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Costume Shop Technician Jobs in Denver, CO at Metropolitan State University of Denver
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Department
Theatre
Position Summary:
Under the general supervision of the Costume Shop Manager, the Costume Shop Technician serves as the Cutter/Draper/Shop Assistant in the MSU Denver Department of Theatre and Dance costume shop, which fully supports the costume needs of 4 mainstage departmental theatre productions each academic year (generally one musical and one play per semester). The Costume Shop Technician collaborates with costume designers and coordinates with the Costume Shop Manager to realize finished costumes based on designer specifications, delivering completed costume elements in accordance with production deadlines. The Costume Shop Technician is expected to execute tasks to a high quality standard with minimal instruction.
Primary duties include patternmaking, taking measurements, cutting, fitting, alterations, construction, and stitching, as well as assigning labor to and supervising/teaching student workers while ensuring safety procedures are followed at all times. Secondary duties include costume crafts work, maintaining stock organization, and general maintenance of the shop, machines, stock, and inventory. The Costume Shop Technician plays a key role in maintaining a safe and inclusive working/learning environment for MSU Theatre students, adhering to departmental fitting and measurement practices and fostering a culture of body inclusivity and antiracism.
This is a 9-month, full time position (40 hours/week) running August 1st through April 30th. This position pays into a state retirement fund and is eligible for sick time, but is not eligible for other benefits. This position is not eligible for overtime.
Salary for Announcement: $23 per hour
Work Hours: 40 hours per week, generally Monday-Friday 9 AM to 5 PM. Occasional schedule adjustment to accommodate production schedules, some evening and weekend work required.
Duties/Responsibilities:
• Work independently to complete patterning, cutting, and construction of assigned costumes for each departmental theatre production according to designer specifications, research, and costume renderings. Drape, flat pattern, or digitally pattern garments (including lining, facings, pockets, etc.), estimate fabric yardage, provide input on appropriate fabric selection and needed underpinnings, select interfacings and interlinings, create mock-ups as needed, perform pattern alterations, cut and sew garments (or instruct students on the cutting and sewing of garments), and ensure that costumes are finished to a high standard of quality.
• Take performer measurements as needed.
• Work with the Costume Shop Manager to move all costume pieces through the cutting, build, fitting, and finishing phases, ensuring that all costumes are ready for stage by production deadlines.
• Conduct costume fittings on built, purchased, pulled, and rented costume elements as assigned by the Costume Shop Manager.
• Alter and finish built, purchased, pulled, and rented costume pieces based on fitting notes.
• Collaborate with the Costume Shop Manager and work in accordance with production deadlines to assign and oversee student labor in cutting, stitching, and other costume construction tasks, to include teaching sewing and construction techniques while ensuring safe use of shop equipment and maintaining high quality standards in costume construction.
• Ensure that all notes to be passed off are correctly marked and …
Title: Costume Shop Technician
Company: Metropolitan State University of Denver
Location: Denver, CO
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