We have a limited number of freelance tour guide jobs in Cardiff for well-presented, articulate actors and experienced tour guides who can provide an entertaining and informative commentary to customers on our Doctor Who bus and walking tours in Cardiff.

Essential skills required:

• A clear speaking voice in English
• First class communicator
• Excellent customer care and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to gain a rapid understanding of a tour route (i.e. Doctor Who history / trivia, places, landmarks)
• Good presentation, time-keeping and ability to work under pressure.
• Motivated, energetic and comfortable keeping a potentially large group of people entertained and happy for between 2-10 hours depending on the tour
• Comfortable with responding to spontaneous changes in tours e.g. traffic delays, accidents etc and keeping the tour guests happy
• Can learn and retain information provided by a script and also from own research

Preferable skills / experience

• Previous tour guide experience
• Native speaker of foreign languages including French, German, Spanish, Russian or Japanese
• Have interesting anecdotes about working in film and TV
• A good general knowledge of Welsh and Cardiff history and a real passion for Doctor Who

Guides must be willing to work on weekends and school holidays on an ad-hoc freelance basis.

Please send a CV and cover letter to [email protected]