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Creative Director, Video Podcasts (Disney Entertainment Television)

Creative Director, Video Podcasts (Disney Entertainment Television)

The Walt Disney Company

Burbank, CA

$168K - $225K/yr

Full-time

Posted 7 days ago


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Job Posting Title:

Creative Director, Video Podcasts (Disney Entertainment Television)

Req ID:

10153461

Job Description:

Disney is seeking an inventive, highly collaborative Creative Director, Video Podcasts to shape the creative vision for a robust slate of video-led podcast series across the Disney ecosystem. This role oversees the creative direction for approximately 15 video podcast series per year, each typically consisting of around 10 episodes.

The role focuses on creative vision, tone, format development, and storytelling specific to the video podcast medium. This leader oversees a team of three (Sr Producer, Manager, Project Management, and Coordinator), partnering closely with the internal production team to maintain budget discipline and ensure the creative vision is fully realized. The Creative Director also works directly with the external agency responsible for cutting the episodes, and collaborates with internal marketing teams, internal creative partners, and the EPs of each show to uphold the highest level of creative quality across every video podcast episode.

Responsibilities
  • Serve as the top creative lead across 15 video podcast series annually, defining tone, look, feel, narrative approach, and audience experience.

  • Drive early-stage creative development including format ideation, thematic arcs, series concepts, and show style.

  • Helps to create creative briefs, show bibles, reference decks, visual direction, and narrative frameworks.

  • Guide run-of-show structures, interview arcs, talent direction, and overarching storytelling for each show.

  • Partner closely with Producers to ensure creative vision is carried through pre-production, shoot execution, and post-production.

  • Attend select shoots to provide creative oversight and ensure execution aligns with established creative direction.

  • Lead creative reviews in post including rough cuts, narrative adjustments, pacing, graphics direction, and sound notes.

  • Collaborate with marketing, social, and editorial teams across Hulu, Marvel, Disney Branded Television, ABC etc., ensuring brand alignment and creative consistency.

  • Push innovation in visual podcasting, evolving formats and experimenting with new storytelling techniques.

  • Inspire and mentor creative partners including editors, designers, writers, and talent-facing teams.

  • Stay on top of industry trends, platform evolution, and audience expectations.

Basic Qualifications
  • 10+ years of experience in creative leadership across video content, digital series, video podcasts, or unscripted storytelling.

  • Strong track record in defining creative vision and leading storytelling-driven formats.

  • A portfolio demonstrating elevated creative direction, narrative thinking, and visual innovation.

  • Proven ability to guide editors, designers, writers, and Producers with clear creative feedback.

  • Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

  • Experience working with talent and shaping interview-based or conversational content.

  • Strong understanding of brand voice and franchise/IP sensitivity.

  • Experience working on video podcasts, including familiarity with studio/set design for video-first podcast environments, multi-camera workflows, and post-production pipelines specific to video podcast formats.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working within the Disney ecosystem (Marvel, Hulu, DBT, FX, Nat Geo).

  • Experience creating original show formats or franchise-adjacent longform content.

  • Ability to think strategically about audience growth and multi-platform storytelling.

  • Deep knowledge of the video podcast landscape, including platform trends across YouTube, Spotify, and emerging video podcast destinations.

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $168,400 to $225,800 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Marketing

Job Posting Primary Business:

Marketing (DET)

Primary Job Posting Category:

On-Air Promotions

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Burbank, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-06-17

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At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. We do this through utilizing and developing cutting-edge technology and pushing the envelope to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join our talented team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world. "We create happiness." That's our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you'll help inspire that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and create the never-before-seen!

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Amusement, gambling, and recreation

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Burbank, CA, US

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