As a member of the Toon Goons Art team, you’ll bring smiles, laughter, and creativity to thousands of fairgoers this summer.

Your work will focus on live, retail caricature art, creating fun and personalized cartoon portraits for guests visiting our booth at the PNE. You’ll capture each guest’s unique look and personality in a quick, playful, and engaging way - all while providing a memorable experience they’ll take home with them.

In addition to drawing, you’ll help maintain an inviting, professional booth space and may assist with basic retail tasks such as:

• Promoting add-ons (like frames or travel tubes)
  
• Handling cash or digital payments
  
• Keeping your workspace clean and organized
  

Schedule:
Shifts will take place throughout the PNE’s operating hours (11am to 10pm), from August 16th to September 1st, 2026, with flexibility around your availability.

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Soft skills:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills for interacting with customers.
• Attention to detail and desire to create high quality artwork for customers.
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
• Dependable and punctual attendance.

Artistic skills:

Required:

• Proficient to high-level drawing ability. (Note: All applicants will be required to submit a portfolio or samples of their artwork that showcase their artistic abilities.)

Valued but not required:

• Portrait drawing or caricature experience. (Don’t worry if you’ve never drawn a caricature before - Toon Goons Art provides a weeklong, paid caricature training to prospective applicants!)
• Experience drawing from life.
• Understanding of human facial anatomy.
• Ability to draw quickly without sacrificing quality.

• Applicants must be at least 16 years of age or older.
• Applicants must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Applicants must be able to stand for extended periods of time, as the role involves working on your feet for prolonged durations during events or retail shifts.

• Applications must be located in or around Toronto or the Greater Toronto Area.

As a member of the Toon Goons Art team, you’ll be adding a creative spark to a "Go Wild" family adventure! You will be stationed at our retail booth within African Lion Safari, creating live, high-energy caricature portraits for guests between their trek through the game reserves and their visit to the elephant swim.

Your mission is to capture each guest’s personality (and maybe even their favorite animal!) in a quick, playful, and engaging way. Beyond the drawing board, you’ll help maintain a professional and inviting booth by:

• Engaging Guests: Welcoming families and promoting add-ons like custom frames or protective travel tubes.
• Sales & Service: Handling cash and digital payments through our POS system.
• Booth Upkeep: Keeping your creative workspace clean, organized, and ready for the next "wild" subject.

Schedule:

Shifts align with African Lion Safari’s seasonal operating hours. We offer flexible scheduling, with peak needs during weekends and holidays throughout the summer season.

Soft Skills:

• Outgoing Personality: Comfortable interacting with excited kids and families in a high-traffic environment.
• Professionalism: Dependable, punctual, and able to represent the brand well.
• Team Spirit: A desire to work effectively within a collaborative, fast-paced team.

Artistic Skills:

• Required: Strong drawing fundamentals. You must be able to demonstrate a proficient to high-level drawing ability via a portfolio or art samples.
• Valued (But Not Required): Experience in caricature/ portraiture, life drawing, or anatomy.
• Note: Never drawn a caricature? No problem! We provide a training program to teach you everything you need to know about retail caricature.

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As a member of the Toon Goons Art team, you’ll capture the magic of our artists in action, recording content at events where live caricatures are being drawn. You will work closely with one of our artists to film real-time caricature creation, creating engaging social media content that showcases our art and entertains our audience.

Our team will provide opportunities to film at private events, which you can choose to accept or decline based on your availability. You will help highlight our artists’ work and contribute to our brand’s online presence through high-quality videography.

Soft skills:

• Dependable: Reliable and punctual attendance at events.
• Interpersonal: Friendly attitude and excellent communication skills for interacting with clients and team members.
• Team-oriented: Ability to work effectively alongside artists and other staff.

Technical skills:

• Videography experience, particularly in capturing live events.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to create visually engaging content.
• Comfort working in dynamic environments with moving subjects.

• Applicants must be located in or around Toronto, ON.
• Applicants must have their own equipment suitable for professional event videography.
• Ability to travel to multiple event locations.