Disney Live Entertainment Technical Development Intern

About the Role & Program

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! Our diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields 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 approximate dates of this internship are June 9, 2025, through December 19,2025 located in Glendale, CA.

• What You Will Do
• Work on projects that impact our international and domestic offerings
• Assist with technical research and documentation development
• Support Digital Asset Management system, including ingest, organization, and distribution of active and archived digital files
• Track and review incoming and outgoing communication and deliverables
• Partner with cross-functional teams including creative, production, designers, consultants, and vendors

Preferred Qualifications:

• Interest in new technology, game design, virtual production, or software development
• Fabrication skills, technical production or design experience
• Experience working with Unreal Engine or Unity
• Experience working with digital illustration tools such as Illustrator, Photoshop, SketchUp, Maya, Rhino and 3ds Max
• Familiarity with entertainment programming software (such as MA 3D, Navigator, Hippotizer, Qsys)
• Passion for technology – whether that’s video game design, 3d printing, building robots, or something else
• Thorough, organized and detail-oriented
• Work collaboratively and independently
• Strong oral/written communication skills
• Able to handle multiple tasks and priorities
• Experience creating and delivering compelling presentations, distilling technical details into simple written and visual communication
• Demonstrated proficiency with Excel, Adobe, and PowerPoint or Keynote
• Demonstrated proficiency in modeling software, including CADD (Revit and/or AutoCAD)
• Experience in an entertainment or theatrical technical environment

Preferred Education: 

• Senior and graduate student earning or completing MFA in a technical design-related field

Required Materials:

• Sample of Technical documentation saved as PDF (upload additional documents, files, or links in the same designated field as the resume/CV)

Eligibility Requirements & Program Information

• Be enrolled in an accredited college/university, taking at least one class at the time of application posting OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
• Be at least 18 years of age
• Possess unrestricted work authorization
• Have not completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or Disney College Program
• Be compliant with appearance guidelines
• Fully available Sunday through Saturday, for the duration of the internship, 40 hours per week
• Able to provide/have reliable transportation to/from work
• Possess a valid US driver’s license and have the ability to operate a company vehicle
• Able to have a consistent, reliable work schedule throughout the internship
• Able to provide own housing for the duration of internship program in Florida
• We provide limited housing opportunities for Florida Based Professional Interns through American Campus Communities, for more information