The Application | Work at The Recording Club

Who you are

The basics. Everything here stays between you and the club.

Full name

Required.

Enter a valid email address.

Phone

Where do you live?

Every position is in person at the club in Santa Monica.

What are you applying for?

Hourly Full time Either

Choose one.

Your strongest pillar

The craft you would stake your name on.

Audio Video Lighting Other

Choose one.

Availability

Days, nights, weekends. The club runs day and night; be straight about what you can give.

When could you start?

Your craft

Standard 04. Specific gear, specific rooms, specific results. Name things.

How deep does your craft go?

Consoles, cameras, or rigs you have actually run. Sessions or shows you have actually carried. Real experience outranks coursework, and recent outranks rusty.

The work you are proudest of

Optional but telling. One project, what you did on it, what made it good.

Links

Reels, credits, portfolio, LinkedIn. One per line.

The floor

Standards 01, 02 and 03. How you treat people and how you treat details.

Where did you learn service?

The most demanding place you have taken care of people. Private clubs, fine dining, five-star hotels, or anywhere the standard was excellence.

A member walks in mid-crisis

A session going wrong, a guest upset, a night about to tip over. Tell us about a real moment you turned a person's experience around, and exactly what you did.

The detail nobody else caught

Our closing run-book has 127 items. Tell us about a time you caught the 128th: the detail nobody asked you to check that mattered anyway.

The mind

Standards 05, 06 and 07. The part most applications never ask about.

A time you pushed back

You saw a better way, someone above you disagreed, and you defended your viewpoint. What was your argument, and how did it land? We are building the most innovative music studios in the world; yes-people do not get us there.

Where does this go for you?

We are opening more locations. Tell us how you lead people, and what you would want to own as the club grows.

Why all in?

This job is harder than it looks from the lobby. Why do you want to give that much to our members' experience?

Say it plainly

Check each one only if it is true. We hold people to these.

I will take out the trash, mop floors, and clean bathrooms to the club's standard, without being asked. I can work in person in Santa Monica, including nights and weekends when the club needs me. The member's experience comes before my comfort on every shift. I will speak up when I see something wrong, even to the owner.

All four, or this is not the place.

Last things

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How did you find us?

Anything else we should know?

The final question

What is one thing on this application most applicants will get wrong?

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Every application is studied against the seven standards, and every application gets an answer. If yours holds up, the answer is an invitation to a conversation at the club.