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Jason McManus

Creative Director
Thinkwell Group
Country or state 
United States (California)
Available to 
Global
City 
Los Angeles
Fee 
Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

For over 15 years, Jason McManus has been a creative leader in the theme park, leisure, resort, and attractions industries. With a background in illustration and animation, Jason began his career at Walt Disney Imagineering, and has since gone on to lead teams as creative director for major projects worldwide from theme park rides to museums and cruise ships. He also currently teaches Themed Entertainment and Creative Development at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA.

Jason's uses his unique history and background in the development of major worldwide attractions to lead and inspire companies and teams to find originality, be bold decision makers, and to become fearlessly creative.

Current position (3)

Creative Director

Thinkwell Group

Creative Lead

Walt Disney Imagineering R&D

Board Member

Themed Entertainment Association

Degrees (1)
Animation / Theatrical Set Design
California Institute of the Arts
2006 to 2010

Presentations

Presentations (1)
How Millennials Tell Stories

An optimistic look at the future of our audiences and how trends in the way they think, socialize, and utilize technology can be used to the advantage of forward-thinking businesses everywhere.

Past talks (2)
Don't Ever Grow Up. Ever!
US Future Technology Developers Conference
Orlando, FL
August 10, 2015
How Millennials Tell Stories
SATE 2017
Los Angeles, CA
October 10, 2017
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Books & Articles (2)

RGH Themed Entertainment Development of Red Sea Astrarium
BYOD Attractions Driven by Guests' Personal Devices

Expertise (15)

Leadership
Design
Entertainment & Art
Travel & Adventure
Technology
creative leadership guest experience Big Idea Brainstorming Consumer Trends Entertainment theme park design Hospitality Industry Millennial Engagement Generation Z
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Why choose me? 

A successful history of theme park and creative development helps me inspire innovation in others.

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