Also called: Entertainment Director
The face of a cruise ship who leads all entertainment and activities.
You host the welcome show, plan every day's activity schedule, manage entertainers, hosts, and musicians, and become a familiar face to thousands of guests. You work seven days a week for months at a time. Top cruise directors are little-known celebrities in cruise circles.
Plus room and board.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. Years of cruise staff and entertainment experience.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Theater, Communications, Hospitality Management.
Growing faster than average.
Low risk for 10 years. Being the face of the ship and running its entertainment is live, personality-driven work.
Classes: Drama, Speech, Music.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9199.
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