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About working hereElevate Entertainment is hiring DJ/MCs, musicians, photo booth hosts and production crew in Kansas City, Springfield, Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. Every DJ is also the MC, certifies against the Elevate-Certified™ standard and moves up a four-tier ladder. Behind the job: 4,000+ events, 18 awards, 20+ Elevate-Certified™ DJs and 4.9★ across 1,058 verified reviews, as of August 4, 2026.
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The Oliver Building, 2026 · photo Rose Arrow Photography · Jake and Reagan at The Oliver Building
Why Elevate
Our highest goal at Elevate Entertainment is to help you become a highly sought-after artist across the United States, with a personal brand that high-level venues, couples and clients request by name.
Your nights should be sophisticated, fun and full of artistry, and that is what we pour our work into. If you DJ for us, we do everything aside from you DJing.
That means the bookings, the rig, the payroll and the team on the night. On your own, the DJing is the smallest part of the job. You are also the booking agent, the marketer, the roadie, the tech support and the collections department, and one slow season resets all of it. Here those jobs belong to other people, and there are 20+ Elevate-Certified™ DJs already working that way.
Elite, Exclusive and Artist DJs each get their own page on this site, and couples choose their DJ by name when they book.
Finding the work, quoting it and booking it stops being your job. You play, and the company handles the rest.
Systems, lighting and backups are ours to own and maintain, not yours to finance. For our Exclusive and Artist DJs, setup and teardown are handled on most events too.
You are an employee, not a contractor: real payroll, and a path up inside a real company.
Open jobs
Elevate Entertainment is hiring DJ/MCs, musicians, photo booth hosts and production crew. Every job is open in Kansas City, Springfield, Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas.
One person runs the music and the microphone. You DJ, and we handle everything else.
About the DJ/MC job
Ceremony musicians and DJ-Band Hybrid musicians, kept busy and well taken care of.
About the musician jobs
Run the booth, help every guest and bring the fun, with good music and a high-energy team.
About the photo booth host job
Load the truck, drive to the event and set up to our standard, so the DJ walks in and plays.
About the production crew jobHiring in every market
At Elevate Entertainment the DJ is the MC. One person runs the music and the microphone, plans the night with the couple or client, and coordinates the whole night on the mic.
Every DJ certifies through Elevate U before running a night alone, then climbs the four tiers, Premium to Artist, on the points they earn. If you DJ for us, we do everything aside from you DJing.
DJs are W-2 employees.
Apply for this jobCeremony musicians perform as a duo, trio or quartet, for the ceremony, the reception or a corporate event. We give you everything you need, bring you more work, and keep you busy and well taken care of.
DJ-Band Hybrid musicians play live alongside the DJ’s set. You play by ear, jump in, and perform on stage or out in the crowd. Hybrid musicians train a little differently from ceremony musicians.
Live musicians work with Elevate Entertainment as 1099 contractors.
Apply for this jobAs a photo booth host you set up the booth at the event and run it. Every Elevate booth except the Mini Mirror comes with a host: the Selfie Mirror, the Lux Mirror and the 360 Video Stage.
You talk with the guests, show them how the booth works, help with the scrapbook and bring a lot of fun to the night. It is a people job, around good music and a high-energy team, helping our clients have a great time.
Photo booth hosts are W-2 employees.
Apply for this jobThe production crew, our Elevation crew, sets up events for at least our Exclusive and Artist DJs. An equipment manager in each city prepares the gear.
The crew loads it into the truck, drives to the event and sets it up to our standard, so the DJ walks in and starts playing.
Production crew are W-2 employees.
Apply for this jobThe ladder
The Elevate Entertainment ladder has four tiers, Premium, Elite, Exclusive and Artist. Every DJ starts by becoming Elevate-Certified™, then moves up with the points they earn on an advancement dashboard.
Every DJ who takes an Elevate Entertainment stage certifies through Elevate U first, no matter how long they have been in the game. Nobody skips it, because the title only means something if there is no side door.
Elevate-Certified™ means a DJ passed Elevate’s own training. DJs train for 4 months in Elevate U, on the 12 core disciplines of DJing and MCing, for weddings and corporate events. They pass evaluations and successfully DJ a first event. Then they become Elevate-Certified™ and start DJing for clients.
The team lead in your city keeps an advancement dashboard for every DJ. It tracks the work that builds your name, things like these, and each one earns you points. Your points move you up to the next tier.
Premium
Certified and on real stages, running events with a full team behind you. Where a DJ new to this work comes in.
Elite
A name couples start asking for: bigger rooms, bigger nights, review momentum. Experienced DJs typically join here rather than at Premium.
Exclusive
A personal brand with pull. Couples ask for you by name. Exclusive DJs perform only for Elevate Entertainment.
Artist
The headliners: veterans the company goes out and signs, the way a label signs an act, who then set the standard for everyone under them.
Who you join
You work with an Elevate Entertainment team that came up through the booth. DJ Ian leads the Kansas City and Springfield team and develops our DJs. DJ Courtney runs rooms across Missouri and Kansas. Broc Barton, the founder, CEO and owner, is an Artist-tier Elevate-Certified™ DJ and MC who still takes bookings.
Southern Charm Estate, 2026 · photo Jenna Lynn PhotographyHow hiring works
Hiring at Elevate Entertainment runs in five steps, from the form on this page to your first night with clients.
Pick your job and your market, then answer a few questions right here, with no resume, and one short written answer for DJs.
A real person reads every application, and you hear back within two business days. Your pay is set at the screening call.
A first interview with the team, so we can get to know how you work.
DJs train in Elevate U: 4 months on the 12 core disciplines of DJing and MCing. Every other job gets the training its role needs.
DJs pass their evaluations and a first event, then become Elevate-Certified™ and start DJing for clients. Every other job starts working events once its training is done.
What we expect
Elevate Entertainment expects a DJ who is already working, who owns three things and nothing more, and who keeps weekends open. It also expects a willingness to travel to nearby markets, certification through Elevate U whatever your history, and the professionalism code that is one of the twelve disciplines.
Elevate hires working DJs first. The company does train, and the bar is real skill or real hunger, so the preference is a DJ ready to take the next step rather than someone starting from zero. If your work is online, that link is the audition; if it is not, the application is still read.
Those three things are yours. The rig is ours: systems, lighting and backups are provided and maintained.
Most events are Saturdays, with some Friday and Sunday work.
You travel across the wider area around your market, not just one town.
Every DJ who takes an Elevate stage certifies across the twelve disciplines first, and nobody skips it. The less we have to teach you about DJing, the higher you start.
Professionalism is one of the twelve disciplines. Elevate’s DJ certification standard states the code in five lines: “On time. Dressed well. No drinking. No flirting. No playing on my phone.” It is what you can expect from everyone standing next to you.
Straight answers
Straight answers to what working DJs ask before they apply.
No. Systems, lighting and backups are provided and maintained by Elevate Entertainment. Three things are yours to bring: a laptop you can DJ from, a reliable car and professional attire. For our Exclusive and Artist DJs, setup and teardown are handled on most events too.
Pay follows your tier, and your tier moves up with the points you earn on your city’s advancement dashboard. Your own number is set at the screening call. What is fixed is the shape of it: W-2 employment rather than a 1099 contract, the rig provided and maintained by the company while the laptop, the car and the attire stay yours, and performance points and public review bonuses tracked on that dashboard, so the way up is written down.
Within two business days.
Not at the Exclusive tier. Exclusive DJs perform only for Elevate Entertainment. For every other tier, it is a conversation we have with you on the screening call.
Yes. The application at the foot of this page asks for no resume, and one short written answer for DJs. If your work is online, add the link, because that is the audition. If nothing is online yet, check the box that says so and apply anyway.
Start your application
You apply right here, with no resume, and one short written answer for DJs. Pick your job first. If you are a DJ and your work is online, send a mix, a set or a clip from a real room. If it is not online yet, apply anyway.
A real person reads every application, and you hear back within two business days.
Call or text(816) 477-4077
Elevate Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer.
Which job are you applying for?
One tap, then your market.
Pick the job you want.
Which market is closest to you?
One tap, then the next step.
Pick the market closest to you.
Your work.
A real count, not a resume number.
Tap one answer in each row, and at least one kind of room.
Can you show up for this?
If your work is online, the link is the audition.
Add a link or check the box, then answer each row.
In your own words.
Tell us how you would actually play it.
A couple of honest sentences, 80 characters or more.
Pick an answer in each row, fill in “Something else” if you chose it, and give the night that went wrong at least 80 characters.
Last step. How do we reach you?
We reply within two business days.
We need your name, a 10-digit mobile number, a working email and how you heard about us.