Project Information
UNIVERSAL ORLANDO RESORT c/o Comcast NBCUniversal
Event Operations Team Member
Seasonal
Mar 2018 – present
Orlando, Florida
• Event Operations Guide; executes with team special and corporate events, productions, parades, concerts and festivals throughout Universal Orlando Resort theme parks and studios
Additional Universal jobs during pandemic year (2020-2021) picked up or assigned with the following divisions:
• Entertainment/Marquee Events (see Auditions):
– Performed weekly as scare actor and puppeteer for Halloween Horror Nights (2021)
– Balloon handler for Universal’s annual Holiday Parade Featuring Macy’s (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)
– Escort for annual Mardi Gras parade (2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
• Food & Beverage: Assisted at several restaurants in food preparation and other assignments
• Human Resources: Assisted with Team Member Services special projects
• Operations:
– Attractions; non-safety positions for several rides
– Events; home venue and duties specialist as assigned
– Health Services; special assignment for guest pre-screening
– Park Services; cleaning and custodial
– Transportation; directing traffic for vehicles and pedestrians, fleet bus entry/exit parking
– Security; crowd control, guest entry metal detector, bag scanner
Have worked in all three parks (Universal Studios Florida, Islands of Adventure, Volcano Bay) and CityWalk
NOTE: Temporarily transferred to Guest Services for three months (Mar-May 2021) working as coordinator for the Guest Experience Support Team c/o VIP Experience. The guest safety position was responsible for disseminating information, answering questions and mandating compliance of company and CDC policies during a specific period of the global pandemic.
I was the ‘director’ for Universal Studios Florida assisting guests in this video booth. This is a sample of me experiencing the CGI effects interacting with a green screen.
FUN FACT
My first guest Universal Studios Florida visit was in 1990, just 110 days after the park first opened (I had first visited Universal Studios Hollywood as a young boy in 1975)
Date:
2018-03-02