About the Role
The position involves providing repairs and alterations, supporting daily operations, building new costumes, and managing inventory within the costuming department. The successful candidate will work closely with senior tailors and costume management, ensuring performances have ready-to-wear costumes while maintaining a collaborative and professional working environment.
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Responsibilities
Repairs & Alterations & Support for the Daily Operation
- Alter and repair existing costumes for show productions, including the fabrication of costumes and craft pieces.
- Assist with daily laundry tasks such as washing, hanging, ironing, and steaming all costume pieces.
- Check in and out costumes on a daily basis as needed.
- Assist in dressing performers in backstage or Green Rooms as a dresser, where needed.
- Support Senior Tailors with their tailoring tasks.
- Perform any Costume Attendant duties as required.
Building New Costumes & Overlays In-House
- Construct new costumes and overlays from start to finish according to designs, following guidelines from Senior Tailors, Master Tailor, and Costuming Management.
- Tasks include pattern making based on design, cutting, stitching, fitting garments on performers, making alterations, and ensuring new costume pieces are show-ready.
- Assist the Costume Tech division with stitching part of props and costume-props as needed.
Inventory Tracking
- Keep track of supplies and communicate needs to senior tailors/management in a timely manner to prevent shortages.
- Organize and maintain a stock of fabrics, trims, and accessories for easy inventory tracking.
Other Duties
- Participate in public relations events that involve costumes and performers, both on-site and off-site.
- Share expertise and best practices with colleagues.
- Attend costuming department meetings as requested.
- Help foster a fun and safe working environment.
- Interface with colleagues and outside vendors professionally and courteously.
- Perform additional duties as requested by leadership.
Qualifications
Essential
- Higher secondary or equivalent education.
- Minimum of 3 years of sewing experience, including both hand and machine sewing skills.
- Proficient in cutting/fitting and patternmaking.
- Experience operating both industrial and home sewing machines, as well as serger machines.
- Strong attention to detail and highly organized.
- Proficient in written and spoken English.
- Previous experience working with performers.
Desirable
- Associate degree or higher in theatre.
- 5 years of sewing experience.
- 2 years of experience with theme parks, theatre productions, and/or cruise ships.
- Background in costume repair and manufacturing.
- Knowledge of theatrical show supplies.
- Specialization in costume technology.
- Previous theme park experience.
