'Tis the season of visiting...

The holiday season is a busy time for our retail clients, but it’s also a busy time for our arts and heritage organisations. With Christmas exhibitions and events, the UK’s museums, galleries and visitor attractions can be just as busy as the high streets, and that means there’s a need to hire extra staff. Our Museums & Galleries division specialises in providing temps for a range of roles including security, hosting, queue busting, promotions, ticketing, sales, and cloakroom attendants.

Visitor attractions in the heritage sector require a special kind of candidate, someone who has a passion for history or art and loves to share their interest with visitors to help make their experience even better.

We attract many students to do seasonal work in museums and galleries, giving them the opportunity to earn money while surrounded by antiquity and great works of art. The kind of work offered at heritage visitor attractions is perfect for people looking for flexibility so they can work around family commitments, studies, freelance work, etc. It’s also great for people who’ve retired from full-time careers but have a passion for British heritage and are looking for fulfilling ways of passing on their knowledge.??

Luxury customer service

Having a passion for heritage still isn’t enough. For us, candidates must show they can combine their love of the sector with great customer service. You could be the most famous museum in the world, but if visitors don’t feel welcome or valued, they’ll soon stop coming. That’s why we train all our staff to ensure they deliver the kind of service expected by luxury brands. That way they’ll take personal responsibility to ensure your visitors have a great experience, treating the last visitor of the day with as much enthusiasm and energy as they do the first.

Security officers

Security officers play an increasingly large role in the heritage sector. Artisan People now has its own Security division, as our Founder Director Tim Seyner Harness explains. “Sadly our heritage clients have greater need for security these days, and have been increasingly asking us about security officer roles. After completing the training and becoming an SIA licence holder myself, I’ve diversified our offering to provide clients around the UK with SIA licenced security officers, all of whom have received additional training in Artisan’s trademark customer service excellence.”

If you’re looking for temporary security staff who will add a high level of customer service to your attraction, contact us to discuss your requirements.