Technical Director
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10113899 Ubicación Kissimmee, Florida, Estados Unidos Business Walt Disney Imagineering Fecha de publicación 21/03/2025Detalles del empleo:
About the Role & Team
Through innovative storytelling and a culture of collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment creates, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences. From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team – representing a wide variety of disciplines and talents from technical directors, writers, and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust!
The Technical Director with Disney Live Entertainment at the Walt Disney World Resort leads technical production efforts related to the development of live entertainment shows and product offerings, including parades, stage shows, and special events for Worldwide Disney Parks and Resorts locations.
This is a full-time role on-site in Orlando that will report to the Manager - Technical Direction.
What You Will Do
- Develop, lead, and mentor crew and technical/production planners while promoting company-wide standards and efficiencies
- Participate in the creative development
- Coordinating/partnering with local and government authorities responsible for legal code compliance, including safety, engineering, permitting, and ADA
- Coordinate bid processes and vendor selections with contracts and procurement and manage vendor efforts, including design development, construction
- Interact with other parties’ fabrication, shipping, installation, and buy-off teams
- Supports and consults on maintenance, design, and mounts of new shows
- Provide ongoing Entertainment Show Quality evaluations as part of the implementation and operational planning
- Maintains project files, tech logs, design documents, bid packages, schedules, and punch lists
Required Qualifications & Skills
- 5+ years of experience in Technical Theater or Live Show Entertainment
- Proven knowledge and understanding of the operation and artistic application of a wide variety of show systems and technology, including audio, special effects, puppets, lighting, show control systems, video, facilities, and rigging
- Demonstrated knowledge and familiarity with the entertainment industry’s innovative technologies
- Proven experience with facility design, engineering, and construction
- Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to express creative ideas
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Demonstrated leadership, partnering, and strategic planning skills
- Highly motivated, requiring minimal direction and follow-up
- Strong computer skills (Outlook, Microsoft Suite, AutoCAD)
- Proven track record to support the creative process by collaborating with other designers, directors, writers, and producers
- Ability to be flexible with work schedule, including nights, weekends, holidays, and travel
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally frequently for extended periods
Preferred Qualifications
- 6+ years of experience in live show development
- Proven business management experience
- Proficient in some or all of the following engineering subject areas: structural, mechanical, electrical, software, safety
- Proficiency in other languages is a plus
Education
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Technical Theater with a focus on technical design, construction, and production
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks: We offer 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 benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits
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Acerca de Walt Disney Imagineering:
Fundado en 1952 como WED Enterprises para diseñar y construir el primer parque temático del mundo, Disneyland, Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) es donde la imaginación y la creatividad se combinan con tecnología de vanguardia para crear experiencias inolvidables. WDI es la fuerza creativa que imagina, diseña y construye todos los parques temáticos, resorts, atracciones y cruceros de Disney en todo el mundo. La fuerza única de Imagineering proviene de su equipo global diverso de profesionales creativos y técnicos, que se basan en el legado de narración de historias de Disney para ser pionero en nuevas formas de entretenimiento. Los Imagineers que practican esta combinación única de arte y ciencia trabajan en más de 100 disciplinas para guiar una idea desde la fase conceptual del “cielo azul” hasta el día de la inauguración.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en Disney Entertainment Productions , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney Entertainment Productions es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán consideración para el empleo independientemente de su raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, nacionalidad, ascendencia, edad, estado civil, condición de militar o veterano, afección médica, información genética o discapacidad, o cualquier otro fundamento prohibido por la ley federal, estatal o local. Disney defiende un entorno empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo en constante evolución.