Senior Creative Director - Expression of Interest
Jetzt bewerben Später bewerben Job ID 10117454 Standort Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA Veröffentlichungsdatum 27/03/2025 Unternehmen Walt Disney ImagineeringJob-Zusammenfassung:
About the Role & Team:
This posting is an opportunity to submit your resume for future consideration; this is not a role that is open at this time. We anticipate this role may be open in the future, but we are not actively hiring for the position. If you would like to be considered for this potential role, please submit your resume. If the role becomes available, you may receive an email or call from a recruiter.
Walt Disney Imagineering is the creative force that imagines, designs, and brings to life all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, and cruise ships worldwide. Working across a spectrum of disciplines that range from creative and conceptual to scientific and technical, Imagineers blend an innovative mixture of storytelling, art, science, and technology to create immersive experiences, memorable destinations, and innovative entertainment for families around the globe.
Nearly every project at Walt Disney Imagineering includes a first-of-its-kind. Innovation is in our DNA, and Imagineers constantly push the boundaries of technology and invent new goals as well as the solutions to achieve them. As Imagineers, one of our greatest rewards is knowing that the experiences and environments we create inspire others. The diversity of expertise at Imagineering makes us uniquely capable of influencing positive change in our communities and around the world. And knowing that we have helped make a difference is incredibly fulfilling and inspiring for all of us.
You will envision the next, amazing experiences and guide a team on creative issues while partnering with the Producer and Project Manager to drive innovation and achieve creative and strategic objectives related to story, guest experience and place-making. Requires proficiencies with broad artistic and technical knowledge to align an interdisciplinary team around a large scale or innovative & complex attraction or interactive experience. You will be a creative leader for the development creative content and product throughout the project life cycle, from Blue Sky through Opening. This position holds creative direction responsibilities across all aspects of the guest experience.
You Will:
Create, develop, articulate the vision and direct the experiences that define the creative product
Direct ideation and development creative concepts in formats including illustrative written treatments, concept art, storyboards, models, previsualization or animatics, or any other effective methods.
Create and present projects to internal/external audiences, executives, and teams to communicate concept, content and status.
Drive the story for the projects and evolve as necessary to maintain and deliver the intended experience.
Collaborate with Live Entertainment directors and their staff, consultant and staff artists, and various other creative collaborators to integrate live entertainment components.
Lead, guide, direct, and advise project & productions team.
Pitch show concepts and storyboards to all leaders and key strategic partners.
Work with the Producer and functional leaders to identify, evaluate, and assign both internal & consultant creative talent in a wide variety of disciplines (writers, directors, composers, designers, illustrators, programmers, game designers, etc.) for assignment to projects.
Outreach and develop connections with external community, and direct contact with the media.
Be responsible for the ideation, creative vision and maintenance of an attraction or show facility (restaurant, merchandise, etc.).
Partner with Creative Portfolio Executive or Executive Creative Director to determine the creative direction of a given entity.
Build the vision or facilitate its creation through art direction and story development (treatments, story boards, visual models, sketches, concept art, traditional and computer rendering).
Serve as a creative "balancing point" when operational, financial, or marketing considerations may affect creative content and direction.
You Will Have:
Minimum 7 years of related experience in artistic/design disciplines, i.e. architecture, interior design, concept design, theatrical/scenic design, production or related field.
Broad knowledge of and experience with complex show theatrical technologies: lighting, effects, media and extensive experience integrating and developing shows around ride system technology.
Proficient with communication and visualization tools including scripting, narratives, concept designs, story boards, 3-D modeling and 3D design & visualization tools, dimensional design.
Lead multi-disciplinary teams on multiple projects of various complexities from high-risk to low risk.
Education
BA/BS/MFA in Theater, Film, Engineering, Interior Design, Architecture, Industrial Design, Fine Arts, or related field preferred.
Benefits and Perks:
Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits!
Über Walt Disney Imagineering:
Gegründet 1952 als WED Enterprises, um den weltweit ersten Themenpark zu entwerfen und zu bauen – Disneyland – ist Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) der Ort, an dem Phantasie und Kreativität mit modernster Technologie kombiniert werden, um unvergessliche Erfahrungen zu schaffen. WDI ist die kreative Kraft, die sich alle Disney-Themenparks, Resorts, Attraktionen und Kreuzfahrtschiffe weltweit ausdenkt, entwirft und baut. Die einzigartige Stärke von Imagineering liegt in seinem vielfältigen globalen Team von kreativen und technischen Fachleuten, die auf Disneys Tradition des Geschichtenerzählens aufbauen und neue Formen der Unterhaltung entwickeln. Die Imagineers, die diese einzigartige Mischung aus Kunst und Wissenschaft praktizieren, arbeiten in mehr als 100 Disziplinen, um eine Idee von der Konzeptphase des „blauen Himmels“ bis zum Eröffnungstag zu verwirklichen.
Über The Walt Disney Company:
Die Walt Disney Company ist zusammen mit ihren Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen ein führendes, diversifiziertes internationales Familienunterhaltungs- und Medienunternehmen mit folgenden Geschäftsbereichen: Disney Entertainment, ESPN sowie Disney Experiences. Von seinen bescheidenen Anfängen als Zeichentrickfilmstudio in den 1920er Jahren bis zu seiner aktuellen Vorreiterrolle in der Unterhaltungsindustrie trägt Disney stolz sein Erbe weiter und bietet Geschichten und Erlebnisse von Weltklasse, die alle Familienmitglieder bezaubern. Disneys Geschichten, Figuren und Abenteuer erreichen Verbraucher und Gäste aus allen Teilen der Welt. Gemeinsam schaffen unsere Mitarbeiter und Darsteller aus Niederlassungen in über 40 Ländern der Welt Unterhaltungserlebnisse, die sowohl auf globaler Ebene als auch im heimischen Umfeld begeistern.
Diese Position ist bei Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., das Teil eines Geschäftssegments ist, das wir Walt Disney Imagineering nennen.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. bietet als Arbeitgeber Chancengleichheit. Die Beurteilung der Möglichkeit der Beschäftigung von Bewerbern erfolgt unabhängig von ethnischer Zugehörigkeit, Religion, Hautfarbe, Geschlecht, sexueller Orientierung, Geschlechtsidentität, Geschlechtsausdruck, nationaler Herkunft, Abstammung, Alter, Familienstand, militärischem Status oder Veteranenstatus, Gesundheitszustand, genetischen Informationen oder einer Behinderung, oder anderer gemäß Bundes-, Landes- oder örtlichem Gesetz verbotener Merkmale. Disney fördert eine Unternehmenskultur, in der Ideen und Entscheidungen aller Personen uns dabei helfen, zu wachsen, innovativ zu sein, die besten Geschichten zu schreiben und in einer sich ständig weiterentwickelnden Welt von Bedeutung zu sein.