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Want to join our team?

Chicago Museum Tours is always on the lookout for enthusiastic guides to be a part our growing team providing customers with wonderful tours across the Chicagoland area.

Are you passionate about art, history and culture? Do you have a desire to share your expertise with travelers? If so, your profile might be of interest to us.

We offer a range of tours, consisting of a mixture of museums and walking tours.

Working with us

  • As an independent guide you should make sure you have all the necessary national certificates required for a museum or specific landmark/monument.
  • You may work as little or as much as you like! We adapt to your availability, although we do value long term cooperation and guides we can rely on all year long!
  • Although you are given a general structure to follow for each tour, it is up to you what information you choose to share and how you go about it. We don’t provide any specific script or training, so be prepared to get creative!
  • Guides are expected to provide their availability at least up to 2 months in advance and we will allocate you tours, working around your schedule.
  • We use a booking system app for all our tours – to make scheduling and payments easy!
  • Even if we don’t have many rules, guides are expected to use the designated software and follow the guide protocol provided by Chicago Museum Tours.

General Requirements

  • Ability to speak English fluently – the majority of our tours are given in English.
  • You will be required to complete Form W-9.
  • Previous independent full-time work or university experience.
  • Comprehensive knowledge about the neighborhood or museum tour you wish to do.
  • Flexible availability and adaptability.
  • Competent smartphone and computer skills. (WhatsApp, email, texting, online documents, new Apps, etc).
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Selection Process

  • Send over your resume, along with a short cover letter outlining why we should work together.
  • If your application is successful, you will be contacted for a short interview.
  • If looks like you’ll be a good fit, we will start the on-boarding process.
  • You should email all of your information to: [email protected]

Thank you for choosing to work with Chicago Museum Tours.

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