Assistant Artisan - Color Design/Paint (2-year contract)

The role of the Assistant Artisan is to support design, document and implement creative intent in the areas of Colour Design, Rockwork, character facades, and/or figure finishes under the creative direction of the Walt Disney Imagineering Hong Kong team. The individual must be capable of taking the direction from the Principal Artisan to create themed finishes that fulfil creative design intent. Design documentation (colour boards, samples, models, etc) developed by the Assistant Artisan is used to describe and illustrate the Color Design, Rockwork, Character Facades, and/or figure finishes intent for bidding and construction purposes.

Job Responsibilities:

• Take direction from Principal Artisan relating to area of specialty on project.
• Implement documentation based on direction from Principal Artisan on project.
• Supervise contractors/vendors during production & installation.
• Provide support as necessary models, color boards, sample production, mock-ups, staging efforts, vendor liaison, and scenery production.
• Mix paint colours to match palettes and/or theme paint samples as directed by Principal Artisan for Colour Design specialty.
• Ensure the colour design intent is achieved by successfully integrating design with allied disciplines, such as architecture, lighting, graphics and showset.
• Answer construction bid period questions, review submittals and respond to and resolve field issues and questions.

Job Requirements:

• Undergraduate degree in theater, fine arts or environmental design.
• Minimum 3 years of professional theme painting and design experience.
• Ability to mix paint to match commercial swatches, paint (architectural renderings, 3D models, props, scenery) and perform faux finishes on a variety of surfaces, have familiarity with the tools of the trade, understand architectural drawings, and take verbal direction from team members and implement it.
• Black light painting skills are a plus.
• Ability to understand various paint system and it’s characteristic.
• Ability to perform tasks from ladders, scaffold, or mobile life equipment is a must.
• Demonstrated thoughtful design, artistic skills and professional judgment in problem solving
• Previous experience with themed design/attraction required.
• Good knowledge and direct use of computer systems and software used for design and business communication: SketchUp, Adobe illustrator and/or Macromedia Freehand, Adobe PhotoShop, basic scanning and printing software, Microsoft Office products—Outlook, Word, Excel

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