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As a Brand Relations Manager, you will be responsible for partnering with Walt Disney studios and Walt Disney games disciplines (production, creative, and marketing) in receiving, routing, and the delivering of brand content and approvals to ensure games are aligned with brand and corporate guidelines. This position requires day to day interactions with the games team, creatives, marketing, and Walt Disney studios. This role supports studios for Disney/Pixar Games including: Walt Disney Animation, Disney Live Action, Pixar, Parks, and Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED).

This brand work entails providing clearly communicated brand feedback/approvals/notes to and from studios and games teams, meetings, reviews, and content share outs. A key responsibility in this role is to continue to support the relationships of the studio stakeholders as we push the limits of innovation for new product that evolves with the market and audience.

You will primarily lead small to medium scale/complex products and support live service/live operated titles. You will also lead assigned projects and support the Brand Relations leads across their assigned products.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can draw upon a background with solid knowledge of the Disney brands and knowledge of gaming and a passion for both. They must be able to carefully articulate feedback and clearly communicate information to all stakeholders, addressing opportunities and challenges.

This role is located at the Pixar campus in Emeryville, Ca and may require onsite Disney studio visits at: Walt Disney Animation, Disney Main Lot, WDI/Parks, and occasional visits with Disney TV (DMED). This position does not support Marvel or Lucas.

This position will report to Director, Studio Relations

Responsibilities:

• Supports Brand Relations work and manages brand reviews for assigned Disney Games titles, both global and regional, including console, mobile, online, and other platforms from creative concept, development, release & live service.

• Works closely with the studios to learn and master the understanding of the Disney brands as a Brand Relations ambassador.

• Ensures that the Walt Disney Games teams have the necessary support from studios such as access to reference materials, story overviews, and digital assets in order to deliver high quality games.

• Provides brand guidance to producers and creative staff balancing the needs of the game and the authenticity of the TWDC Franchise’s characters and worlds.

• Collaborates with Game product development on creative concepts through a brand and studio lens.

• Primary advocate for both filmmakers and game productions to negotiate a balance of game features without compromising brand integrity.

• Collaborates with marketing staff to ensure effective synergy, distribution, and promotions.

• Prepares and develops internal and external presentations for new and classic brand content.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3 – 5+ years of experience specifically in brand management, video games, or in film studios.

• Understanding of mobile, console, and/or PC games with live operations components.

• A solid understanding of all phases of film or game development: concept, pre-production, production and post-production/live-service.

• Ability to make confident, intelligent, and critical decisions to ensure reviewers understand importance of specific game requirements while maintaining brand integrity.

• Experience working with filmmakers, games developers, franchise management, and Disney partners.

• Supports a workplace environment that encourages collaboration and innovative/creative thinking.

• Detail oriented and able to manage multiple projects at different stages of development.

• Able to identify/assess risks escalate to senior staff as necessary.

• Strong sense of ownership, flexibility, and urgency.

• Proficiency in project management tools such as JIRA, AirTable and able to navigate database asset and routing software.

• Emphasis on building productive relationships with creatives, managers and peers.

• Demonstrate affinity and familiarity with TWDC Franchises (excluding Marvel and Lucas).

• Passion for the latest games and game platforms (Mobile, Console, PC, AR/VR).

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Additional Information:

This position is located in Glendale, CA

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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• Handle complex scheduling for busy music school
• Assist General Manager with a wide variety of tasks as required
• Schedule and lead tours for prospective students and parents
• Greet, and look after students
• Handle opening and closing of school
• Answers phones and field inquiries; pitch the music program
• Works on special projects, prepare reports, and other administration including billing
• Adheres to the SOR Code of Conduct, safety policies, including the Monitoring and Supervision policy.

• Two years + working Front Desk, Reception, and/or Customer Service role
• High detail orientation, multi-tasker
• Welcoming, outgoing demeanor essential
• Good team player who collaborates well
• Experiencing working with Google Drive and Google sheets preferred.
• Some social media experience preferred.
• Interest in music and related arts or experience working with young people a plus

The Live Entertainment Advanced Development Studio (LEAD) is the think tank within Disney Live Entertainment (DLE) that looks towards the future of live experiences by researching emerging entertainment trends, exploring new technologies, and identifying up-and-coming creative talent and organizations as potential project partners. The LEAD Creative Producer oversees and inspires the LEAD strategic vision set by DLE leadership. You will collaborate with other creative and production leaders to define projects, identify creative talent both internally and externally, and bring LEAD projects from concept to completion. Additionally, you will develop budgets, schedules, and strategies, focusing on the research and development of “pie in the sky” ideas. This role will also collaborate on preliminary business planning for experiences conceived to be outside of the Disney Parks, Resorts, and Cruise Ships.

You will report to VP-Creative & Advanced Development

You Will

• Support and develop the creative vision and/or direction of a given project or initiative.
• Create and maintain partnerships across all spectrums of an assignment, from the working teams through division executives.
• Create budgets, schedules, process strategies, negotiate contracts, provide clear direction to teams, and communicate project concepts and important information to all levels of leadership.
• Provide guidance to creative and production collaborators.
• Champion for safety, environmental stewardship, inclusion, relevancy, and other corporate programs, driving our results.
• Focus on ideating experiences within or outside of our parks, resorts, and cruise ships, and build initial business strategies and team goals to determine viability of developed concepts.

Basic Qualifications/You Will Have

• Varied and successful creation and execution of original theatrical works, immersive experiences, dance, music, or visual arts that appeal to diverse audiences
• Minimum 5 years of experience of team leadership in entertainment show production, theatrical, immersive, or live event production.
• Creative development, presentation (C-Suite on down), and communication
• Demonstrated outstanding creative collaboration skills and an ability to inspire diverse groups and individuals
• Knowledge of creative process and deliverables
• Understanding of theatrical technologies, ( i.e., lighting, special effects, audio, projection, set design and construction)
• Negotiate, organize, and provide direction to complete multiple tasks promptly
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
• Experience creating/maintaining of budgets and schedules
• Available and willing to work weekends, holidays, and third shift
• Creative Mind/Outside of the box thinker

Preferred Qualifications

• Business planning or theatrical touring leadership, with experience in revenue calculations
• Experience with conflict resolution in team building and collaboration
• Willingness to travel on multiple domestic and international assignments
• Fluency in any other language (Mandarin, French, Japanese, Spanish, etc.)

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree in theater, design, entertainment, or 5+ years equivalent work experience

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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Team Name:

Unannounced Project

Job Title:

Senior Art Director – Unannounced Survival Game

Requisition ID:

R014893

Job Description:

Senior Art Director – Unannounced Survival Game

Position Summary

A new world and a new journey await you. It is a world different from any other Blizzard has created.

If you’re a passionate game developer, and, well, a good human being, then we’d love to talk to you. We have a new AAA survival game in the works, set in a new IP for PC/Console. It’s going to be amazing, and we’d love to bring you along for the ride. Together, we’ll build something big, bold, and beautiful.

As the Sr Art Director you’d be joining a world class team to be instrumental in the leadership and illustration of the game’s vision. This position would be responsible for leading a growing team, establishing direction, consistency and helping to establish the game’s Identity.

As part of studio leadership, this director will report to the project Executive Producer and will collaborate with the Creative Director, Tech Art Director and Design Director to ensure alignment and continuity across teams. The Sr Art Director will provide feedback and communicate execution standards to guide the vision of the game; allowing the team creative flexibility and support wherever needed. Finding and maintaining the right balance between quality and speed is a top priority – this director will ensure that our assets are both on time, at quality bar, and performant in engine.

COVID-19 Hiring Update:

We’ve transitioned to a work-from-home model, and we’re continuing to interview and hire during this time. This role is expected to begin as a remote position. We understand each person’s circumstances may be unique and will work with you to explore possible interim options.

Responsibilities

• Actively define, evangelize, and evolve creative direction for the IP.
• Act as direct supervisor for Art team leads and set standards for ART team members
• Direct and lead the creative delivery of visual benchmarks.
• Direct and lead the creative delivery of all Art deleiverables.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Work with other directors, team leads, and studio leadership to define and help implement franchise and/or studio-wide initiatives
• Partner with Cinematics Directors to establish continuity between gameplay and cinematics
• Work with production and leadership to manage project scope, including managing the balance between optimization and visual quality
• Anticipate future project challenges, spearhead solutions, and set high-level goals for the team
• Identify and drive forward next-gen technologies and R&D efforts for the studio.
• Productive feedback and brainstorming
• Strong cross-departmental communication and ability to work with teams in different locations
• Positive attitude, strong work ethic and the ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment
• Extremely strong Artistic and interpersonal problem-solving skills

Requirements

• Experience providing strategic leadership for gameplay animation as world-building leader on AAA titles.
• Proven experience leading a specialized team of individuals in your field to meet goals on time and at quality
• Able to guide an entire team, ensuring the quality/vision are consistent and the appropriate style over the course of a project, with emphasis on fantasy.
• Understanding of Open world and survival game asset and production requirements.
• Deep understanding and ability to work inside of game engines
• Ability to evaluate and solve workflow inefficiencies.

Blizzard Entertainment is a global company committed to growing our employees. We offer generous benefits and perks with an eye on providing true work/life balance. We’ve worked hard to champion an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunity for professional growth. Our people are everything, and our core values are real.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Come help us bring the world together through epic entertainment!