Creative Painter

**Creative Painter**

Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Leatherhead Road
Chessington, SURREY, KT9 2NE
United Kingdom

**Creative Painter**

**Location**: Chessington World of Adventures Resort, Surrey, KT9 2NE
**Hours**: Permanent role, working a minimum of 20 hours per week and may include evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

**Benefits**: £13.47 per hour, discount on our animal VIP experience and Go Ape course, discounts on our Hotels and a Merlin Magic Pass - 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world.

With our Theme Park, Zoo, spectacular Hotels & Glamping as well as our Go Ape courses there are plenty of ROARingly exciting career paths available. We're also a part of the Merlin Entertainments family - associated with attractions like SEA LIFE, LEGOLAND Parks, Madame Tussauds and More

We're currently looking for a Painter to join our Creative team at Britain’s wildest adventure

**About the Role**

Maintaining the magic across the Theme Park is what our Creative, Facilities and Landscapes Team work tirelessly to achieve. The role as Creative Painter is a crucial role in our in-house Creative team and is very much ‘hands on’. You will be responsible for ensuring that our existing themed artwork looks great throughout the season and will also assist with general painting across the Resort.

You will be responsible for carrying out routine and scheduled maintenance work to ensure our theming looks great in all of our themed lands and hotels and will also be involved in the annual winter works plan during the closed period. There will also be the opportunity to create props and support the team with the installation of theming for our amazing seasonal events such as Halloween and Christmas.

**About You**
- A good understanding of theming work and prop making is also beneficial.
- You will be comfortable working in a customer facing environment with a good working knowledge of related health and safety.

**What’s on offer?**
- An hourly rate of £13.47
- 28 days holiday (including bank holidays)
- Merlin Magic Pass - 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world rising to 40 after a year’s service
- Company bonus
- Private pension scheme
- 40% discount online off LEGO
- 25% discount in retail shops and restaurants
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
- Plus many more

**_ Everyone Matters at Merlin_**:

- At Merlin we welcome the world to our magical attractions and resorts every day and we want to reflect that same multicultural mix inside our business too. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace where people can be themselves, have the same opportunities and thrive together. Because at Merlin, everyone matters Together, we work to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, no matter their age, race, gender, disability, or sexual orientation. Although we understand that we'll always be learning and growing, we aim to be the most inclusive and flexible employer in our industry._
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