Our Opportunity:

Chewy is looking for a Pet Wrangler to join our Chewy Studios Team based in Dallas, Texas.  The ideal candidate has worked with animals in a professional setting, preferably with animal training experience.

The Pet Wrangler position will be part of the Pet Talent team that is dedicated to working with all of the pet talent for both video and photography.  This team works with the pet talent, pet parents, professional animal talent agencies, shelters and rescues, and the in-house content creators.  A big focus of this position is building relationships with the pets and pet wranglers through training, consulting, and scouting specific talent.  People skills are a necessity to be a successful Pet Wrangler.

This position will guide and teach the pets innovative techniques to help the on-set teams complete successful projects.  Each Pet Wrangler will be the expert on specific types of pets and will guide the team to succeed in the studio environment through behavior assessments, training, and safety coordination. 

Chewy Studios is a dynamic studio that creates photos and videos for web content, social media, TV commercials, and more. In most of the photos and videos, the main stars are pet talent. 

What you'll do: 

• Assist on sets to work through any challenges that arise
• Work with Pet Talent Manager and Senior Pet Operation Specialist to schedule training opportunities
• Scout new pet talent through local businesses and agencies
• Encourage pets to perform desirable behaviors for the camera
• Maintain pet talent database and update it with relevant general and behavioral animal information
• Participate in meetings relevant to projects currently in production that require pet talent
• Perform training sessions with cats and dogs; create training plans for regular guest pets
• Help observe and reduce stress for pets on set
• Supervise all interactions with the pets to ensure the safety to pets and people in the Studio
• Build a relationship with pet parents
• Set up, break down, and clean pet-holding areas
• Assist Pet Talent Team, where needed (this could include onboarding, payment, SKU tracking)

What you'll need:

• 1 year of Professional Animal Experience
• Experience in the animal industry
• Must be comfortable around all animals including cats, dogs, reptiles, and rodents
• No animal allergies

Bonus:

• Knowledge of animal behavior/behavior analysis in the animal training field             

About Chewy Studios

We are the ultimate one-stop shop for creative at chewy.com. We concept, design, and create original brands and packaging, and online assets. We concept social campaigns, and banners and lead the design for all internal and external marketing efforts. We also shoot and style all of our own photography, video, and television commercials. If you saw it out in the wild and it had the Chewy logo on it, Chewy Studios was there – from start to finish. With positions ranging from entry-level script writing and production graphic design work to senior creative concepting, producing, and photography, Chewy Studios does it all, in-house, with pride from 3 locations in Boston MA, Dallas TX, and the mothership in Plantation, FL. If you love pets and crave working in an ultra-creative environment, give us a shout. We’re always interested in meeting new people – and their pets. 

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