Tips For Landing Makeup Artist Jobs

While the title here refers to makeup artist jobs, the truth is that you can apply the following tips to just about any industry relating to your skills as an artist or a craftsman. The tips here are based on real practical advice from successful makeup professionals.

They say that it's all about who you know, but the thing is... This is the age of the internet. If you want to contact Greg Nicotero, you can find him online and send him an email... He might not respond, but the point is, it's a small world, and the web makes it even smaller. Sooner or later, you'll bump into someone, online or off, that can give you the opportunity you need.

But if you don't have the skills to back up your passion... All the "right people" in the world aren't going to be able to help you make a single coin on doing makeup. So here are three quick tips...

Be the Best Around

You have to be the best, or at least try to be the best, and always deliver something that the next guy cannot. If you can do with makeup stuff that most makeup artists have come to rely on CGI for, if you know a lot about animatronics and puppetry, if you can double as a stunt coordinator or do pyrotechnics, you've got a leg up.

Favors Go Up The Ladder...

What this means is: If a rising indie rock band needs a makeup artist for their video, but can't afford to pay anyone... Getting your name on the internet movie database is a start to your professional career as a makeup artist. Do favors for people who can do you favors, and then maybe they'll return them.

Make a Short

Photos and test shots only go so far. Potential employers want to see what your stuff looks like when filmed in the right light, they want to see it in motion. Make a good short with a good story and good characters, because that's the only thing that really serves as a proper calling card in this line of work.

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