How difficult is it to get a job as a character designer say with Disney or another company?
Contact them and find out what kind of job requirements they have…
maybe start here?
Not sure how reliable this site is, but try reading through this?
It’s about as easy as getting a job designing LEGO sets. That is, there’s a huge amount of competition since the job is extremely visible, and thus the working conditions are bad and the expected quality is very high.
I assume if you did want to go down this route, it would help to get some sort of credentials to stand out from everyone else–maybe a creative writing degree or something.