Workroom Manager - Seasonal/Casual Temporary
The Walt Disney Company
Job Summary
The Workroom Manager oversees all aspects of a skilled artisan team, leading daily operations, fostering collaboration, and ensuring project success. Responsibilities include managing costume alterations, handling confidential information, partnering with various collaborators (costumers, buyers, designers, vendors), creating manufacturing estimates, forecasting and ordering supplies, addressing cast issues, and ensuring timely, on-budget, high-quality production. The role requires strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with experience in garment construction, alterations, and fittings. This is a Casual Temporary/Seasonal role with fluctuating hours based on business needs.
Must Have
- 3+ years garment construction experience
- 3+ years leading garment fittings
- Leadership experience in relevant industry
- Experience with performers' wardrobe
- Budget management and workflow leadership
- Excellent communication skills
Good to Have
- SAP, Maximo, Adobe Creative Suite experience
- Unionized cast experience
- Embroidery proficiency
- Vietnamese, Haitian Creole, or Spanish fluency
Perks & Benefits
- Health and savings benefits
- Educational opportunities
- Disney-exclusive extras
Job Description
Job Summary:
Through innovative storytelling and collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment crafts, 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 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 Workroom Manager leads all aspects of a diverse and dedicated cast of highly skilled artisans. This role leads the day-to-day operation of both people and processes with an eye toward teamwork, collaboration, and development.
This position reports to the Area Manager of Costume Production.
This is a Casual Temporary or Seasonal role with no guarantee of weekly working hours, as hours will fluctuate based on business needs.
What You Will Do
Oversee the workroom of operational costumes and facilitate alterations for entertainment and character costumes.
Handle confidential information pertaining to employees and intellectual property.
Partner with multiple collaborators to maintain product quality and designs.
Partner with Costumers, Buyers, Designers, & vendors.
Creating estimates for manufacturing costumes.
Forecast and order needed supplies, tools, and notions.
Responsible for ensuring that Cast issues are addressed in a timely manner.
Ensure that manufacturing is on time, on budget, and of the utmost quality.
Required Qualifications & Skills
3+ years experience in garment construction, alterations, and patterning techniques
3+ years experience leading garment/costume fittings
1+ years experience in leadership
Experience in the theater, film, apparel, or manufacturing industry
Experience with performers in various stages of dress/undress
Experience with sewing terms, fabric types, and garment notions
Experience leading workflow and project budgets
Experience communicating (both verbal and written) with a variety of partners at all levels
Experience working in a team environment where collaboration is key
Experience in planning, problem-solving, conflict resolution, influencing, and negotiating
Experience with continuous improvement process
Ability to work around all types of fabrics, fibers, foams, and synthetic furs
Ability to be flexible with work schedule, including weekends and holidays
Preferred Qualifications
Experience using SAP, Maximo, and Adobe Creative Suite
Experience working with a unionized cast
Experience working with embroidery
Proficient or fluent in Vietnamese, Haitian Creole, or Spanish
Education
High School Diploma or equivalent is required
Advanced degree in a Costuming, Textiles, or Apparel-related field 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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