SUCCEEDING IN ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN
Designing, Producing, and Building entertainment projects requires a diverse team with world-class talent and experience. Talent gets you in the door, but it's your teamwork and personality that will make it possible to get the experience you need to grow and hone your professional skills. KB Creative Advisors believes in offering learning opportunities to talented people, helping them to gain the experience they need to succeed in their careers. Under the careful supervision of our most senior Creative Advisors, we offer new team members exposure to all aspects of project creation, design and development. We nurture new talent into seasoned creative professionals.
The following abilities and attitudes lead to ongoing opportunities in our industry:
The following abilities and attitudes lead to ongoing opportunities in our industry:
SKILLS
- Software--Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and SketchUp savvy, (PC or Mac--we don't discriminate!)
- Design--refined design skills that can be applied to diverse project types and disciplines
- Documentation--Ability to create/assemble comprehensive design intent documentation on complex projects
- Research--able to access resources to obtain information needed
- Diplomacy & Tact--required to work with team members from multiple disciplines and cultures
- Creation--ability to take written program information and create concepts, sketches, graphics and plans
- Initiative--able to determine and take appropriate actions based on project creative goals, deliverables and schedule milestones
- Verbal--excellent written and spoken language skills to appropriately express ones ideas
TALENTS
- Visualization--excellent freehand planning, drawing, sketching, and rendering skills
- Creativity--bring new ideas, different views, new thought combinations, methods & inspiration to your work
- Leadership--ability to lead professionals in meetings and projects to yield creative/productive/efficient results
ATTITUDES
- Respect--able to treat team members, clients, and vendors with respect and courtesy
- Flexibility--able to cope with changing time frames, deadlines, goals and deliverables (Hey, you wanted to be in show biz, right?)
- Teamwork--able to put creativity first, push egoism aside, to work effectively in dynamic team-based environments with clients and designers from different professional and cultural backgrounds
- Integrity--Honesty, ethical behavior, loyalty and perseverance are the foundation upon which all skills and talents depend; without integrity, any talent or skills you possess are worthless
ENTERTAINMENT DESIGN DISCIPLINES
Master Planner | Planning or Landscape Architecture
The Master Planner uses the Client’s goals and objectives to create a compelling vision for a project, the culmination of which is an evocative plan that maximizes the creative and business of the site. S/He locates and arranges all elements, areas, themes, attractions, retail, and dining venues into a master plan that is the creative foundation for exciting guest experiences.
The Master Planner uses the Client’s goals and objectives to create a compelling vision for a project, the culmination of which is an evocative plan that maximizes the creative and business of the site. S/He locates and arranges all elements, areas, themes, attractions, retail, and dining venues into a master plan that is the creative foundation for exciting guest experiences.
Area Development Designer | Landscape or Environmental Design
Responsible for the ‘Place Making’ of each of the themed lands, the ADD uses a palette of landscape, hardscape, topography, grading, lighting, graphics, water features and iconographical and themed elements to create the physical environment. Sketching, planning, drawing, drafting, and other skills combine to allow a well-rounded, multi-disciplinary approach to area development design.
Responsible for the ‘Place Making’ of each of the themed lands, the ADD uses a palette of landscape, hardscape, topography, grading, lighting, graphics, water features and iconographical and themed elements to create the physical environment. Sketching, planning, drawing, drafting, and other skills combine to allow a well-rounded, multi-disciplinary approach to area development design.
Architectural Designer | Architecture or Environmental Design
Working with the opportunities presented in the master plan, the Architectural Designer works to form the plans for shows, rides, attractions, retail, dining, and back-of-house functions into realistic designs. S/He creates concepts for the buildings in plan, section, elevation, and sketch form
Working with the opportunities presented in the master plan, the Architectural Designer works to form the plans for shows, rides, attractions, retail, dining, and back-of-house functions into realistic designs. S/He creates concepts for the buildings in plan, section, elevation, and sketch form
Interior Designer | Interiors, Architecture, Environmental Design
Castles, pumpkins, or UFO’s all have interiors and must be designed--even the Smurf’s house. The ability to work in various scales, motifs and styles from under the sea to inside mushrooms, is key for Interior Designers in creating entertainment, retail, and dining environments. Plans, sections, elevations, sketches, samples, colors, graphics and textures are the tools they used to bring it to life.
Castles, pumpkins, or UFO’s all have interiors and must be designed--even the Smurf’s house. The ability to work in various scales, motifs and styles from under the sea to inside mushrooms, is key for Interior Designers in creating entertainment, retail, and dining environments. Plans, sections, elevations, sketches, samples, colors, graphics and textures are the tools they used to bring it to life.
Concept Designer | Illustration, Industrial Design, or Game Design
The Concept Designer has fantastic visualization skills and produces dramatic emotional sketches, drawings, paintings and renderings which help to evolve and convey the key moments of any entertainment experience. Able to create images of any theme, era, genre or venue, the Concept Designer helps to set the tone for further detailed development.
The Concept Designer has fantastic visualization skills and produces dramatic emotional sketches, drawings, paintings and renderings which help to evolve and convey the key moments of any entertainment experience. Able to create images of any theme, era, genre or venue, the Concept Designer helps to set the tone for further detailed development.
Show/Set Designer | Architecture or Theatrical Set Design
Working alongside the project’s Art Director, Show Set Designers evolve the concept by drawing detailed elaborations of every element in a show, ride, or attraction. Using their freehand skills they create scaled plan, section, and elevation drawings that communicate the character, size, scale, and scope.
Working alongside the project’s Art Director, Show Set Designers evolve the concept by drawing detailed elaborations of every element in a show, ride, or attraction. Using their freehand skills they create scaled plan, section, and elevation drawings that communicate the character, size, scale, and scope.
Environmental Graphic Designer | Graphic Design
If you have ever read a sign that lead you to the restroom, identified a store or restaurant, told you “You Are Here,” then you can thank an Environmental Graphic Designer! They create way-finding signs, theater marquees, window signs, giant animated neon glories, and even the tiniest address on a false facade.
If you have ever read a sign that lead you to the restroom, identified a store or restaurant, told you “You Are Here,” then you can thank an Environmental Graphic Designer! They create way-finding signs, theater marquees, window signs, giant animated neon glories, and even the tiniest address on a false facade.
Facility Design Manager | Architecture
Balancing the creative needs with the technical realities of complex theme park buildings is the Facility Design Manager’s domain. S/He oversees and manages the Architectural and Engineering design within a specific area of a project. A true problem solver in every sense, S/He manages the design effort, resources, finances, schedule and performs construction administration.
Balancing the creative needs with the technical realities of complex theme park buildings is the Facility Design Manager’s domain. S/He oversees and manages the Architectural and Engineering design within a specific area of a project. A true problem solver in every sense, S/He manages the design effort, resources, finances, schedule and performs construction administration.
Senior Art Director | Illustration, Architecture, Environmental or Theatrical Design
Taking the lead in evolving the creative vision for an attraction or an entire “land,” S/He is responsible for the overall visual look. Leading teams of up to five Show Set Designers, the Senior Art Director conceives, creates, designs and documents the detailed design intent for all elements visible to guests.
Taking the lead in evolving the creative vision for an attraction or an entire “land,” S/He is responsible for the overall visual look. Leading teams of up to five Show Set Designers, the Senior Art Director conceives, creates, designs and documents the detailed design intent for all elements visible to guests.
Show Writer | Literature, Screenwriting, or Writing
Well-rounded entertainment design teams benefit from the creative talents of writers in brainstorming, establishing story lines, writing conceptual treatments, scripts, dialogue, and even park guide books. The Show Writer’s broad knowledge of world literature provides a great foundation for the development of exciting new concepts.
Well-rounded entertainment design teams benefit from the creative talents of writers in brainstorming, establishing story lines, writing conceptual treatments, scripts, dialogue, and even park guide books. The Show Writer’s broad knowledge of world literature provides a great foundation for the development of exciting new concepts.
Media Producer | Film/Video Production
If the show or attraction has music, video or film, you’ll need a media producer to create it. Experts in the production of audio and visual media, these specialized producers know the in’s and out’s of hiring composers, orchestras, musicians, directors, actors, voice talent, grips, camera operators and cinematographers.
If the show or attraction has music, video or film, you’ll need a media producer to create it. Experts in the production of audio and visual media, these specialized producers know the in’s and out’s of hiring composers, orchestras, musicians, directors, actors, voice talent, grips, camera operators and cinematographers.
Creative Coordinators | Prior Theme Park Experience
Creative Coordinators are the glue that keeps the process together, supporting all aspects of the creative team’s efforts. Tracking, sourcing, researching, sorting, organizing, monitoring schedules, budgets, Creative Coordinators make it possible for artists and designers to keep focused on creative ideas and problem solving.
Creative Coordinators are the glue that keeps the process together, supporting all aspects of the creative team’s efforts. Tracking, sourcing, researching, sorting, organizing, monitoring schedules, budgets, Creative Coordinators make it possible for artists and designers to keep focused on creative ideas and problem solving.
Show Producers | Entertainment, Production or Design Background
The ultimate magicians in Entertainment Design are called “Show Producers,” and you could consider them artistic project managers, for they are charged with bringing the creative vision to fruition. Show Producers bring together people of many different disciplines to form a design team. They keep track of the money, the schedule, the deliverables, the creative intent, and work to keep projects on schedule and budget!
The ultimate magicians in Entertainment Design are called “Show Producers,” and you could consider them artistic project managers, for they are charged with bringing the creative vision to fruition. Show Producers bring together people of many different disciplines to form a design team. They keep track of the money, the schedule, the deliverables, the creative intent, and work to keep projects on schedule and budget!
Costume Designer | Fashion, Costume or Textile Design
Costume Designers create the “wardrobe” (uniforms) worn by operations crew members, as well as the costumes worn by actors and stunt people performing in live shows. Not only must their designs be visually stunning and creative, they must match the theme of each setting, be comfortable, durable, and highly functional.
Costume Designers create the “wardrobe” (uniforms) worn by operations crew members, as well as the costumes worn by actors and stunt people performing in live shows. Not only must their designs be visually stunning and creative, they must match the theme of each setting, be comfortable, durable, and highly functional.