Shipboard Employment Opportunities

Application Process

In order to apply to The PPI Group, you will need to submit the following:

1. Cover Letter 

Explain why you are interested in the position, and the reasons you believe that you are well-suited to be a Port & Shopping Presenter. Please include your earliest available date for training and work.

1. Resume/CV
2. Audition Video 

Please prepare a five-minute audition video. Introduce yourself and give a brief description of why you should be considered as a potential Port & Shopping Presenter. Then “sell” us a product. The majority of your video should focus on your ability to sell. Sample items include, but are not limited to:

1. Lipstick
2. Manolo Blahnik shoes
3. Rum cakes
4. Turkish rugs
5. Diamonds or gemstones
6. Camera or other electronics

Tips for preparing an effective audition video:

• Your presentation style should be entertaining, informative, and persuasive. Showcase your public-speaking and sales abilities. Remember, you are applying for a sales position.
• Pretend you are speaking to a room of cruise ship guests.
• Let your personality shine through, as well as your ability to motivate and excite people to shop.
• Convey confidence, approachability, and credibility.
• Look the part (a suit is recommended).
• We will not base our decisions on the production quality of your audition video (it is not required to be professionally recorded and edited). Our focus is not on content of the video, but more importantly on the quality of your personal presentation skills.

Please send your cover letter, resume/CV, headshot, and audition video to: 
Cathy Kusuma, Director of Operations
Port Revenue Programs Department
The PPI Group
4517 NW 31st Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-3403
You will be advised by email once your application is in the review process. Candidates will be contacted individually for phone interviews.

Note: The PPI Group does accept couples for consideration. You may apply as a team, but we expect both parties to be equally as effective with regards to public-speaking and sales abilities. Please include resumes for both individuals. You may send individual audition tapes or a combined audition tape. Once reviewed, and if chosen for employment, your ship placements will be limited and there will be some additional costs incurred as a result of having an extra person on board. In addition, The PPI Group will expect you to work on separate ships if necessary when asked.

For additional information and questions, contact:
Cathy Kusuma, Director of Operations
(954) 377-7777, ext. 236

or:

shipboardemployment@ppigroup.com