# Escape This Careers

> Escape This Careers (escapethiscareers.com.au) is the jobs site of Escape This, Australia’s largest escape room operator with its own escape room design studio and escape room factory. It lists current vacancies (Gamesmasters in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne; backstage and executive roles at the Bayswater HQ and factory in Perth), the teams, values and how to apply (careers@escapethis.com.au).

Open roles (updated 2026-10-25):
- [Puzzle Technician (Electronics)](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/vacancies/#puzzle-technician-electronics-bayswater): Escape This head office & escape room factory
- [Gamesmaster](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/vacancies/#gamesmaster-perth-cbd-northbridge): Escape This Perth CBD and Escape This Northbridge
- [Gamesmaster](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/vacancies/#gamesmaster-sydney-cbd-manly): Escape This Sydney CBD and Escape This Manly
- [Gamesmaster](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/vacancies/#gamesmaster-melbourne-cbd): Escape This Melbourne CBD
- Apply: email your resume and why you fit the criteria to careers@escapethis.com.au. Expressions of interest are welcome for every role.
- Employer: Escape This (https://www.escapethis.com.au). Escape This is Australia’s largest escape room operator, and runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory in Australia. It has venues in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, has hosted more than 500,000 players and has earned 17,969 five-star reviews.

## Pages
- [Escape Room Jobs: Perth, Sydney, Melbourne](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/): Escape This Careers is where Escape This, Australia’s largest escape room operator, lists its jobs: Gamesmasters and Front of House crews in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, plus Box Office and Backstage roles at its Bayswater HQ and factory.
- [About Escape This: Worlds of Adventure](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/about/): Escape This creates, builds and runs totally immersive escape rooms: founded by brothers Daniel and Bernie Janes, it opened its first centre in Northbridge, Western Australia, in January 2020. This page covers its rooms, its guests’ words and its keys to success.
- [Vacancies: Gamesmaster & Backstage Jobs](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/vacancies/): Escape This is hiring Gamesmasters at Perth CBD and Northbridge, Sydney CBD and Manly, and Melbourne CBD, and a Puzzle Technician (Electronics) at its Bayswater HQ. Apply by emailing your resume to careers@escapethis.com.au.
- [Operations Director, Production & Supply](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/backstage-ops-director/): Escape This’s Operations Director – Production & Supply Chain vacancy has been filled. The ad is kept below for reference; for current roles see the vacancies page, or send an expression of interest to careers@escapethis.com.au.
- [FAQ](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/): Answers about working at Escape This, Australia’s largest escape room operator: what Gamesmasters, Box Office and Backstage crews do, pay and hours, values and development, the executive role, and how to apply by email to careers@escapethis.com.au.

## Common questions
- [What can I find on the Escape This Careers site?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#what-is-escape-this-careers): Escape This Careers is the jobs site of Escape This, Australia’s largest escape room operator, which runs its own escape room design studio and escape room factory. It lists current vacancies, explains the Box Office, Front of House and Backstage teams, and tells you how to apply.
- [What kind of people does Escape This hire?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#who-escape-this-hires): Escape This looks for guest experience obsessed Gamesmasters, ticketing and customer service legends, rock star prop builders and genius tech people: people who live and breathe customer service, bring personality and positive energy, and are motivated to build up those around them.
- [Which teams make up the Escape This crew?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#escape-this-teams): Three: Box Office (management, marketeers and booking agents), Front of House (centre management, Gamesmasters and re-setters) and Backstage (prop designers and builders, tech and puzzle engineers, and the maintenance crew). Escape This develops all three through its personalised development program.
- [What does the Escape This Box Office team do?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#box-office-team): Escape This’s Box Office team conjures up the narratives behind its escape room themes, manages its social media presence, wrangles earned media and seals the deal on sales over the phone, by email and through the website chatbot. It includes management, marketeers and booking agents.
- [What does Front of House mean at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#front-of-house-team): Front of House is the Escape This crew guests meet: the high-energy faces behind the check-in desks, who run the games and look after every group. The team includes centre management, Gamesmasters and re-setters, and Escape This calls them the embodiment of its values.
- [What does the Escape This Backstage crew do?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#backstage-team): Backstage builds and maintains the escape rooms: set concepts and construction, circuit board soldering, crafting props and everyday maintenance. Escape This’s Backstage crew includes prop designers and builders, tech and puzzle engineers and the maintenance crew, working from its production facility in Perth.
- [What are Escape This’s values?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#escape-this-values): Escape This has four: Total Immersion (we build gateways to imaginary worlds), Above + Beyond (we go the extra mile), Positivity (good vibes only, behind the scenes too) and D>I>N>G (Development + Investment + Nurturing = Growth). They guide its business decisions and how the crew treats guests and each other.
- [What does D>I>N>G stand for at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#what-is-ding): D>I>N>G is one of Escape This’s four values: Development + Investment + Nurturing = Growth. In practice it means there’s always opportunity, backed by a personalised development program and the chance to learn from industry experts.
- [What are the benefits of working at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#benefits-of-working-at-escape-this): Escape This offers a personalised development program, the chance to work alongside and learn from industry experts, and excellent remuneration, plus extras such as organisation-wide social events, team escape room sessions and staff discounts.
- [Does Escape This train and develop its staff?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#training-and-development): Yes. Escape This has a people-first culture focused on upskilling its Front of House, Box Office and Backstage crews, with a personalised development program and opportunities to work alongside and learn from industry experts.
- [What are Escape This’s keys to success?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#keys-to-success): Five principles every Escape This crew member works by: Full Circle ‘5 Star’ Customer Service, No Footprints, Total Immersion Always, going the extra mile when things go wrong so guests still enjoy a 5-star experience, and accepting that life happens, and that’s okay.
- [What does “No Footprints” mean at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#no-footprints): It is one of Escape This’s keys to success: guests should feel like the first people ever to visit the worlds it creates. The crew are the creators and the guests the discoverers, every time and every single game, so each room is reset perfectly.
- [What does a Gamesmaster do at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#what-does-a-gamesmaster-do): An Escape This Gamesmaster welcomes players through electronic check-in, briefs each group on the rules, escorts them to their room, follows the game on monitors and gives clues when needed, then farewells the group and resets the room. Housekeeping and minor maintenance are part of the job too.
- [Where is Escape This hiring Gamesmasters?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#where-are-gamesmaster-jobs): Escape This lists Gamesmaster vacancies at Perth CBD and Northbridge in Western Australia, Sydney CBD on George Street and Manly in New South Wales, and Melbourne CBD on Collins Street in Victoria. Each vacancy is on the vacancies page with its own job description.
- [How are Escape This Gamesmasters paid?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-pay): Escape This pays Gamesmasters under the Amusement, Events and Recreation Award, in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. Its crew also get extras such as organisation-wide social events, team escape room sessions and staff discounts.
- [What hours do Escape This Gamesmasters work?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-hours): Evenings and weekends are part of the job. Escape This asks Gamesmasters in Perth and Sydney to be able to work until 10:45pm on weeknights, in Melbourne until 10:00pm, and until midnight on weekends everywhere, and to be flexible about shifts that change at short notice.
- [Is Escape This Gamesmaster work mostly on weekends?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-weekends): In Sydney and Melbourne, yes: Escape This notes that the majority of Gamesmaster work there is over the weekends. In Perth, Gamesmasters need to be available until 10:45pm on weeknights and midnight on weekends.
- [Are Escape This Gamesmaster jobs casual or permanent?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-casual-or-permanent): It depends on the city. Escape This’s Perth CBD and Northbridge Gamesmaster roles are casual and permanent, Sydney CBD and Manly roles are casual, and Melbourne CBD roles are permanent and casual, with multiple roles available in Sydney and Melbourne.
- [What skills does an Escape This Gamesmaster need?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-skills): Excellent customer service, great team skills, an enthusiastic and outgoing personality, high energy and a high level of attention to detail. Escape This Gamesmasters also need to be organised enough to manage several teams in different rooms at once, and comfortable with a booking system and other apps.
- [Do Escape This Gamesmasters help players during a game?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-clues): Yes. An Escape This Gamesmaster actively follows each room’s gameplay from monitors and gives clues as and when a group needs them, often while looking after several teams playing different rooms at the same time.
- [Do Escape This Gamesmasters need to be flexible with shifts?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-shift-flexibility): Yes. Every Escape This Gamesmaster ad asks for flexibility with shift allocation and with changes at short notice, on top of the late finishes: 10:45pm on weeknights in Perth and Sydney, 10:00pm in Melbourne, and midnight on weekends.
- [Do Escape This Gamesmasters look after the rooms as well as the players?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#gamesmaster-maintenance): Partly. Alongside running games, an Escape This Gamesmaster does minor maintenance as required. Backstage builds and maintains the rooms themselves, and every Gamesmaster needs basic computer literacy to handle the booking system and other apps.
- [What does a Puzzle Technician do at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#puzzle-technician-role): Escape This’s Puzzle Technician (Electronics) designs, builds, modifies and maintains the electronics behind its special effects, theatrics and puzzles, working with the Props Master, Set Builder and Creative Director. The full-time role at Bayswater HQ covers both workshop and on-site work.
- [What skills does the Escape This Puzzle Technician role need?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#puzzle-technician-skills): Arduino and Raspberry Pi programming (C+, C++ and Python based), soldering, sound knowledge of electronic components, safe use of tools and the ability to work to strict deadlines. Escape This also values PCB design, Cat 5/6 cabling, Ethernet and serial comms, and audio system setup.
- [Can a graduate apply for the Escape This Puzzle Technician job?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#puzzle-technician-graduates): Yes. Escape This says the Puzzle Technician (Electronics) role would suit a graduate student or skilled hobbyist looking to broaden their experience in a commercial environment. Related qualifications are highly regarded but not essential.
- [Is the Escape This Puzzle Technician job full time?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#puzzle-technician-employment): Yes. Escape This’s Puzzle Technician (Electronics) is a full-time permanent role in its Perth HQ Backstage team in Bayswater, with a competitive salary dependent on experience. The role includes both workshop and on-site work.
- [Which skills are a bonus for the Escape This Puzzle Technician role?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#puzzle-technician-desirable-skills): Escape This lists PCB design and build, Cat 5/6 cabling, Ethernet and serial comms, audio system setup and design, and other experience relevant to stage production as desirable for its Puzzle Technician (Electronics), on top of the essential Arduino and Raspberry Pi skills.
- [How big is Escape This’s production facility?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#backstage-facility): Escape This’s in-house production facility, which it calls the Backstage, is 1,300m². It is where the company designs and builds its escape rooms; its head office and escape room factory are at 21 River Road, Bayswater, in Perth.
- [How do I apply for a job at Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#how-to-apply): Email your resume and an explanation of why you fit the role’s criteria to careers@escapethis.com.au.
- [Can I apply to Escape This if my role isn’t listed?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#expression-of-interest): Yes. Escape This is always fielding expressions of interest for all of its roles. Email careers@escapethis.com.au telling Escape This why and where you belong, along with your resume, and it will get back to you.
- [What is the Escape This careers email address?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#careers-email): careers@escapethis.com.au. Send applications and expressions of interest for Escape This roles there.
- [What should I include in an application to Escape This?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#what-to-include): Your resume and an explanation of why you fit the criteria in the job ad. For an expression of interest, say why and where you belong at Escape This.
- [Where are Escape This’s venues?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#escape-this-venues): Escape This runs escape room venues in Perth CBD and Northbridge in Western Australia, Sydney CBD and Manly in New South Wales, and Melbourne CBD in Victoria. Its head office and escape room factory are in Bayswater, Perth.
- [Where are Escape This’s Backstage jobs based?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#where-backstage-roles-are-based): At Escape This’s head office and escape room factory, 21 River Road, Bayswater WA 6053, in Perth. The Puzzle Technician (Electronics) works there, alongside the Backstage crew.
- [Do Escape This staff get to play the escape rooms?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#staff-play-escape-rooms): Yes. Escape This lists team escape room sessions among the extras its crew enjoy, alongside organisation-wide social events and staff discounts, on top of excellent remuneration and a personalised development program.
- [What escape rooms does Escape This run?](https://www.escapethiscareers.com.au/faq/#escape-this-rooms): Escape This’s worlds include Pirates, Pirate Island, Bank Heist, The President’s Briefcase, High Noon, Captain Nemo, Asylum, Entombed, The Wizard’s Chamber, Cannibal, Buried Alive, Dracula, The Dunny, The Haunting, The Possession and Hitman: hour-long adventures across adventure and horror themes.

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