Wedding & Event Installation Team

Position: Wedding and Event Installer

Department: Operations, Logistics, Weddings/Events

Report to: Logistics Manager

Location: Chicago, IL

Schedule: Part-time, hourly, must have weekend availability

About Us:

Flowers for Dreams is ushering in a craft flower movement. Locally crafted flowers for fair and honest prices across locations in Chicago, Milwaukee, Detroit, Minneapolis as well as overnight shipping to most of the Great Lakes region. Every bouquet benefits an amazing local charity. Named one of Business Insider's Most Inspiring Companies in America.

We are looking for dedicated Installation Team members to be the face of Flowers for Dreams at venues in the Chicagoland area, where we build beautiful weddings and events. The Wedding and Event Installation team is a weekend commitment, with majority Saturday and Sunday shifts. The team transports florals and decor from our studio to various venues, where we build and set up mechanics, hardware, flowers, and greenery.

Help us become the leading brand in flowers and a nationwide, socially conscious leader!

Responsibilities:

• Pack event and wedding flowers and materials

• Drive Flowers for Dreams cargo vehicles

• Event and wedding installs, flips, and strikes

• Setup and breakdown hardware, floral decor, greenery, table decor, arches, etc

• Clean and prep glassware

• Assist head floral designers with basic event and wedding prep

• Clean and organize event and wedding studio

• Flexibility with time frames & duties

• Ability to work long hours on feet, working with your hands, occasional heavy lifting

• Greet and engage with customers onsite with a friendly professionalism

• Maintain an upbeat, positive, energetic attitude

• Ability to remain calm and problem solve while working under time pressure

• Shared aesthetic preferences and values with the Flowers for Dreams brand

• Must be able to work weekends

• Abide by Flowers for Dreams dress code while at venues

Values:

• Do Good - "Life's Most Persistent and Urgent Question Is, 'What Are You Doing For Others?'" Martin Luther King Jr

• Take Risks - "Whoever Dares, Wins" Sayeret Matkal

• Challenge Yourself - "Every Artists Was First An Amateur" Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Make it Beautiful -"Design is a Behavior, Not a Department" David Milne

• Act Fast - "We Have a Strategic Plan, It's Called Doing Things" Herb Kelleher

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Flowers for Dreams is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and internship. Flowers for Dreams makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.