Hire Convention Staff for WonderCon
Eleven8 provides brand ambassadors, registration staff, and convention teams for activations at WonderCon in Anaheim. Staff your WonderCon booth or activation today.
WonderCon Booth Staff for Exhibitors and Retailers
Selling comics and collectibles from a booth, showing a new game or meeting fans at a signing in your space? Eleven8 supplies staff at WonderCon for the companies exhibiting there, with who greet, sell, demo and keep the line moving, and who follow comics, science fiction and fantasy closely enough to talk with fans about what they love. WonderCon 2027 runs Friday to Sunday, March 26 to 28, at the Anaheim Convention Center, and is run by the same organization that puts on Comic-Con International in San Diego.
WonderCon behaves differently from the summer conventions. Badges are sold at the door as well as online, so a large part of the crowd is local and decides that weekend whether to come. Friday's exhibit hall opened at 11:30 a.m. in 2026 and filled up into the evening, Saturday ran from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and was the busiest day, and Sunday closed at 5 p.m. We plan your team day by day instead of booking the same headcount for all three, and in 2027 we also plan around Easter, which falls on the convention's Sunday.
The exhibit hall is above all a selling floor, with more than 900 exhibitors side by side. A sale depends on how quickly a fan can find an item, pay and move on, so our know card readers, stock counts and how to keep a register line inside your booth. Exhibitors have also become more careful with budgets, and 2026 was a smaller show, so we build a core team you can count on and add people only where Saturday traffic needs them.
Badges, panel rooms and convention programming stay with WonderCon and its teams; our staff work inside your booth and any space your company books. Send your booth size, days, products and any signings or evening events through the form on this page, and our reply covers price, available people and a plan for each day.
WonderCon Staffing Plan for a Three-Day Show
Every Eleven8 team at WonderCon follows our 11-step staffing process, set to the rhythm of a three-day show: a later Friday opening, a long and crowded Saturday and a Sunday that closes early and goes straight into teardown. Each day gets its own headcount, based on your sales targets and the walk-up crowd we expect.
When you book, a single account manager takes charge of your WonderCon program and stays with it through the post-show report, with our office helping at no added charge. You and our crew talk in separate chats, so a reorder, a signing time or a Saturday add-on is passed to the right people without delay.
Staff come in early, clock in with a geo-located check, walk your booth and stock area with the lead and test every card reader before the exhibit hall opens. A live crew chat connects the register, the demo table and the runner bringing stock from storage, so nobody leaves a fan waiting for an answer.
WonderCon Friday to Sunday Booth Schedule
Late Friday, long Saturday, early Sunday closeExhibitor Staff Positions at WonderCon
Our Booth Sales & Checkout Staff turn browsing into sales on WonderCon's busy exhibit floor. They welcome fans in from the aisle, help them find the right issue, figure or print, answer questions about editions and prices, and run your register with card readers and cash. They count stock, flag items that are running low and keep the checkout line tidy and inside your booth on a crowded Saturday afternoon.
Eleven8 works with entertainment studios, comics publishers, game companies, streaming services, technology brands, toy and collectibles makers and consumer products companies at fan conventions. Many treat WonderCon as their spring show before the summer in San Diego, and they bring the same team approach to both: the people we staff at in July often know the booth already from Anaheim in March.
Publishers and Toy Companies Staffed at WonderCon
Eleven8 is an independent staffing agency. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WonderCon, Comic-Con International, the Anaheim Convention Center or any company exhibiting at the convention. "WonderCon" and "Comic-Con International" are trademarks of their respective owners. We provide event staff to the companies exhibiting and activating at the convention. All marks belong to their owners and are used for identification only.
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Staff Who Fit the WonderCon Floor
Late March is spring break season in the Anaheim Resort district, with families heading to the theme parks, busy hotels and heavy traffic around the . Our WonderCon teams live in Orange County and the Los Angeles area, so you pay no hotel bills, and we plan arrival times and parking around the resort traffic so staff are at your booth before the doors open.
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Why Brands Choose Eleven8 at WonderCon
Staff Who Read and Collect
Most applicants never make it onto our roster. The ones who do are matched to your booth by what they know, so a comic retailer gets people who can tell a first printing from a variant, a toy company gets collectors and a publisher gets readers of its line, which makes WonderCon fans trust their advice and buy with confidence.
Sized Day by Day
With walk-up badges, a short Friday, a long Saturday and an early Sunday close, the same team size every day wastes money. We set a core team for all three days, add sellers and a runner where Saturday needs them and keep Sunday lean before teardown, so you pay for the coverage your sales actually require.
Fast, Accurate Checkout
On a floor with more than 900 exhibitors, a slow register sends customers to the next booth. Our staff are trained on card readers and cash handling, count stock at open and close, watch for shrink in crowded aisles and keep the line moving, so more fans finish their purchase and your end-of-day numbers match what left the shelves.
Insured and Show-Ready
Our staff are insured for setup, selling hours and teardown at the Anaheim Convention Center and at any evening event you host nearby. They know the building, the loading areas and the exhibitor check-in, so setup goes quickly and your own team can spend its time on fans, creators and the retail buyers who visit during the weekend.
Signings and Events Covered
When a creator signs at your booth, the line can outgrow your space in minutes. We staff the line with a host who hands out the tickets you issue, caps it when needed and keeps it within your area, and we cover launch parties or dinners you host in Anaheim that weekend under the same account manager and with the same standards.
Help All Weekend
A walk-up crowd can surprise everyone, so our office stays reachable from setup day to Sunday's teardown. If Saturday traffic runs higher than expected, we add a seller or a runner from our Orange County roster that day; if an item sells out, your lead adjusts the booth and the talking points within minutes.
From Friday's late opening to Sunday's teardown, our WonderCon teams bring fan knowledge, quick and careful checkout and a plan sized to each day of the show rather than one fixed headcount. Many exhibitors book the same people again for their summer conventions, because a team that already knows the products needs less training the second time. Tell us about your booth and your sales goals in a , and an plan for the weekend comes back with prices and profiles.
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Robert N.
Top Notch Service
They were professional. Polite. Hard working. Friendly. And got the job done. Will definitely use them again.
EK C.
It was a great pleasure that I can work with you. All Elevate members successfully led KCON. I hope everything goes as well in future events as it did this time! If i ever go to LA for events, I will definitely reach out to you :)
Eugene R.
We were really happy with the team everyone was incredibly helpful and nice to work with. Thank you for selecting such professional people for our event!
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