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Disney Live Entertainment Costuming Production Workroom Intern, Spring 2025
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10105379 Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney Imagineering Date posted Nov. 08, 2024Job Summary:
About the Role & Program
Through innovative storytelling and a culture of teamwork, Disney Live Entertainment builds, 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! Our 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!
This is a full-time 6-month internship (dates are January 11th, 2025, through June 7th, 2025).
What You Will Do
The Costume Production department is responsible for facilitating the manufacturing and maintenance of operational and entertainment costumes across The Walt Disney Company. At Disney, you will partner with Entertainment and Costuming Operations to ensure costume quality and design is consistently maintained.
- Interface daily with the Workroom Teams, Costumers, Buyers, Designers, and varying levels of management within the Costuming organization
- Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to draping, drafting, patterning, CAD/CAM process, costume construction, fittings, size charts and alterations
- Attend possible meetings
- Observe and assist with fittings
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Proven knowledge of fabrics with an understanding of their relation to design and construction techniques
- Experience in the Theater, Film or Apparel Industry
- Willingness to learn and work with many different methods of construction that are unique to Creative Costuming
- Proven planning and organizational skills with attention to detail
- Computer proficiency is strongly encouraged as well as willingness to learn various programs
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work well with cross-functional teams and vendors
Education:
- Currently enrolled as a senior or as a graduate student, pursuing a degree in Costume Design Production, Costuming, Clothing, or related field
- 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
Candidates for this opportunity MUST meet all 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 Disney College Program
- Be compliant with The Disney Look appearance guidelines
- 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 Walt Disney Entertainment, which is part of a business we call Walt Disney Imagineering.
Walt Disney Entertainment 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.