Kamans Art Shoppes

I LOVED THIS JOB!
Such a great opportunity to meet new people and have fun on the job.
Loved the independent work environment, I love working on my own, but I also really enjoyed working beside other departments to have someone to talk to on slower days when the park wasn't overly busy. 
Lots of room for advancement. You can easily move up with the company. Even though you work independently, management walks around to make sure you're doing okay, and sees how you interacted with park guests and your attitude whenever you're at work. They are always looking for leaders who take initiative and want to better the work place and make things run better. 
I learned new mediums and artistic techniques, and was guided on how to improve my art. They have a newsletter shared between all the parks in North America, and sometimes you can be featured as it. 
They have an excellent employee recognition program in place, and really motivates their staff to work harder.

At Old Time Photo, we dressed up park guests in antique costumes, and took pictures of them in multiple poses to sell. I learned how to handle cash, decorate photo backgrounds, pose and capture pictures of various groups, and sell company products and packages. The management was fairly good. The workplace culture was a bit limited as Canada's Wonderland had regulations on uniforms. One of the hardest parts of the job was managing multiple groups with only 3 photo backgrounds to work with. Furthermore, it would be difficult to manage multiple groups if only 1 employee was working during a shift. Nevertheless, it was still accomplished if we were time efficient. The most enjoyable part of the job was posing and capturing photos of various different park guests. The groups ranged from friends to families dressing up and taking silly photos for memories. A fun group always made work worthwhile.

Positive
1. Interview was so easy got the job right then and there
2. Made friends with most of my coworkers so that's nice 
3. Was pretty much dead half the time so i had time to do school work
4.  Was indoors

Negative
1. Some customers thought for some reason this was a high-quality studio.. it's not. You'll have some picky customers sometimes but not all the time.
2. AC didn't work so it was hot 
3. It's dirty inside, tried cleaning it but still nothing
4.  Competitive pay, make sure you check the customer down and mark it down so you hopefully reach your sale target and get a bonus.
5. Kaskudos (tip website) never worked, convince people to leave cash tip

Overall honestly it's not the worst job I've ever had, if you are down to possibly get into photography it's not a bad place to start. Management really cares about its employees. Coworkers were the best I've ever had they made my experience so much fun. The most chill job at Kaman.

I worked as a Caricature Artist at Kamans at Wonderland in Ontario. The pay was miserable, like a dollar more than minimum wage. You are outdoors during the whole summer getting brutal exposure to the sun and wind. 
Customers can be nice or really miserable and they will yell and scream if they feel even a little slighted by a caricature. 
Management told me I wasn't allowed to draw caricatures at a friends wedding (non work day) as it was a "conflict of interest". That was it, I quit shortly thereafter. 
You will never hit your sales targets, never get a bonus or commission. and the pressure to upsell is insane. 
You make minimum wage and they make 40-50 on each drawing. No thanks.

A typical day at work included doing facepaints, henna tattoos and temporary matte ink tattoos. The environment was fast paced and fun to work in. The management was kind and was very well organized in terms of scheduling shifts and assigning which artists worked at which stands. However, I do not agree for the prices for the services as they were way too expensive, especially when it came to do henna for the kids. Sometimes it was hard to hear criticism from the guests from the park who are unsatisfied with the art and during busy days such as long weekends and holidays. The best part about the job was doing the art and really letting your creativity let loose.

Working for Kaman's at Canada's Wonderland is very difficult because we work outside in the sun during the summer, and the uniforms are not very comfortable at times. Although I enjoyed meeting new people and getting to talk to customers while at work, it was very stressful. My job required that I gave face paints and henna tattoos very quickly, so that I could move on to the next customer, but I had to do a perfect job. Another hard aspect to the job was how strict the rules were regarding uniform and breaks. The fun part of the job was that I got to talk to many customers (mostly cute little kids), I got to improve on my art skills, and I got to watch the shows that occurred near my station.

Typical Day at Work
- Got to take photos of many different people; excitable children, couples, families, and friends
What I've learned
- I learned to be patient will people and how to resolve issues faster
Management
- Great supervisors, always helped as much as they could
Workplace Culture
- Had fun with all my coworkers, never any conflicts. 
- Generally a really fun and energetic work environment.
Hardest Part 
- Having to deal with people that have no manners
- Standing under the heat
Most Enjoyable 
- Seeing the wonder and excitement in peoples eyes as they enter the amusement park and taking the picture to solidify it

•	Worked as a sales associate selling Air Brush T-Shirts, and promoting Antique Photo sales.
•	Provided great customer service answering any questions that customers had.
•	Greeted customers to sale stand, and promoted sales.

At Kaman's Art Shoppes it was an ok experience as it was a student summer job. At Kaman's it was a very easy going and enjoyable job as the staff were very friendly and I was able to talk to different customers everyday. I developed my customer service skills and gained more knowledge in sales as I was a sales associate.

Working for Kaman's Art Shoppe was my favourite job. I loved going to Canada's Wonderland and working at Old Tyme Photo. It is the most fun job I have had by far. Dressing people up as cowboys and cowgirls and seeing how much fun they were having was the greatest feeling ever. Plus I love photography so working in the field was perfect for me. Unfortunately due to moving to another city I was no longer able to travel to and from work as easily.

Working at Kaman's invovled taking pictures of customers and selling them various photo packages. I learned how to communicate sale pitches to convince customers to taking and buying photos. The worker's there are extremely outgoing and friendly. The most ejoyable part of the job were meeting and exceed sale targets with co-workers. There were alot of incentives to the best worker that exceeded targets.

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