OPEN POSITIONS

FULL TIME POSITIONS:

head coach, SUMMER SNOW & DEV. TEAM

WE ARE searching for the ideal candidate to serve AS OUR new HEAD COACH FOR SUMMER SNOW CAMPS ANd our new Mt. Hood development ski and snowboard team.  We are seeking an experienced and energetic SKI OR SNOWBOARD COACH to hire, recruit, train, and lead our snow coaches in summer camp and in the winter months leading our new development snow team at Mt. hood.

IN THE MARGINS BETWEEN SUMMER & WINTER, YOU WILL BE PART OF THE TEAM BOOKING & OPERATING OUR NEW $4 MILLION DRY SLOPE LANDING BAG DESIGNED BY BANGER BAGS. THIS FEATURE IS A GAME CHANGER.

 
 

High energy, ENTREPRENEURIAL ZEAL, and professionalism are a must.  THIS WORK IS NOT EASY, BUT IT IS REWARDING.

FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AT WE ARE CAMP ENJOY THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

  • health insurance

  • 401(k)

  • Season pass

  • Cell phone reimbursements

  • bring yo’ dog (bow wow)

  • BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK AND ORGANIZATION

MOUNTAIN BIKE DIRECTOR

we are looking for a Mountain Bike Program Director to take on the unique opportunity to lead and grow one of the premier Mountain Bike Boarding Schools in the world: wy’east mountain academy. Located in the mountains 45 minutes outside of Portland, Oregon, Wy’East’s mission is “Life improvement through people, place and passion.” 

Your mission, should you be the right person, will be to engage 7-12 graders through Mountain Biking and work closely with the rest of the Wy’East team to develop them into exceptional human beings who go on to improve life on Earth.  The program’s goal is to provide Mountain Bike specific training that enables students to maximize their potential while making the journey enjoyable. Whether our students are interested in competition, filming, or just Mountain Biking with their friends, it’s simply a vehicle for developing well-rounded humans.

Are you the right person? 

The ideal candidate is a highly experienced and passionate Mountain Bike coach/instructor who is willing to teach and mentor with integrity, excitement, safety, and progression. Our new Director of Mountain Biking will possess a strong vision of the program’s shape while working with the larger Mountain Bike community.  This candidate will be eager and excited to create something new.  Those who simply wish to Mountain Bike everyday and do what’s already been done will not be considered. 

Timing

We are looking to hire someone to join us this summer alongside our Mountain Bike Summer Camp Head Coach leading into taking over the Academy program for the Fall Semester 2024. If you are interested in spending a few years developing this unique program, please put in an application. Attached below you will find a list of questions, and program suggestions to submit with your resume.

Attributes

  • Contest Background Preferred

  • College Degree Preferred

  • 25+ Years Old

  • Social Media and Filming Skills

  • Someone that can commit for multiple years

 

Your Strategic Plan

In no more than one typed page, outline your VISION for the Mountain bike program and HOW you’d build it at Wy'East Mountain Academy:

  • What type of Mountain biking would our students do?

  • What is the program's simple mission?

  • What does the travel calendar look like (see below for some reference events)?

  • Consider Wy’East’s location, travel model, current complimentary programs, brand partners at Milepost35 Mountain Bike Camp, total available market (number of Mountain Bike families in the world that can afford a boarding school and are interested in the type of Mountain Biking in your program).

  • Next, outline the visionary Mountain Bike program you'd lead if there were no existing financial or organizational constraints, while continuing to consider the total available market.

  • What would you bring to Wy'East’s Mountain bike program that no other candidate can offer or that you do better than anyone else?"

Please submit your resume and Strategic Plan outlined to: elijah@wyeastacademy.com

FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AT WE ARE CAMP ENJOY THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS:

  • health insurance

  • 401(k)

  • Season pass

  • Cell phone reimbursements

  • bring yo’ dog (bow wow)

  • BE PROUD OF YOUR WORK AND ORGANIZATION

For Wy’East Mountain Academy positions, please visit WYEASTACADEMY.COM

2024 SUMMER:

Counselor

Our extraordinary counselor team leads the way when it comes to improving the lives of our campers, They keep camper houses clean during session and prepare them for new campers after each session, calm the fears of homesick campers. keep the wild ones in line, tell bedtime stories, help campers develop healthy social skills, act as a human alarm clock, stoke the campers out on everything that is Camp, and generally make sure campers are accounted for from the second they arrive until they head home. This team has the most direct interaction with our campers and lives the summer camp life. They work hard but also get the most personal ride time on their skateboards, bikes, skis or snowboards.

SKATE Coach

As the lifeblood of our camp, coaches make each camper’s experience happen. To coach at Seek means to be a fun, positive skate role model (not a drill sergeant football coach). Our coaches do more than just coach their campers, they welcome and immerse campers into the skate community.

In addition to coaching and running clinics in the park our skate coaches: run evening activities, shuttle campers to and from off campus skateparks, calm the fears of homesick campers. keep the wild ones in line, help campers develop healthy social skills, stoke the campers out on everything that is Seek Skate Camp, and generally make sure campers are accounted for from the second they arrive until they head home.

Snowboard Coach

As the lifeblood of our camp, coaches make each camper’s experience happen. To coach at High Cascade means to be a fun, positive snowboard role model (not a drill sergeant football coach). Our coaches do more than just coach their campers, they welcome and immerse campers into the snowboard community.

In addition to coaching and running clinics in the park our snowboard coaches: run evening activities, shuttle campers to and from the volcano, keep camper houses clean during session and prepare them for new campers after each session, calm the fears of homesick campers. keep the wild ones in line, tell bedtime stories, help campers develop healthy social skills, act as a human alarm clock, stoke the campers out on everything that is High Cascade, and generally make sure campers are accounted for from the second they arrive until they head home.

SKI Coach

As the lifeblood of our camp, coaches make each camper’s experience happen. To coach at Windells means to be a fun, positive ski role model (not a drill sergeant football coach). Our coaches do more than just coach their campers, they welcome and immerse campers into the ski community.

In addition to coaching and running clinics in the park our ski coaches: run evening activities, shuttle campers to and from the volcano, keep camper houses clean during session and prepare them for new campers after each session, calm the fears of homesick campers. keep the wild ones in line, tell bedtime stories, help campers develop healthy social skills, act as a human alarm clock, stoke the campers out on everything that is Windells, and generally make sure campers are accounted for from the second they arrive until they head home.

Mountain Bike Mechanic

Work with our sponsors to maintain and demo their fleet of bikes to campers. Keeping the bikes in excellent shape to make sure it is the best Bike our campers have ever ridden.

Mountain Bike Coach

As the lifeblood of our camp, coaches make each camper’s experience happen. To coach at M35 means to be a fun, positive bike role model (not a drill sergeant football coach). Our coaches do more than just coach their campers, they welcome and immerse campers into the bike community.

In addition to coaching and running clinics on the trail our bike coaches: run evening activities, shuttle campers to and from the trailheads, keep camper houses clean during session and prepare them for new campers after each session, calm the fears of homesick campers. keep the wild ones in line, tell bedtime stories, help campers develop healthy social skills, act as a human alarm clock, stoke the campers out on everything that is M35, and generally make sure campers are accounted for from the second they arrive until they head home.

Trampoline Coach

Supervise campers on our three trampolines and in the foam pit.  Assess camper skills to allow them to jump.  Teach campers maneuvers on the trampolines, help them learn new tricks and how to apply what they learn to snowboarding.  Open and close trampoline area daily.

Filmer

Must Haves: Professional quality HD camera, laptop/desktop computer, well organized, experience in filming and editing, ability to work independently and within a team.
Shoot footage of all aspects of camp (from A-Level Shredding to D-Level Dodgeball) and pull some all-nighters helping to make the session videos and web edits on time.  Work with individual campers and groups on private camper shoots making them short edits of their time at camp.

**Must haves: include examples of your work via a digital portfolio online. Please do not send us video files via email.**

Photographer

Must Haves: Professional quality DSLR camera, laptop/desktop computer, well organized, experience in action photography and editing photos digitally, ability to work independently and within a team. Contribute photos for the website and/or ad campaigns, shoot campers who purchase a private photo shoots and deliver them edited and raw photos.

**Must haves: include examples of your work via a digital portfolio online. Please do not send us photo files via email**

Medic DRIVERS

On-call when injuries strike to drive injured campers to the hospital.  On-call to take sick campers to the doctor at all times (e.g. 3:00 AM) or make miscellaneous airport runs.  Also assists the camp nurse in collecting and then distributing camper meds.

Office Assistant(s)

Do you love working behind the scenes, being able to help implement, grow and work to make a magical place even more magical? Office Assistants are not just faxing, copying and talking on the phone- although that is a part of the job. More importantly, this position allows you to be the connection from the outside world to camp. You get to help campers have an incredible time, work with all the awesome people that walk through that office door and make sure that the camp experience for the parent is just as good as it is for the camper. If you think this position is for the ordinary office robot, you are definitely mistaken. Dance parties take place daily.

Demo Assistant(s)

Assist campers in assembling their dream snowboard set up.  Fit campers for gear and get them ready to ride.  On-call on-hill to fix broken bindings or help with anything else that requires a screwdriver.

Camp Store Sales Clerk(s)

Keep track of store inventory, assist campers in making purchases.  Help campers get money from their cash accounts, run the store register, and keep the store neat and clean.

GOVY culinary TEAM

Work in the kitchen on our Adult Camp Campus preparing meals for our Adult Campers, Guest Teams and Academy Students.