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Disney Live Entertainment Industrial Design Intern, Spring 2025
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10101116 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! Our diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields 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!
What You Will Do
As part of the Character Programs & Development Digital Design team, we collaborate with Digital Sculptors, Materials Teams, and production partners/vendors to help inform production capabilities, limitations and consider the potential cost impact of design, production, and technology choices. The Industrial Design Intern with help build production ready digital assets, technical drawings, and specs of varied products to bring characters to life across all Disney Parks, Resorts & Cruise Ships, worldwide.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Ability to proficiently build/communicate design concepts through 3D design software while showcasing innovative and creative design solutions; strong emphasis on complex CAD surface modeling and design
- Ability to process ideas through physical prototyping/mockup creation with strong knowledge of materials, manufacturing processes, and product development methodologies
- Effective understanding of the detailed relationship between aesthetics/function and ergonomics, human factors, and user experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in 3D CAD Software. (e.g. Solidworks, Autodesk Fusion360, Rhino)
- Recognizable passion for 3D Printing, model making, Toy Design, 3D scanning, Costume Design, prop making, etc.
- Experience with digital sculpting tools (e.g. Zbrush, Blender, Maya)
- Collaborative problem solver with the ability to communicate/work with cross-functional teams
Required Materials
A link to your online portfolio, showcasing successful and diverse design work, with evidence of high proficiency in 3D CAD design software, needs to be included on your resume
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 the time of application posting OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
- Currently enrolled as a junior, senior, recent graduate, or graduate student with a degree in: Industrial Design, Product Design, Toy Design, Themed Entertainment Design, Animatronics or Mechanical Engineering
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)
- 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.