Suzanne Rattigan is a highly accomplished and seasoned creative director with a vast and diverse portfolio in entertainment, design, and themed experiences. Her extensive career has taken her through numerous renowned roles with industry giants, including the likes of Universal Creative and Disney Imagineering, where she played a pivotal role in shaping large-scale projects that range from innovative theme park attractions to hospitality spaces. At Universal Creative, she led the creative vision for iconic attractions such as Super Nintendo World in Hollywood, seamlessly combining compelling storytelling with immersive, cutting-edge design to create unforgettable experiences for visitors.
She is currently creating quality-themed entertainment venues and purpose-driven projects in her creative director role with AOA, a leading immersive experience design, production, and project management company.
Her background encompasses production design, art direction, and concept development, including roles at IATSE Local 800 and Zynga. She has consistently shown dedication to innovation and impactful design, gaining recognition for creating visually engaging, multi-layered experiences that captivate audiences.
“A gifted artist, painter, writer, and designer, she combs through the thesaurus to find the right word to express a nuanced emotion, evaluates fabric samples alongside interior designers, analyses with show set designers, experiments with scenic painters, and strategies with project managers and producers,” said one nominator.
“Suzanne Rattigan speaks the thousand languages of design and seamlessly bridges scopes of work, creative disciplines, technical teams, and more to ensure the communication of core themes from a project’s earliest development to its opening day to the public. Her crystal-clear commitment to impactful stories supersedes any one skill or talent. In the eyes of those who grew up enamoured with Walt Disney’s behind-the-scenes Sunday specials, she is a jack-of-all-trades Renaissance woman through and through. She embodies the most significant characteristic of success in the interdisciplinary arts: the ability to bring people of all different stripes together to create something they could not achieve alone.”