# Character designer job? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-designer-job/719160 "2015-05-03T17:35:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-designer-job/719160/1 "2015-05-03T17:35:34Z")
How difficult is it to get a job as a character designer say with Disney or another company? ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-designer-job/719160/2 "2015-05-03T18:11:35Z")
Contact them and find out what kind of job requirements they have… [maybe start here?](http://disneycareers.com/en/career-areas/creative/creative/) Not sure how reliable this site is, but [try reading through this?](http://www.indeed.com/forum/cmp/Walt-Disney/get-job-at-Walt-Disney/t8393) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@The\_Joker\_and\_the\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Joker_and_the_Thief)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/character-designer-job/719160/3 "2015-05-03T18:23:41Z")
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.