From Intern to Innovator: Jaime’s Journey to a Leadership Role in Safety
Jaime began her Disney career in 2011 on a Disney College Program. Throughout the next few years, she went back and forth from college to Walt Disney World on Engineering Internships. During her internships, she supported a variety of teams including Business Integration and Planning, Central Shops, and Quality Engineering.
Now Jaime is a Manager of Safety supporting Entertainment. Her team is responsible for developing and implementing the safe design and operation of Disney Live Entertainment offerings. Their support focuses on unique entertainment elements including fireworks, effects, lasers, specialty performance and rigging.
“We work very closely with the Safety Professionals supporting the Entertainment operation at each of our sites to share opportunities, best practices, similarities, and differences in order to drive a consistent safety culture and approach to Entertainment across the globe,” said Jaime.
Jaime has a degree in mechanical engineering and said that the problem-solving skills she learned from it have really set her up for success in her role. Entertainment teams are constantly pushing the boundaries to create new and innovative offerings, so problem solving is one of the most important skills to have to keep offerings safe.
“Entertainment creative and technical teams are constantly pushing the boundaries, and it is exciting to partner with them to come up with creative safety solutions to ensure our cast go home to their families just as they came to work each day,” Jaime said.
One of Jaime’s favorite parts about her team is the comradery. Building strong relationships with her team and other partners helps collaboration on new projects. They are able to work together to discover creative solutions while achieving the full creative vision for the new entertainment offering.
“We are constantly calling upon each other for subject matter expertise, or to just bounce ideas around to be able to provide the best guidance and direction to our partners,” said Jaime.
In her free time, Jaime is involved with any career and internship fairs she can attend. She hopes sharing her Disney story, built by internships and programs, can help encourage new generations of students to advocate for themselves and their passions to achieve their dreams.
