Pictorial Artist

Job Description

**Job Overview and Responsibilities ** ** **Pictorial Artists are responsible for maintaining the show quality of animated figures and props and requires "Disney Standard" artistic talent and expertise to support pictorial needs throughout _Disneyland_® Resort.

Work duties include daily field-work at the attractions, to sustain the show-quality levels of existing assets, as well as in-shop work for assets being overhauled and occasional work on new assets while following art direction.

Responsibilities:

• Pictorial maintenance of attractions, restaurants, and merchandise locations (interior and exterior) throughout Disneyland® and Disney's California Adventure (or any other locations that may be requested – Disneyland Resort Hotels, etc.). Will travel to sites via cart or bicycle while transporting craft tools and supplies. May climb ladders and stairs, use scaffolding and maneuver around attractions.
• Painting of murals, props, sets, or figures, as needed or requested, for window displays, new projects, attractions, etc. Requires periods of standing, kneeling or sitting while painting.
• Logging of volume of the materials used (in keeping with environmental regulations pertaining to VOCs)

**Qualifications and Requirements **

• ** **Provide portfolio for review (during recruiting process)
• Airbrushing and spray-gun skills
• Good working knowledge of various substrates, materials, and paints including silicone, automotive-paint systems and black light paints
• Ability to:Draw well
• Use basic tools required of a Pictorial Artist
• Do brush blending
• Transform flat surfaces to a dimensional appearance with shading and highlighting
• Good working knowledge of water-based paints (primarily used at Disneyland® Resort)
• Experience color mixing and matching
• Fine-line and detail brush skills
• Capable of free-hand painting of pictorials - realistic or cartoon
• Graphics and lettering skills
• Strong knowledge of the entire paint process (stripping, prep, priming and finishing)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience painting three-dimensional objects/characters strongly preferred
• Experience in aging, graining, and faux finishing is helpful

**Pay and Benefits ** The pay rate for this role in California is $37.44 to $53.02 per hour