Part Time Costume Specialist Sr, Walt Disney World
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 1252481BR Location Orlando, Florida, United States / Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney World Resort Date posted Jan. 05, 2025Job Summary:
You will report to the Costuming Manager.
The pay rate for this role in Florida is $18.00 per hour.
Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare for special events by presetting and dressing specific costumes
- Assist with the setup and strike of special entertainment events
- Working autonomously without direct supervision in offsite or remote locations
- Perform small hand-sewing repairs to keep an offering up
- Potential travel for events beyond Walt Disney World property
- Help dress performers including usage of technology components
- Continual lifting, lowering, and sliding of boxes and containers and repetitively climbing ladders and stairs
- Perform Attraction walk-throughs
- Taking on-site documentation photos
- Partial to full re-dressings of figures
- Take detailed costuming inventory
- Ensure costume show quality at all times
- Minor repairs to character hard goods (halo repairs, minor gluing, eye lenses/lash replacement, etc.)
- Work with small handheld tools (drill, rivet gun, dremel, etc.)
- Working with various glues and epoxies
- Working with and around costumes made of synthetic materials (fur, latex, Mylar, etc.)
- Pack costumes for shipping and delivery with attention to detail
- Performing specialty laundry procedures of unique and specialized fabrics or costumes
Basic Qualifications:
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Possess a valid US Driver’s license
- Receptive to working a variety of shift times that may include overnight hours, holidays, and weekends
- Receptive to assisting performers in various stages of dress
- Receptive to working indoors and outdoors in varying or extreme temperatures and weather conditions
- Receptive to working in venues with low light levels and/or with theatrical special effects (fog, strobe lights, etc.)
- Willing to drive company vehicles, including box trucks, SUVs, multi-passenger vans, and be able to utilize a manual transmission
- Willing to be trained, certified, and operate heavy equipment such as a Roll Loader, Forklift, Scissor Lift, and WAV lift
- Willing to work in confined spaces
- Climb multiple ladders and staircases per shift
- Prolonged standing throughout your shift
- Work at elevations up to 30 feet
- Lifting bins or objects to 50 lbs.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Costuming experience in a theatrical or themed entertainment capacity
- Experience with supporting the costuming needs of performers
- Experience with character or mascot building/dressing
- Knowledge or experience with Microsoft Office Suite, GUS+, Smartsheet, and MATER
Additional Information:
SCHEDULE AVAILABILTYOur Theme Parks and Resort Hotels operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and some shifts may start as early as 5:00am while some may end as late as 3:00am, 4:00am or 5:00am. Please note that the principles of seniority are used to schedule all roles.
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KEYWORD: WDWCasting, Costuming, WDW: Walt Disney World Casting Hourly Jobs
About Walt Disney World Resort:
Since opening in 1971, Walt Disney World Resort has played an important role in many childhood and family memories. Today, hundreds of millions of guests from around the globe visit this magical place to enjoy a Disney vacation. Through a combination of creativity, innovation and technology, the resort immerses guests in classic Disney tales and new kinds of family entertainment. Drawing from a rich heritage of storytelling, Walt Disney World Resort cast members bring Disney magic to life through unmatched attention to detail and superior guest service.
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 Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business we call Walt Disney World Resort.
Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. 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.
