Manufacturing Talent Pool

Wētā Workshop houses a complete one-stop physical effects workshop under one roof, located in Miramar - Wellington

It's all made possible through intense collaboration by multi-skilled artists and craftsmen between and across our departments. The creativity, passion and tenacity of the Wētā Workshop crew is second to none.

We use our talent pool to store profiles of people that would like to be considered for work with Wētā or have previously worked for us and would like to be considered for more opportunities.

We're looking for people with skills in:

• Casting (urethanes) & molding (silicone),
• Prosthetics
• Plaster
• Painting
• Fibreglassing
• Textiles
• Costuming
• Sculpting
• Props
• Model making
• Practical engineering
• Metal Fabrication
• Woodworking
• Carving
• Jewellery making
• Animatronics & Robot technicians

Our 3D design team work with software programmes like Rhino, Illustrator, ZBrush to create designs for manufacture. 

These are hands-on, ‘roll up your sleeves’ type jobs for people who can muck in and deliver high quality work to tight deadlines.

We’re also keen to meet Jacks and Jills of all trades: people who can pick up hand tools or power tools, handle themselves around chemicals, take direction well and are comfortable getting stuck into whatever labour-intensive job we throw at them.

Wētā Workshop is a health and safety-focused workplace, so we’re looking for people who have a high level of health and safety awareness and the desire to contribute to a safe and friendly environment.

If you're keen to join our Talent Pool please click apply to submit your expression of interest!

Please ensure that you attach examples of your work, or a link to an online portfolio. We will confirm that we have received your application, and we encourage you to send in profile updates so that we have your latest/best work on file.

All applications will be reviewed and we will contact you when we are actively recruiting and your skills and experience match with our project requirements. We also advertise specific open roles, so please keep an eye out and register for Job Alerts on Trade Me or Seek. 

** Please note that due to immigration requirements we are only able to hire from overseas if we are unable to find the skills we are looking for within New Zealand **