How to Run a Face Painting Business - Building a Successful Team
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When working as a face painter you will soon find out that there is only so many gigs that you can take any given day without getting burnt out in just a few months. Having a team of professional face painters that you can rely on and share events with is a natural growth path for any professional face painters that want to make a living in the entertainment world.
How to Choose Who to Work With?
Choosing the right set of people to work with is likely the hardest part. You will be sharing a lot of time and responsibilities with your team, and the success of your business depends on the quality of the work of those who will represent you. Think of your team as an extension of yourself: how would you like people to see you and your business as? Professional and organized, or messy and and amateur? Well dressed or shorts and flip flops? Fun and exciting or grumpy and miserable? Smelling like perfume and flowers or like cigarettes and sweat? The list could go on but I think you get the idea. You need to find people that take this business as serious as you do, and that can truly represent you and your brand when they are working for you.
Before you choose someone to join your team it is a great idea to get together with them at a face paint jam. You will have a chance to talk to them and see how friendly or not they are. Checkout their kit, is it nice and clean? Are they using professional products? How about their sanitation when they paint? Do they spend the entire time complaining about bad events and talking badly about their customers, or do they just have fun and have exciting stories to tell about the events they worked for? If someone talks bad all the time about their customers, they might talk bad about you at some point too. Take a look at their website, does it look professional? How about their business card? Have you taken a look at their social media pages? Social media pages can tell you a lot about a business, not only by reading the reviews but by seeing how they react to good and bad reviews. If you notice a lot of drama, you might want to avoid having someone like that on your team. If on the other hand, you see very few negative reviews, and when you see a negative review you notice that the painter handled that in a professional manner, that might be a good team member!
Take the time to talk to other painters in the area that have previously worked with this person, and if you have a chance and the painter doesn't mind, why not go and see how she works at a public event? We don't suggest sneaking into anybody's event to see how they work, it is best to ask if they wouldn't mind if you go check their work because you would like to see if the person would be a good fit for your team.
Although the ideal candidate is one that has it all and can check all boxes, it is important to understand that we are all still learning, and that some things can be taught while they work with you; while others might be deeply embedded into their way of being and might not be changed.
In the end make sure that you make a team of professional painters that are trust worthy and that will conduct themselves in a professional way all the way around.
What is the Agreement Between You and Your Team?
Disclaimer: we are not lawyers and our opinion is based on our personal experience. We recommend for you to always check with a lawyer before making any decision. We are not in any ways giving legal advice and we are not liable for any decisions you make or stop making based on the opinions provided above.