Trade Show Staffing

Trade show staffing is exhibitor-focused staffing for a booth or exhibit space at a convention, expo, or industry show. It covers greeters, lead-capture staff, product demonstrators, presenters, booth models, bilingual talent, and team leads who keep the booth active and organized.

TSM can provide booth greeters, trade show models, product demonstrators, lead-retrieval specialists, brand ambassadors, presenters, hosts, bilingual staff, registration support for booth meetings, and team leads.

Share your dates and decision deadline as early as possible. For short-notice requests, include roles, shifts, location and required skills so your account executive can review availability and preparation needs.

You can request staff for visitor greetings, qualifying questions, badge scanning and lead notes. Identify the platform, devices, approved questions and handoff owner, then confirm relevant experience and preparation.

Published talent tiers start at $50–$60 per hour for Tier Two, $60–$75 for Tier One and $75+ for Elite. Request an estimate for your roles, city and paid hours. Confirm booking minimums, preparation time, travel and other charges for the selected team.

Yes. TSM staffs trade shows nationwide, with local rosters in major convention markets including Las Vegas, Orlando, Chicago, Atlanta, Anaheim, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, Miami, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Nashville, Indianapolis, San Antonio, and New Orleans.

Trade show models are one role within a booth staffing plan. Trade show staffing can include models plus lead-capture specialists, demonstrators, presenters, registration support, bilingual staff, and team leads.

Send the event name, city, venue, dates, booth size and staffing hours. Identify the roles, attire, languages and lead-capture process you need. Review the proposed profiles, relevant experience, availability and estimate with your account executive before confirming the team.

Yes. Ask your account executive to scope the cities, dates, roles and briefing requirements for the program. Confirm the team and any travel needs for each stop. Returning talent is subject to availability; a multi-city request does not confirm the same people for every show.

You can request a team lead to coordinate check-in, shift coverage, breaks and floor communication. Define the lead's on-site authority, client contact and escalation process in the written scope. Confirm how staffing changes will be handled rather than assuming a coordinator is included with every booking.

You can request bilingual staff. Specify the languages, required fluency and booth duties, then confirm suitable profiles and availability for your city and dates. Include the approved questions and product messages in the briefing so the language requirement is matched to the actual assignment.

Provide approved talking points, the audience priorities and the duties assigned to each booth position. Identify which questions staff may answer and when your product specialists should take over. Confirm preparation requirements, lead notes and the handoff contact before the show so the team works from the same brief.

Set the staffing goals before the event and agree which visitor details the team should record. Define the qualifying questions, lead-note requirements and employee receiving each handoff. Review those agreed records with your team afterward; booked staffing does not guarantee a lead total or sales outcome.

Start with the positions that must remain covered: the entrance, scanner, demo station, meeting desk and sales handoff. Plan breaks and peak periods before deciding how many people to book. Share the daily hours, role mix and any team-lead duties with your account executive so the estimate reflects the coverage you need.