Walt Disney Animation Studios

Product Design Intern

Who is Walt Disney Animation Studios?

Walt Disney Animation Studios (WDAS) is one of the longest running animation studios. WDAS holds a long running legacy of creating some of the most memorable films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Frozen.

Walt Disney Animation Studio Logo

Timeframe: 4 months (summer 2022)

Skills/Responsibilities:

Conducting Interviews
Designing wireframes and mockups of new tools
Providing Quick Feedback Sessions to Engineers
Recording and Documenting Processes
Preparing Slide Decks for Stakeholders
Organizing and Analyzing Data

Graphic showcasing personal highlights of my internship

Key Accomplishments:

Completed contextual interviews for documentation of modeling and layout departments
Updated design language of for internal tools (Playbook and DLight)
Established design protocol for a new team
Redesigned internal tools for WCAG accessibility and flow
Provided feedback sessions for UI

Example of Playbook UI

Optimized artist pipeline by 67% after creating a user flow chart of artists' daily functions to manage and reduce number of programs used

Presenting project slide deck

*Due to NDA, I can not provide most visuals of UI elements created during my internship