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 Costuming Manager will support our Production Support team. This role is responsible for leading the team to be consistent in the delivery of various documents pertinent to the costume production process. This includes that the documents themselves are also consistent and meet our Disney Live Entertainment documentation guidelines. Candidates will work with product lifecycle management software and related technology.
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The Costuming Manager will report to the Area Manager of Costume Production.
This is a Full-Time role.
What You Will Do
Provide daily leadership, coaching, and mentoring to a team of direct & indirect reports, including ensuring the team receives accurate training and understands their role and how to perform it accurately
Track and report out on projects inclusive of monitoring project hours
Experience with collective bargaining agreements
Review and prepare workflow, resource needs, and action plans while ensuring efficiency, quality, and customer service standards are met
Look for areas of opportunity to improve efficiency for the organization and strive for consistent processes within Disney Live Entertainment Costuming.
Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and implementing standards and procedures and aligning with Company guidelines
Partner and provide timely communication to all team members
Establish a collaborative and supportive working relationship with co-workers and support staff across all levels of the organization, and across partnering disciplines
Proactively identify operational issues, recommend and implement strategies to resolve
Facilitate meetings with various partners to gain an understanding of various projects and results
Keep informed of new and emerging technologies that could improve current business practices
Required Qualifications & Skills
1+ years leadership experience such as Coordinator, Crew Chief, Lead, Trainer, etc.
1+ years experience with Collective Bargaining agreements
Experience in planning, problem-solving, conflict resolution, influencing, and negotiating
Experience prioritizing and multitasking a variety of workflows
Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers, including meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction
Experience delivering direct written and oral feedback and communication to all levels of partners (written and/or verbal)
Ability to travel between work locations in a given day
Ability to work around all types of fabrics, fibers, and synthetic furs
Ability to work flexible hours including weekends, nights, and holidays
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Adobe Creative Suite
Experience with costume/asset/photo documentation
Experience with Walt Disney World Collective Bargaining agreements
Experience with SAP, Yunique (PLM), JIRA, GUS+, and other industry-specific programs and how they work with one another
Experience in the apparel industry
Education
High School Diploma or equivalent is required
Advanced degree in Apparel Manufacturing, Business Management or related fields is preferred
Additional Information
Benefits and Perks: Disney offers 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 our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
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