Senior Creative Director — Immersive Experience Studio

The Walt Disney Company

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 100,000 - 170,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance & dental

Disney park admission benefits

Parental & guardian leave

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Walt Disney Imagineering in London is seeking a Senior Creative Director to guide the development of immersive attractions, leading interdisciplinary teams from BlueSky to opening. You will oversee story, guest experience, and design quality while safeguarding IP and creative vision.

Based in our London Hammersmith office, this role requires 4 days in the office with one remote day and frequent international travel.

Qualifications

Significant experience in design, production, or related fields.
Experience leading creative development of projects of moderate scale.
Thorough knowledge of the creative development process and deliverables.
Knowledge of lighting, effects, media, show systems, and ride integration.
Ability to pitch and direct complex creative concepts and guest experiences.
Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and aligning stakeholders.
Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
Ability to communicate concepts, risks, and recommendations to teams and executives.
Proficiency with scripting, storyboards, 3D modeling, and visualization tools.

Responsibilities

Guide and inspire development of creative content for large-scale attractions.
Maintain the project’s creative vision from BlueSky through opening.
Direct ideation and development of concepts using treatments, art, storyboards.
Align interdisciplinary teams around story, design, guest experience, and quality.
Collaborate with Producer to set objectives and balance scope, budget, schedule, quality.
Provide clear creative direction to writers, designers, directors, artists.
Create and present concepts, materials, and updates to leadership and partners.
Collaborate with partners to integrate live entertainment and experiences.
Lead consensus-building and resolve design direction conflicts.
Identify and develop internal/external talent across disciplines.