The man who was chosen for the unique, $100 (US$66) hourly job at Domino’s Pizza has been revealed.
A national recruitment drive for the coveted role was announced in May, with Queensland teacher Matt Strain selected as the fast food company’s next hand model.
Domino’s first posted its openings in May, seeking people with “18+ years of pizza lifting experience” and “hands that are clean and soft enough to spread butter on garlic bread and be able to lift up to four pizzas in one hand.”
Strain, 39, was selected as the next model after hundreds of applicants submitted video reels to the company.
Speaking to 9 News Queensland about the role, he joked that his hands “don’t hurt from hard work”.
“It’s not the modeling of the hands that’s hard, it’s actually standing,” the Logan High School teacher said on the show.
For the role, Strain will be paid $100 (US$66) per hour for his time.
Domino’s announced that the successful applicant will spend a day at Domino’s global headquarters in Brisbane modelling their next menu innovation.
Strain’s hands will appear in a new advertising campaign as Domino’s Pizza launches a new product line.
Matthew Baldwin, business partner for human resources at Domino’s ANZ, said the search had produced some very creative applications.
“Some people were doing shadow puppets and (some of) the feet were sneakily in the shot,” Baldwin said.
In its original advertisement for the position, Domino’s Pizza also announced that selected models would be given a tour of their Innovation Kitchen, spend time in their “Say Cheese” professional photography studio and enjoy a pizza lunch as a thank you for their hard work.
“Because this is a confidential matter, successful applicants must pinky promise (i.e. sign an NDA) not to disclose any confidential menu information after the visit,” the ad said.
