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Creative Development & Inclusive Strategy Production Intern, Spring 2025
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10101130 Location Kissimmee, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney Imagineering Date posted Oct. 17, 2024Job Summary:
About the Role & Program
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 remarkably diverse and widespread team of entertainment professionals brings magical worlds to life though creative expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity…and a dash of pixie dust!
This is a full-time 6-month internship (dates are January 11th, 2025, through June 7th, 2025).
What You Will Do
The Role supports the work of the Disney Live Entertainment Global Inclusion Framework Team (DLE-GIFT). DLE-GIFT leverages strategic approaches to ENGAGE with DLE creative teams, to INSPIRE collaboration, and to INFLUENCE relevant content and storytelling for global audiences of DLE. We partner with colleagues of Walt Disney Imagineering, and Disney Consumer Products, to support the content relevancy needs of creative teams and partners across Disney Experiences.
- Provide overall communication and visual support for a variety of DLE-GIFT projects and priorities to meet DLE global business needs
- Undertake creative assignments including the design and production of newsletters, reports, summaries, or presentations, using various print, digital media, or communication platforms
- Assist or take the lead with the development of treatments, presentation boards and digital presentations. Using visual and design skills for assignments, which include layout and graphic communications, photo shop, pitching concepts, and otherwise, fleshing out ideas relevant to GIFT projects
- Assist DLE-GIFT logistics and daily execution needs, with tasks such as crafting and maintaining schedules, note taking, presentations, research, or documentation
- Contribute to the development or maintenance of systems for coordinating, tracking, and handling DLE GIFT work streams, data collection, research, and information sharing
- Support execution of DLE-GIFT relevancy consults, which may entail research, summaries, communication, and collaboration on projects with various internal and external partners
- Gain a deep understanding of the role of live entertainment in Parks and Resorts through benchmarking park experiences and content, or participating in customized learning sessions to become an integral member of the team
Required Qualifications & Skills
- A self-starting attitude, willingness to carry out responsibilities independently, and to explore new ways of working
- Curiosity about live entertainment and an instinct for thinking inclusively and seeing a world of diverse people, perspectives, and ways of expression
- A creative, strategic, solution-oriented attitude
- A diversity of work experiences and skills, which reflect a broad range of proficiencies
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment under strict and bold deadlines
- A passion for partnerships, and collaborations which may occur in innovative ways
- Ability to handle multiple projects, assignments, or partners and handle confidential information
- Demonstrated strength with Keynote, PowerPoint, Outlook, Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
- Strong visual presentation, writing/positioning, and editing skills
- Well versed in AP Style, grammar, and punctuation
- Ability to be flexible with work schedule, including days, nights and holidays
- Flexibility to travel for work, which may include ground travel as a team member
- Proficient communicator, as may be required for presentations and reporting
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using social media and video editing software
- Experience in theater, themed entertainment, communications, public relations, marketing, or event coordination, preferably outside of an educational program
- Current valid U.S. driver’s license: Operating a company vehicle may be part of this role
- Proficiency in Research tools and/or database management tools with the ability to organize multiple layers of documentation
Required Materials
- Portfolio (must submit a pdf file of your 10 (total) best examples of presentations, visual design & production, newsletter or media copy layout and editing, as well as a URL link on resume; no other submission formats considered)
Education
- Be enrolled in an accredited college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR must have graduated from a college/university within 6 months at time of application posting OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship
- Currently enrolled as a senior, recent graduate, or graduate student, earning a degree majoring in Communications, Digital Media, Design, Writing, Public Relations, or related field
Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all of the below requirements
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Possess unrestricted work authorization
- Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or Program
- Available to work full-time hours (approximately 40 hours per week) for the duration of the internship
- Able to provide own housing in the Orlando, FL area and have reliable transportation to/from work (We provide limited housing opportunities for Florida-based Professional Interns through American Campus Communities; for more information, click here)
About Walt Disney Imagineering:
Founded in 1952 as WED Enterprises to design and build the world’s first theme park — Disneyland — Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) is where imagination and creativity combine with cutting-edge technology to create unforgettable experiences. WDI is the creative force that imagines, designs and builds all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions and cruise ships worldwide. Imagineering’s unique strength comes from its diverse global team of creative and technical professionals, who build on Disney’s legacy of storytelling to pioneer new forms of entertainment. The Imagineers who practice this unique blend of art and science work in more than 100 disciplines to shepherd an idea all the way from “blue sky” concept phase to opening day.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Disney Entertainment Productions, which is part of a business we call Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney Entertainment Productions is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.