Costuming Manager - Production Support

Job ID 10117358 Location Orlando, Florida, United States Business Walt Disney Imagineering Date posted Apr. 14, 2025

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Job Summary:

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.

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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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.

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