LEGO is hiring three new Assistant Master Model Builders – but don’t expect great pay

The LEGO Group is hiring three new Assistant Master Model Builders for one of its LEGOLAND Discovery Centres in the UK, but the salary on offer isn’t what you’d call amazing.

Merlin Entertainments (which is owned by LEGO Group parent company Kirkbi) has published a job ad for three Assistant Master Model Builders to work at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Birmingham, with one part-time and two full-time roles up for grabs. Successful candidates will ‘proactively inspire and teach guests to create interesting and imaginative builds’, assist with hosting workshops and more.

To qualify for one of the three roles, you’ll need to have a passion for LEGO (obvs), have an outgoing personality, be able to communicate with kids and be comfortable on camera. You’ll also be ‘expected to work your fair share’ of weekends, school holidays and bank holidays, so you’ll need full availability throughout the week. In return, Merlin Entertainments is prepared to offer you… minimum wage.

The salary for each of the company’s Assistant Master Model Builders is just £21,500 per annum. The hourly minimum wage in the UK is £10.42 at the moment, which – at 40 hours per week for 52 weeks per year – works out to £21,673.60. At 37.5 hours per week (allowing for a 30-minute lunch break per day), the minimum wage comes to £20,319 per year. The annual pay here is very close to those figures.

You do get a host of benefits too, including free entry to Merlin attractions worldwide, a 25% discount in certain shops and restaurants, up to 55% off cinema tickets and – most importantly – 40% off LEGO when shopping online. Whether that adds up to a package worth that salary, given the demands of the job and the skillset otherwise required, is really up to the individual.

If you do like the sound of ‘getting paid to play all day’, as the LDC’s splash page enticingly describes the position of Assistant Master Model Builder, you can find the application page here. The application process itself sounds pretty gruelling, too: if you get past the first round, you’ll then need to submit a video of yourself completing an as-yet-unspecified building challenge.

Make it to the final shortlist, and you’ll be invited to a ‘Brick Factor’ build-off at the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham on September 10 to showcase your skills. The successful candidates will then be working alongside Michelle Thompson, who won the role of LEGO Master Model Builder through a similar event hosted in 2018.

Note that these are also 12-month fixed-term roles, so there are no guarantees they’ll turn into permanent positions.

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