Location: Chessington World of Adventures Resort, KT9 2NE

Advert closing date: 25th August 2025

please note we reserve the right to close applications early if we receive a high volume of quality applications. We would therefore recommend that you submit your application as soon as possible.

Here at Chessington World of Adventures our 2025 season is in full swing, and we are recruiting for a Costume Assistant to join the team where you can immerse yourself in a whole world of Entertainment!

The resort runs throughout the year, and we are looking for a candidate who can support us with maintaining and creating costumes for our Howl’o’ween and Winters Tail events, as well as cleaning/ maintaining our variety of costume characters, from Gruffalo to Paw patrol pup favourites. We guarantee there will always be something you can sink your teeth into!

The role will involve a variety of different jobs depending on the needs of the da, including the following:

• Supporting the Costume Supervisor in sewing and making costumes.
• General administration and stock taking of costumes
• Organising and preparing costumes for new events.
• Laundry and basic cleaning
• Maintenance / repair of Costumes and Skin Characters.

Unsociable hours, evening and weekend work may be required.

Our ideal candidate will be organised, passionate, quick thinking and have a keen eye for detail. You should have strong sewing skills with some previous training preferred. We would like you to have excellent communication skills, combined with a positive and friendly nature to successfully support not only the live entertainment attractions and events but the whole resort daily.

Our Costume Assistant role is the perfect next step for somebody looking to work with costumes used in a variety of WILD entertainment!

• A competitive hourly rate
• Access to Merlin benefits page with discounts on over 1000 fashion and electronic retailers, restaurants, and travel
• 25% discount in our on-site retail shops and restaurants
• 40% discount on Lego
• Merlin Magic Pass - 20 free tickets for you, your family, and friends to enjoy all our Merlin Attractions across the world
• Ongoing training and development opportunities