Drury Stage Costume Designer

Location: Drury High School

Job Goals:       To collaborate with the Drury Stage Company Director to design, build, alter/tailor, fit and maintain costumes.

 Supervision:   Reports to the Drury Principal and/or Team Leader of Drury Fine & Performing Arts.   

Performance Responsibilities:

           1.  Collaborate with the Play Director to design, build, fit, alter/tailor and maintain costumes. 

            2.  Supervise and mentor students in costume design, building and tailoring.

 

Special Knowledge/Abilities For Position:    Must possess strong oral communication skills, set construction skills and working knowledge of industry safety standards. 

Work will be completed in the after-school time period. The show will be April 5th & 6th, with 3 performances.

Required:  At least five years prior work experience as a costumer/tailor/seamstress.   Ability to teach/mentor/supervise student assistants.

Preferred:  Teaching experience.

Physical Requirements: The position requires a moderate amount of walking, standing, sitting and climbing stairs and step stool whenever necessary. Activities also include moderate physical exertion in body movement such as reaching, bending, twisting, grasping, pushing, and pulling of objects. The position requires lifting objects of 20 pounds on a frequent basis, and over 20 pounds occasionally. There is a frequent requirement of fine manipulation associated with the required use of a computer, typewriter, keyboard, calculator, and other business machines.

Environmental Conditions: The occupant is required to work indoors. The regular chemical solvents are toners, inks, and cleaning fluids.

Applications due: As soon as possible.


The Committee's policy of nondiscrimination will extend to students, staff, the general public, and individuals with whom it does business; No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any town or in obtaining the advantages, privileges, and courses of study of such public school on account of age, race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

Start Date
Upon appointment

Salary
$700 Stipend

To apply, contact:
Charlene Volff
Phone: 413-776-1458
Fax: 413-776-1685
cvolff@napsk12.org
10 Main Street, Second Floor, North Adams, MA 01247

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