VP-Creative & Advanced Development
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10159336 Emplacement Glendale, Californie, États-Unis Entreprise Walt Disney Imagineering Date de publication 04/09/2026Résumé du poste:
About the Role
Disney Live Entertainment (DLE) is seeking a visionary and hands-on creative leader to serve as Vice President, Creative & Advanced Development. This role sits at the center of DLE's global creative delivery — shaping the artistic voice, casting, and innovation pipeline behind the live entertainment experiences that define Disney's parks, resorts, and cruise line around the world.
Reporting to the SVP of Disney Live Entertainment, this leader is functionally responsible for the Glendale-based creative team — including executive and non-executive Creative Directors, production design, and casting — while also serving as the connective thread between site-based Creative Directors across the globe. The VP will guide creative casting, commissioning, and development of Tier 1 projects, and lead Advanced Development (LEAD), driving innovation in performance, immersive and experiential entertainment, and emerging technologies.
This is a role for a leader with deep roots in live storytelling — someone equally fluent in the language of theatre, themed entertainment, and immersive experience design, who can champion bold creative ambition while building the systems and global community needed to deliver it at scale.
Key Responsibilities:
Creative Delivery
Own the successful delivery of all creative content globally, including DLE capital and expense projects, events, major integrated WDI capital projects, new lands, ships, and gates
Provide global script, treatment, and presentation review for site-based and all Tier 1 content
Serve as Creative Director for select projects, including Disney's Hollywood Studios' nighttime spectacular
Partner on content creation and creative direction across Disney Cruise Line, Disneyland Paris, and Advanced Development
Lead Pre-LEPR and LEPR (Live Entertainment Project Review) processes and quarterly global creative updates
Edit and oversee Atypical Tuesday, DLE's weekly creative newsletter
Represent DLE as a member of Bob Weis' Creative Council and contribute to DLE's global strategic planning as part of its leadership body
Functional & Global Creative Leadership
Hold dual leadership accountability for site-based creative leaders worldwide and direct leadership of non-site-based creative leaders
Establish and lead a high-functioning global creative organization and community, elevating creative standards and alignment across all DLE sites
Build and maintain credible, influential relationships with site presidents, site creative portfolio executives, WDI creative executives, and other senior enterprise leaders
Act as the partner of choice ensuring the best possible entertainment creative is planned and delivered at every site
Maintain a flexible, senior non-site-specific creative talent pool, planned through the WDI resourcing cycle, to meet site and enterprise-wide creative needs
Partner with Regional VPs and site leadership on project casting strategy and creative resourcing decisions
Advanced Development (LEAD)
Direct DLE's Advanced Development function (LEAD), empowering research and experimentation into emerging trends in performance, immersive/experiential entertainment, and new technologies
Commission and oversee Advanced Development projects
Partner with R&D, production, and technical teams to explore new business models and revenue streams for DLE, DPEP, and TWDC
Champion discovery of diverse performance talent and new creative technologies
Cast Leadership
Oversee casting assignments, resource planning, and cast development globally
Guide performance management, talent development, and cast enrichment
Own onboarding for creative and cast talent, and approve related expense and travel
Lead the Global Creative Directors forum and weekly Creative Director meetings
Culture & Inclusion
Serve as a member of the Global DLE Executive Team and WDI Creative Council
Provide direct leadership of the Director, Inclusive Strategies role, ensuring inclusion is embedded appropriately throughout the creative production lifecycle
Actively participate in and champion DLE's DEI Advisory Committee, WDI Diversity Council, DLE BIPOC Connect, and WDI Blue Sky/Ideation Steering Committee
Required Qualifications
10+ years of progressive creative leadership experience in theatre, themed entertainment, immersive/experiential design, or live entertainment production
Demonstrated success directing or overseeing large-scale live productions — such as theatrical shows, parades, spectaculars, themed attractions, or immersive experiences — from concept through delivery
Proven ability to lead and develop creative teams and talent across multiple sites or geographies
Strong background in creative casting, talent development, and performance management
Experience partnering with production design, technical direction, and show production disciplines
Excellent collaboration and influence skills, with a track record of building relationships across senior leadership, site, and enterprise stakeholders
Entrepreneurial, solution-focused, and action-oriented leadership style
Bachelor's degree in Business, Fine Arts, Theatre, Design, or a related field required
Preferred Qualifications
Experience directing or contributing to an Advanced Development, R&D, or innovation function within a creative or entertainment organization
Familiarity with emerging technologies as they apply to live performance and immersive storytelling
Financial and business acumen, including experience managing creative budgets or evaluating new business/revenue models (preferred, not required)
Experience championing inclusion and diversity initiatives within a creative organization
Global or multi-site operating experience within themed entertainment, cruise, resort, or live event environments
What Success Looks Like
The VP, Creative & Advanced Development will be measured by the strength and consistency of creative delivered across every DLE site, the health and cohesion of a truly global creative community, and DLE's growing reputation as a source of bold, innovative, and technologically forward live entertainment — all while cultivating an inclusive, high-performing creative culture.
The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $236,000 to $316,500 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Sur Walt Disney Imagineering:
Fondée en 1952 sous le nom de WED Entreprises pour concevoir et construire le premier parc à thème au monde — Disneyland — Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) est le lieu où l’imagination et la créativité s’associent à une technologie de pointe pour créer des expériences inoubliables. WDI est la force créative qui imagine, conçoit et construit tous les parcs à thème, complexes hôteliers, attractions et navires de croisière Disney dans le monde entier. La force unique d’Imagineering provient de son équipe mondiale diverse de professionnels créatifs et techniques, qui s’appuient sur l’héritage de la narration de Disney pour créer de nouvelles formes de divertissement. Les Imagineers qui pratiquent ce mélange unique d’œuvres d’art et de science travaillent dans plus de 100 disciplines pour guider une idée du début à la fin, de la phase de conception créative sans contraintes jusqu’au jour de l’ouverture.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney Imagineering Live, LLC , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Walt Disney Imagineering.
Disney Imagineering Live, LLC est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.