Today, just a little more than six years after the dream began, it’s time to announce my departure from the Walt Disney Company.<\/p>\n
On May 15th, 2003, I drove a car stuffed with every worldly possession I could smash in it, to California to begin my life as a Disneyland Cast Member. That day, my birthday, I embarked on what would become the most amazing adventure I could have possibly wished for. <\/p>\n
My heart is full right now as I try to find a way to express the deep sadness, and giddy anticipation I’m feeling.<\/p>\n
I truly love Disney. I love what it stands for, and the legacy Walt Disney left behind. And I love the people. I love those real down-to-earth people who embody the essence of what Guests have grown to expect from Disney. True pioneers. Pillars of talent & creativity that I have had the great fortune to learn from.<\/p>\n
I’m in a new place in my life, a place where I want to spread my creative wings a little more independently. There are a few big things I want to create. I won’t give too much away now, but you can expect a launch this year.<\/p>\n
Still, even though I’ve decided to chase a new adventure, I believe Disney is wonderful. There is not a finer group of people on this planet. I will always proudly speak of the time I was fortunate enough to spend as a Disney Cast Member.<\/p>\n
For now, in between feverishly working toward a launch of some new products, I’ll be ramping up my consulting work. I’ll even happily be keeping a few Disney divisions on as clients after my departure. <\/p>\n
That said, I am looking to fill a few holes in my schedule for the next month or so. If you have a project in the areas of User Experience, Collaberation, Web Design & Development or Live Entertainment Events that you’d like me to weigh-in on, please feel free to drop me a line<\/a>.<\/p>\n I anticipate this blog will see a boost in content as well!<\/p>\n And so there it is… the announcement is made and the next adventure begins. I hope you’ll come along for the ride.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, just a little more than six years after the dream began, it’s time to announce my departure from the Walt Disney Company. On May 15th, 2003, I drove a car stuffed with every worldly possession I could smash in it, to California to begin my life as a Disneyland Cast Member. That day, my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-featured","tag-disney","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rustinjessen.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}