Dream Con 2026 STAFF Application

User information

• First name
• Last name
• Email
• Gender
• Birthday
• Address

Additional information

• Primary Department/Area of Interest (1st Choice)
• Secondary Department/Area of Interest (2nd Choice)
• Tertiary Department/Area of Interest (3rd Choice)
• Do you have any interest AND experience in any of the specific roles below?
• Upload Resume
• [OPTIONAL] Upload supplemental documents (e.g. artist portfolio, press EPKs/writing samples, software developer vitae etc.)
• Are you being refered by someone that currently is a staff member at Dream Con? If so, please enter their name here
• Do you have any previous convention, festival, or expo experience?
• If yes, please explain what positions you held, any leadership roles, what duties were assigned, and how they are relevant to your desired Dream Con departments or positions:
• Please explain any other professional work experience or skills and their relevance to your desired departments or positions:
• Have you attended Dream Con in the past? If yes, please briefly summarize your thoughts and experience below:
• Have you volunteered with Dream Con in the past?
• If yes, please list the event years, departments, and duties below. Include any relevant personnel as well:
• Do you currently live in Texas? (This is not a requirement to join the Dream Con staff.)
• Do you live/work in or near Houston, TX? (This is not a requirement to join the Dream Con staff.)
• If no, please consider sharing the city, state, and/or country you currently live/work on a regular basis throughout the calendar year:
• Are you available and capable of committing to weekly or biweekly task updates/project reports primarily via a designated CMS platform then secondarily via email throughout the calendar year?
• Are you available for and capable of committing to monthly department meetings throughout the calendar year?
• Are you available and capable of committing to quarterly interdepartmental meetings throughout the calendar year?
• Are you available and capable of committing to biannual meetings with the executive leadership?
• If accepted as staff, would you require a shared hotel room?
• If accepted as staff, will you be 18 years or older by the first day of the event?
• If accepted as staff, what size shirt will you need?
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• Policy, Protocol, & Confidentiality Agreement/Disclosure | I have read, understand, and agree to abide by the enclosed application disclaimers and all policies/protocol communicated via the Dream Con website. EXAMPLE: https://www.dreamconvention.com/staff-applications and https://www.dreamconvention.com/faqs
• Accountability and Workflow Agreement/Disclosure | As a staff member, you will be expected to be on-site at the venue from THURSDAY, JULY 9th to SUNDAY, JULY 12th for the full duration of each day in a professional capacity for Dream Con. Other personal and third-party professional commitments on-site at the venue will be secondary to official staff meetings and tasks. Please note WEDNESDAY JULY 8th and MONDAY JULY 13TH should be reserved for travel to and from the event. Recreational engagement with event programming will be highly limited for staff members. NOTE: Persons looking for a hybrid experience of working the event and enjoying programming such as main events, special events, meet and greets etc. should consider and prioritize applying to the crew/volunteer program.
• First-Year Personnel Organizational Classification Status Agreement/Disclosure | All vacanices are temporary positions and exclusively for the Dream Con 2026 event. Opportunites for conversion to permanent staff status will be contingent upon opertional need, department debriefs, and individual performance reviews by the executive leadership .
• RECRUITMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | Dream Con proudly endorses diversity, equity, and inclusion within recruitment programs for staff, crew, volunteers, contractors, and other personnel workforces. The following demographic questions are for data purposes only and will be redacted from each candidate's profile during assessment/evaluation of experience and expertise.
• RECRUITMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | Please select the applicant's preferred pronouns
• RECRUITMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | Please select your age range:
• RECRUITMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | Please select the gender with which you identify:
• RECRUITMENT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA | Please select any race/ethnicity with which you identify:
• Do you have any concerns or questions about being a Dream Convention Staff member? *Use N/A if none
• NOTES | Any additional information we should know: