Description:
Sight & Sound is an organization comprised of people with diverse talents coming together as one in Christ to tell His story through who we are and what we do. We foster a culture of love for God and love for others, trust and teamwork, and a collaborative environment in which we get to do our best work every day.
The Costumer will assist in creating costumes for Sight & Sound Films and Theatres shows. The role requires flexibility in skillset and tasks performed and will alternate seasons between Films and Theatres. The Films responsibilities may include Costumer, First Hand, Draper or Stitcher tasks, while the Theatres Costume Shop role will primarily be Stitcher responsibilities. This position reports to the Theater Costume Shop Manager, and during Films seasons will receive daily direction from the Films Costume Supervisor.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Films
- Support the in-house manufacturing process by cutting and sewing bespoke costumes.
- Altering and fitting all built or purchased costumes as directed by the Costume Designer.
- Oversee workflow for Stitchers to determine best practices for construction techniques for films related historical garments.
- Assist Costume Designer or Wardrobe Supervisor as needed throughout the project.
- Support Costume Supervisor with needs specific to the project in order to hit all timeline, build and budget goals.
- Pulling and preparations for on-set logistics needs.
- Potential to assist on set as opportunity arises, including assisting with needs related to maintenance and laundry.
Theatres
- Constructing costumes for current theater show builds.
- Assist with fittings and alterations seasons, dress rehearsals and show openings.
- Support satellite locations, including production cutting and sewing, tech pack prep, or assorted projects to support new costume build.
Prerequisites:
- 5 years sewing experience in period garment construction and theatrical costume manufacturing
- Strong experience in building historical costumes, fashion garments or theater costumes, with high attention to detail.
- Experience with domestic and industrial sewing machines and sergers.
- Knowledgeable in a variety of hand and machine sewing techniques.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with a wide variety of coworkers at different levels of skill and knowledge
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal directions.
- Ability and willingness to work long hours during heavy build and tech periods, with periodically required availability nights, weekends, and the occasional holiday.
- Ability and willingness to travel to satellite locations to support Theatres show openings as needed.
- Ability to work independently, with strong project management skills to assure quality and efficient use of time to achieve timeline and budget goals for assigned Costume Shop Theatre’s projects