Costuming - Full Time, $29.86/Hour

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company; Kapolei, Northern (HI, KY); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare options

Tuition paid upfront

Free lunch

Free parking

Theme park admission

Job summary

Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa is seeking a Costuming Cast Member to support costume issuance, care, and inventory management for daily performances on stage and back‐stage. You will assist performers with dressing, maintain costumes, and perform housekeeping tasks as part of a fast-paced environment.

The role requires reliable availability seven days a week, including early mornings and holidays. You will operate RFID inventory systems and assist with wardrobe fittings and storage.

Qualifications

• Passion for the Entertainment industry.
• Willingness to enforce and model the Disney Look appearance guidelines.
• Direct cast members on how to wear the assigned costumes.
• Confident using computer tracing systems.
• Experience in a fast paced work environment.
• Can complete repetitious tasks while maintaining quality of work.
• May require climbing tall ladders and working at heights.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with cast members and ensure clean costumes for each working shift.
• Helps performers dress/undress.
• Responsible for the care of costumes and underdressings.
• Inspect costumes and pieces for repairs - sends out to respective locations.
• Housekeeping, including vacuuming, sweeping, emptying trash, dusting, etc.
• Laundry, including sorting, scrubbing, hand-washing, placing in dryer, ironing, folding, and placing all costumes/under dressings on hangers.
• Frequent use of RFID scanning system to inventory and track inventory.
• Frequent use of computer to input cast member information and complete multiple transactions in managing inventory.
• Assists cast members in locating the proper costumes.
• Will handle and sort dirty/soiled laundry.
• May work locker issue - issuing locks, maintaining locker rooms, organizing supplies, fittings, ordering costumes, records for laundry services.
• May work stockroom - receiving, storing, delivering and tracking costumes.

Skills

Entertainment passion

Verbal communication

Disney Look

Fast-paced work

Repetitive tasks

Computer tracing

Willing to learn

Climbing heights

Tools

RFID system

Inventory software

Industrial sewing machines

Job description

Come and join the magic with Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa! Perks and benefits may include:

• Healthcare options for you and your eligible dependents
• Tuition paid upfront at network schools
• Free lunch
• Free parking
• Free theme park admission and much more!

Costuming is a fast paced environment where you can showcase your interest in operations, costuming and entertainment. Costuming cast members are responsible for issuing and maintaining costumes to the Resort On Stage and Backstage Cast Members.

Responsibilities

• Interacts with cast members and ensure clean costumes for each working shift
• Helps performers dress/undress
• Responsible for the care of costumes and underdressings
• Inspect costumes and pieces for repairs - sends out to respective locations
• Housekeeping, including (but not limited to) vacuuming, sweeping, emptying trash, dusting, etc.
• Laundry, including (but not limited to) sorting, scrubbing, hand-washing, placing in dryer, ironing, folding, and placing all costumes/under dressings on hangers
• Frequent use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) scanning system to inventory and track inventory
• Frequent use of computer to input cast member information and complete multiple transactions in managing inventory
• Assists cast members in locating the proper costumes
• As clean costumes come in, put away in the designated location(s)
• Will handle and sort dirty/soiled laundry
• May work locker issue - responsible for issuing locks to cast members, assist cast members with lockers, maintain locker rooms, support locker room clean outs, organize department supplies, conduct fittings as needed, order costumes, maintain records for laundry services
• May work stockroom - responsible for supporting the operation in a warehouse-like environment where you may receive, store, deliver and track costumes

Basic Qualifications

• Passion for the Entertainment industry
• Willingness to enforce and model the Disney Look appearance guidelines
• Direct cast members on how to wear the assigned costumes
• Confident using computer tracing systems
• Experience in a fast paced work environment
• Can complete repetitious tasks while maintaining quality of work
• Strong verbal communication skills
• Willing to learn (may need to learn how to sew buttons, hooks, etc.)
• May require climbing tall ladders and working at heights

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in a retail and/or theatrical environment
• Sewing experience: Able to operate industrial sewing machines and be able to demonstrate basic knowledge of altering and repairing a garment
• Knowledge of Hawaiian/Japanese language preferred

Additional Information

Schedule Availability

Full Time – Full availability is required seven (7) days per week, including early mornings, late nights, weekends, and holidays.

The pay rate for this role in Hawaii is $29.86 per hour. Select benefits may be provided as part of the compensation package, such as medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. To learn more about our benefits visit: https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.