and met the challenge through careful planning, creative solutions, and expert craftsmanship. While our projects are complex, challenging and demanding, they create a sense of accomplishment and pride for all on our team.

What we offer:

  • Competitive compensation, commensurate with experience
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • 401K Retirement Plan
  • Paid Vacation and Sick Time
  • Paid Holidays
  • Opportunity for growth, learning
  • Family atmosphere
  • Varied, challenging and fun work

ThemeWorks is a drug free workplace.

ThemeWorks is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact Human Resources at (386) 454-7500. This telephone line is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a response.

The trials and tribulations of our startup years shaped the foundation of who we are today. These early lessons and values were imprinted to our company's DNA and sowed the seeds for future success.

At the same time we're creating these unique experiences, we're also building something just as exciting... ... A deep and talented team!

At the same time we're creating these unique experiences, we're also building something just as exciting...

...And grow we do, creating environments for: SeaWorld Orlando, Universal's Islands of Adventure, Cabela's, and several others in quick succession.

We purchase the building we've been leasing for a year- an old tobacco auction warehouse. It's large interior area, the size of a football field, allows us plenty of room to grow...

We're selected to create the Brookfield Zoo's Living Coast exhibit- The world's largest urethane rockwork project and a great challenge for our fledgling team.

Our first project! We created the faux limestone main entrance signs for the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.

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Our first project! We created the faux limestone main entrance signs for the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.

We're selected to create the Brookfield Zoo's Living Coast exhibit- The world's largest urethane rockwork project and a great challenge for our fledgling team.

We purchase the building we've been leasing for a year- an old tobacco auction warehouse. It's large interior area, the size of a football field, allows us plenty of room to grow...

...And grow we do, creating environments for: SeaWorld Orlando, Universal's Islands of Adventure, Cabela's, and several others in quick succession.

... A deep and talented team!

At the same time we're creating these unique experiences, we're also building something just as exciting...

The trials and tribulations of our startup years shaped the foundation of who we are today. These early lessons and values were imprinted to our company's DNA and sowed the seeds for future success.