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Up, Up & Away! has the following positions available in our Kansas City Balloon Studio: 

Balloon Studio Assistant

We are seeking a Balloon Studio Assistant to join our team. The ideal fun-seeker will assist in the daily operations of our studio, providing support to both staff and customers. This job is up to 25 hours per week and requires some evening and weekend work. This is a Flex Pool position with hours posted one week or more in advance. 

Responsibilities

  • Assist staff with balloon inflation and production tasks, creating balloon arches, columns, sculptures and more.
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of the balloon studio space
  • Manage inventory and restock products as needed
  • Provide exceptional customer service by addressing staff and customer needs promptly and professionally
  • Support staff with various tasks as required

This position might be for you if:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent
  • Ability to frequently lift 25 pounds
  • Enjoy a job that is different each day, fast paced, requires commitment to tight deadlines
  • Care deeply about customers and doing your best work every time
  • Work well on a team, which includes always being early or on time so the entire team can start together 
  • Like to learn and quickly adapt to new tasks

This job starts at $16.50 per hour and features a weekend hourly bonus for Saturday and Sunday work. 

Does this job sound like a great fit for you? Drop us an email at [email protected] and tell us why you’d be the perfect fit for our Balloon Crew! 

Balloon Event Takedown Specialist, PERFECT FOR NIGHT OWLS!

We are seeking a Balloon Event Takedown Specialist to join our team. The ideal fun-seeker will assist in taking down balloons and related equipment when the party is over! 

Responsibilities

  • Takedown balloon decor and related equipment at event sites throughout the KC metropolitan area
  • Return supplies and equipment to the Balloon Studio immediately following events
  • Drive to event sites on your own, either in your vehicle or in a Balloonmobile
  • Provide exceptional customer service by addressing staff and customer needs promptly and professionally.

This position might be for you if:

  • Tidying Up is your superpower! 
  • Ability to frequently lift 25 pounds, occasionally more; climb on a 6′ ladder, work indoors and outdoors year round
  • Enjoy a job that is different each day, fast paced, commitment to very specific timing
  • Care deeply about customers and doing your best work every time
  • Have a clean driving record and are comfortable driving a full size van
  • Excel at finding your way around town with clear instructions
  • Are a night owl! This job has late night and weekend hours. It’s the coolest side hustle for someone who has a day job and wants to pick up a bit of extra $ taking down events!

This job starts at $18 per hour and has an hourly bonus for work later than 9pm and on weekends. This job is on an as-needed basis. It is up to 15 hours per week with open shifts posted a week prior. The hours you work are up to you, you choose from the posted options. 

Does this job sound like a great fit for you? Drop us an email at [email protected] and tell us why you’d be the perfect fit for our Balloon Crew! 

Balloon Event Setup Crew

We are seeking Balloon Event Setup Crew to join our team. This position is a super important one, bringing the party to life! The ideal fun-seeker will assist in the loading and unloading of balloon artistry and the installation of balloons on-site at celebrations throughout the city. 

Responsibilities

  • Assist staff with balloon inflation and production tasks
  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of the balloon studio space as well as on site at events
  • Assist in loading and unloading balloon vans and box trucks both at the balloon studio and at event sites
  • Provide exceptional customer service by addressing staff and customer needs promptly and professionally
  • Support staff with various tasks as required

This position might be for you if:

  • Ability to frequently lift 25 pounds, climb on a 6′ ladder, work indoors and outdoors year round
  • Enjoy a job that is different each day, fast paced, requires commitment to tight deadlines
  • Care deeply about customers and doing your best work every time
  • Work well on a team, which includes always being early or on time so the entire team can start together 
  • Like to learn and quickly adapt to new tasks

This job starts at $16.50 per hour and features a weekend hourly bonus for Saturday and Sunday work. This is an as-needed position with available shifts posted a week prior. Most of our Balloon Event Setup Crew work 20 hours or less per week, occasionally working as much as 40 hours during peak season. The hours you work are up to you, you choose from the posted options. 

Does this job sound like a great fit for you? Drop us an email at [email protected] and tell us why you’d be the perfect fit for our Balloon Crew! 

Balloon Studio Inventory Assistant (all positions filled)

We are seeking Balloon Studio Inventory Assistant to join our team. The ideal fun-seeker will assist in returning inventory after events and pulling inventory for upcoming events

Responsibilities

  • Maintain cleanliness and organization of the balloon studio space
  • Work quickly and efficiently to put away inventory in designated areas and pull inventory from a provided list
  • Address staff needs promptly and professionally
  • Support staff with various additional tasks as required

This position might be for you if:

  • Ability to frequently lift 25 pounds, move boxes up to 30″ tall and wide
  • Enjoy organizing and tidying, have great attention to detail
  • Care deeply about doing your best work every time
  • Work well independently 
  • Like to learn and quickly adapt to new tasks

This job starts at $17 per hour and can be done at hours that work for you, from early morning to late evening, seven days a week. The hours you work are up to you, with a number of needed hours posted each week. 

Does this job sound like a great fit for you? Drop us an email at [email protected] and tell us why you’d be the perfect fit for our Balloon Crew! 

About Us:

Up, Up & Away is a Balloon Studio located in the KUMed/Westwood area of Kansas City. We have been creating Whimsical Balloon Artistry since 1995. Our award-winning artistry is featured at events in the KC area and beyond. We create balloons for corporate events and private events, bringing joy with balloons everywhere we go! 

Meet John and Johnna

Up, Up & Away!'s whimsical balloon artistry is created by John and Johnna. Click HERE to learn more.
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This Valentine’s, you don’t need a date.
You need a pastry.

We filled our favorite bakery with hundreds of floating hearts and shimmery streamers because Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to treat yourself.
Be your own Valentine.
Grab something sweet.
Snap a selfie under the hearts.
Repeat as needed. ❤️🎈❤️
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Straight from the Upside Down, this Demogorgon balloon sculpture brought all the eerie drama—complete with custom details and nods to the Hawkins crew. When the theme calls, we answer. 

👀 Keep an eye on the details…
From the flickers of light woven through the Psychic Flow arch to the hand-painted Vecna and Creel House pieces our client provided, every element was designed to build the world. As if the Demogorgon wasn’t enough—we believe in creating a full moment! 

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Love is in the air—and in every color of the rainbow, too. 💖 Celebrations of love are in full swing already, and we’re here for every bold hue, shiny star, and happy sparkle you need sprinkled on your Valentine and Galentine soirées! 

P.S. Yep, those are cute custom balloons with layered hearts! If your event has a fun motif, we will find a way to incorporate it into your balloons!
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We were recently asked to create a balloon installation for Big Sonia’s 100th birthday. Saying yes was easy. Sonia is a Holocaust survivor, a living witness, and a force for good. Through her life and her work, she has shown generations how love can stand up to hatred—and how choosing love, again and again, matters.

Her message feels especially urgent right now.

We remain committed to being a force for good here—to be welcoming to all, to creating safe and inclusive spaces, and to standing firmly against hate in all its forms. Nothing new—just clearly affirming where we stand.

Let us never forget.

🕯️ #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverForget #BigSonia #ChooseLove #ForceForGood
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Step inside, prepare for blast off!✨🚀 

This wasn’t just a photo backdrop—it was a full-on experience from floor to ceiling! Once you stepped in, you were officially in another dimension. Proof our balloons can launch your event into another galaxy, one filled with good times and memory making moments! 🪐✨
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A look back at 2016 and honestly? She still looks GOOD. 😌🎈

Scrolling through these feels like a love letter to balloon artistry—styles that still shine, techniques that deserve their flowers, and a few “brand-new” trends that were already living their best life ten years ago. Is it possible to be even more obsessed with our medium a decade later?!? ABSOLUTELY! 

Classics adorned with long, skinny balloons. BIG sculptures with a million little details, white balloons with colorful lighting intertwined, centerpieces that should have been called statement pieces… Looking back at all of this, we see the foundation of what we create today!

Our hearts are so full knowing we’re still doing what we love and celebrating your once-in-a-lifetime moments, year after year, balloon after balloon. Thank you for letting us be part of your magic. 💖🎈✨

#balloonartistry #balloons #KCEvents #noboringballoons #themeparty
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🎶 We could leave the Christmas lights up ’til… February. 🎶

Because when the Country Club Plaza extends their iconic lights, we’re absolutely taking it as permission to stay festive a little longer! ✨ Throwing it back to December and this Plaza Lights–inspired celebration—proof that this holiday magic deserves an extended era.

So tell us, Swifties & sparkle-lovers:
✨ Are you “Christmas lights forever” or “new era, new décor” once January hits?

#StillInOurFestiveEra
#ChristmasEncore
#BalloonMagic
#BalloonDecor
#KCEvents
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We rang in the New Year island-style @margaritavillehotelkansascity!🌴

Welcoming 2026 at Margaritaville KC was pure island fantasy — lush greenery with a golden sparkle, balloon botanicals, and flamingos living their best flip-flop-adjacent life. Somewhere between midnight and paradise… we think Jimmy Buffett would approve. 🍹🦩
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They said, ‘Make it fetch.’
So we did.
And honestly? It happened. 😉
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Less than a minute.
Hundreds of moments.
A whole year of dreams coming to life. 

These balloons tell the story of 2025, your celebrations, the milestones, memories, and magic moments shared with the people you love. What an honor it is to bring a bit of balloon joy to the most special of days!

Thank you for believing in our wild, sparkly dream and for trusting us with your celebrations. We are endlessly grateful. Cheers to a balloon-iful 2026! 🥂🎈✨
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Wishing Merry & Bright holidays to each and every one of you! ✨

Thank you for inviting us into your celebrations—for trusting us with your milestones, your magic moments, and the memories you’ll hold close long after the balloons come down.

With heartfelt thanks and holiday cheer,
The Balloon Crew of Up, Up & Away! 🎈✨

📸: Mark McDonald 
💡: @lectroletters
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Yesterday we pressed pause to sprinkle in a little celebration of our own—just for our Balloon Crew. 🎈

There were baby goats in their Christmas finery (thank you, @paramountpony 🐐🎄), cookies and sufganiyot from the ever-magical @mclainsbakerykc, the dreamiest macarons from @sugarfold, a cozy hot cocoa bar, ornament painting… and laughter echoing through the studio. So. Much. Laughter.

Our crew is the heart behind the balloon magic—the hands, the smiles, the “we’ve got this” moments that turn ideas into celebrations. Gathering almost all of us in one place, even briefly, felt like the best kind of holiday gift.

Grateful. Joyful. Wrapped in cheer. And endlessly thankful for the Balloon Crew and the sparkle they bring to everything we do. ✨🎄🎈
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Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and is made entirely of balloons? SpongeBob SquarePants! 🍍🎈

Swim on over to @bbtheatres Shawnee to see the new SpongeBob movie—and our larger-than-life balloon sculpture.

(Yes, we got a little carried away. No, we’re not competing with  the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for largest inflatable SpongeBob. Is it big? Very. Regrets? Zero.) 

#SpongeBobSquarePants
#BalloonSculpture
#UnderTheSeaVibes
#UpUpandAway
#BBTheatres
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Just popping in to spread a little winter cheer—and a whole lot of photo-spot magic. Festive backdrops, joyful balloons details, and yes… Santa has his own spot because of course he does. 🎅

If you need us, we’ll be over here believing in holiday magic. We hope you are feeling it, too! ✨❄️🎄
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Happy Birthday, Taylor Swift! 🎂✨

We’re overjoyed for every Taylor-inspired balloon moment we’ve been asked to create—and we love that Kansas City gets to feel a little more magical with Taylor here. 💫🎈

#HappyBirthdayTaylorSwift
#TaylorSwift
#Swiftie
#SwiftieStyle
#TaylorSwiftEra
#ErasTourVibes
#TaylorInspired
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