Also called: Attraction Producer, Show Producer
Manages the budget, schedule, and teams to bring a theme park attraction or show from design to opening.
They coordinate designers, engineers, contractors, and animatronics vendors, keeping a multi-million-dollar ride on schedule. They make tough tradeoffs between creative wishes and budget. Opening day is the payoff.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 10 years after high school. Bachelor's in theater, business, or design plus project management experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Theatre Production, Themed Entertainment Design, Business.
Growing about average. Tied to theme park investment.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with schedules and budgets; coordinating designers, engineers and contractors through creative tradeoffs stays human.
Classes: Business or FBLA, Theater stage management, Physics.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-2012.
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