Now Hiring at Edison Tattoo & Body Piercing — Lincoln NE

This page exists because people keep asking. So here it is, plain: Edison Inc. is hiring at our shop inside Gateway Mall, 6100 O St, Lincoln.

The roles

Tattoo artists (experienced or apprentice-track). If you have a book — digital or on paper — we want to see it. If you're pre-apprenticeship with a serious sketchbook, tell us that instead; we train people we believe in.

Body piercers. Experienced preferred, but we train the right person from scratch if you're detail-obsessed and genuinely good with nervous people. Our piercer works with everything from first lobes to full ear projects.

Front of house. The most underrated job in a tattoo shop. You're the first person a walk-in meets — often someone's very first tattoo-shop experience ever. Kindness, organization, and a cool head matter more here than tattoos knowledge (we'll teach you the rest).

What working here is actually like

We're a mall shop, and we say that with our chest:

• Hours you can plan a life around: Mon–Sat 11–9, Sun 12–6. No 2am shop chaos.
• Clients who want to be there. Mall traffic means a steady stream of first-timers, gift-getters, and people who wandered in curious and left with an appointment.
• Real systems. We built our own booking, release forms, AI design tools (InkBot), and admin dashboards in-house. If you like working where the shop actually invests in tools, this is it.
• Solid gold, real standards. We stock implant-grade titanium and solid gold jewelry, all single-use setup opened in front of the client. You'll never be asked to cut a safety corner.
• Growth. The brand is expanding — new locations are the plan. Early team members grow with it.

What we look for

Attitude before portfolio. We can teach line weight; we can't teach you to be patient with a nervous 19-year-old. Then: reliability, a sketchbook or a track record, and the ability to be cool when Saturday is slammed.

How to apply

Two ways, both work:

1. Online: edisontattoo.net/careers — takes five minutes.
2. In person: walk into the shop at Gateway Mall, ask for the shop manager, say you're applying. Bring your book if you have one — physical sketchbooks honestly make the strongest first impression.

We look at every application. If it's a fit, we bring you in for a conversation and a paid trial shift for front-of-house roles, or a portfolio review and mentorship plan for artist/piercer tracks.

Questions first? Call the shop: (402) 326-8571. Ask us anything — we'd rather answer ten questions than mis-hire once.