Join the Scare Team at the
​Haunted Fort 
The Haunted Fort at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park is looking for dynamic team members to join their Halloween staff. Working nightly making people at Fort Lincoln scared out of their minds! We're looking to hire people to work as zombies, monsters and actors, team leaders, makeup artists, customer service, and security.


This is the perfect part time job, make extra money just in time for Christmas having fun working at North Dakota’s #1 Legendary FEAR event! Team members can make anywhere from $12 to $15 dollars per hour depending on experience. You’ll make new friends, do something fun, and be part of our legendary scream team. Apply today!

 Haunted Fort Scene Actor/Crew Member (FILLED)

From 12.25 To 15.00 Hourly
Employees will be responsible to the state park management, event director, and all park leadership personnel in association with the Haunted Fort, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, and North Dakota State Parks and Recreation Department.
  • Scope of work includes scene actors, all aspects of the following: crowd control, volunteer leader, make-up artists, and behind the scenes support staff, collecting tickets, concessions, and clean up, etc.
  • Provide general maintenance, set-up, tear down activities for the event.
  • Mandatory Staff Orientation Haunted Fort- September 28th, 2019 1- 5 pm
  • Required working Dates: All weekends beginning October 4 through November 2. (All required dates are subject to change and/or cancellation). Event Dates are Oct. 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th (Afternoon) 25th, 26th 31st, Nov 1st, and 2nd 

Haunted Fort Security Team
From 12.50 To 15.00 Hourly
Employees will be responsible to the state park management, event director, and all park leadership personnel in association with the Haunted Fort, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, and North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department..
  • Scope of work includes dealings with the public, de-escalating conflict situations, dealing with unruly public groups, providing first aid and medical assistance, building safety checks and walkthroughs, crowd control and monitoring, behind the scenes support staff, and maintenance.
  • Provide general maintenance during the event, help with setup and tear down activities.
  • Mandatory Staff Orientation Haunted Fort- September 28th, 2019 1 - 5 pm 
  • Required working Dates: All weekends beginning October 4 through November 2. Event Dates are Oct. 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th (Afternoon) 25th, 26th 31st, Nov 1st, and 2nd 

Haunted Fort Zombie Gallery Actors (FILLED)

From 13.00 To 15.00 Hourly
Employees will be responsible to the state park management, event director, and all park leadership personnel in association with the Haunted Fort, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, and North Dakota State Parks and Recreation Department.
  • Scope of work is working as a zombie actor in the "Battlefield Zombie Paintball Attraction", could also include other aspects such as make-up artist and support staff.
  • Provide general maintenance during the event, help with set-up and tear down activities for the event each evening.
  • Cleaning of paintball gear and shoot gallery.
  • Mandatory Staff Orientation Haunted Fort- September 28th, 2019 1 - 5pm
    • Required working Dates: All weekends beginning October 4 through November 2 (All required dates are subject to change and/or cancellation) Event Dates are Oct. 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th (Afternoon) 25th, 26th 31st, Nov 1st, and 2nd 

Haunted Fort Team Leader

From 14.50 To 16.00 Hourly
Employees will be responsible to the state park management, event director, and all park leadership personnel in association with the Haunted Fort, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, and North Dakota State Parks and Recreation Department.
  • Take on the role of a themed character and/or lead a team of actors/crew/operation of the Haunted Fort.
  • Positions will be assigned to areas that require interaction with participants.
  • Requires the ability to maintain a scene character presence while interacting with visitors to the Haunted Fort.
  • Requires the ability to lead and director a group of actors/crew/volunteers of Haunted Fort in a building
  • Requires taking photos and interacting with visitors to Haunted Fort.
  • Mandatory Staff Orientation Haunted Fort- September 28th, 2019 1 - 5pm
  • Required working Dates: All weekends beginning October 4 through November 2. (All required dates are subject to change and/or cancellation). Event Dates are Oct. 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th (Afternoon) 25th, 26th 31st, Nov 1st, and 2nd 

Haunted Fort Customer Service Staff

From 12.00 To 14.00 Hourly
Employees will be responsible to the state park management, event director, and all park leadership personnel in association with the Haunted Fort, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, and North Dakota State Parks and Recreation Department.
  • Scope of work is providing customer service for the Haunted Fort event. Areas of work include all of the following: concessions and merchandise sales staff, ticket and fee collections, building greeter, zombie paintball support staff, behind the scenes support, maintenance, and possibly assisting in other areas of the event.
  • Mandatory Staff Orientation Haunted Fort- September 28th,  1 - 5pm
  • Required working Dates: October 4 through November 10. (All required dates are subject to change and/or cancellation)  Event Dates are Oct. 5th, 11th, 12th, 18th, 19th, 20th (Afternoon) 25th, 26th 31st, Nov 1st, and 2nd 
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