What are the responsibilities and job description for the Miami Tour Guide - Walking and Food Tours position at Miami Food Tour Company?
Miami Food Tour Company, specializing in food tours by bike or on foot, is hiring fun and energetic performers, actors, docents, and teachers to join our Miami team of full and part-time Miami Tour Guide Leaders. Imagine putting your performing and leadership skills to work while keeping in shape showing off the history and landmarks of our great city. You can be the star of your own show in front of a packed tour.
If you are:
- A storyteller, performer, actor, docent, tour guide, teacher or, more importantly, a leader
- Passionate about history, culture, and food
- Able and excited to walk or ride a bicycle a few hours a day (at a leisurely pace)
- Have weekend availability
- Convinced Miami is the greatest city in the world
Then we could be a good fit for you! Previous guiding experience, an active lifestyle, and speaking multiple languages (primarily English & Spanish) are strong pluses. But personality, passion, and charisma are the primary requirements.
Why Us?
We are America's longest running city bike tour operator, specialing in outdoor recreation via bike, walking and food tours. We launched in Miami in October of 2022 and we aim to be Miami's premier tour company for bike, walking, food and cultural tours. And by the looks of our reviews over the past year, we are well on our way.
We are proud to be consistently ranked as the #1 Rated Tour Company for the past 20 years on Google, TripAdvisor and Yelp. In the past year, we've received the following accollades:
- USA Today rated us the top 10 food tour companies in America (2023 Ranking)
- TripAdvisor rated our company top 20 in the world. (2023 Ranking)
- Entrepreneur Magazine rated us the 150 Top mom-and-pop companies in America to work for. We're proud of our track record of success. (2023 Ranking)
Our company culture is what truly sets us apart. We're excited to have you join our growing team of motivated tour leaders who are professional and fun, offering you an industry-leading training program to make sure you are ready to show off your talents and ability. We will offer 10-15 tours per week on average throughout the year, adding more as the months go on and business expands. We are looking for actors, actresses, teachers, performers, tour guides, docents and storytellers.
Diversity matters and we seek a diverse workforce.
Schedules are flexible. Pay is an hourly base rate plus gratuities from our generous guests.
Food & Walking Tours:
- Miami Favorites Food & Walking Tour
- Little Havana Food & Culture Tour
- Wynwood Foodie Walking Tour
- South Beach Food & Walking Tour
How to Apply: For consideration, please respond to this post and follow the steps below:
- Please email your cover letter (in the body of the email) explaining why you are the perfect candidate Tour Guide for this position. Please let us know if you speak both English and Spanish.
- Please include your resume
- Use the subject line: really -- MIAMI TOUR GUIDE
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $18.00 - $45.00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Referral program
Schedule:
- 4 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- On call
- Weekends as needed
Supplemental Pay:
- Bonus opportunities
- Tips
Experience:
- tour guiding: 1 year (Preferred)
Language:
- Spanish (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $18 - $45