Costume Shop Manager

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Job Description Summary
Miami University seeks a collaborative, driven, and efficient Costume Shop Manager to lead the costume shop operations for the Department of Theatre. This role ensures the successful realization of artistic costume designs into clothing for productions.

Job Description
Miami University seeks a collaborative, driven, and efficient Costume Shop Manager to lead the costume shop operations for the Department of Theatre. This role ensures the successful realization of artistic costume designs into clothing for productions.

This is a 10-month, salaried position (August 1-May 31 annually).

The Department of Theatre  is committed to Making Theatre that Makes a Difference, in line with Miami University's mission to empower engaged citizens who use their knowledge and skills with integrity and compassion to improve the future of our global society. Our courses and productions are designed to foster collaboration, inclusive excellence,

The department offers a Bachelor of Arts in theatre that is highly customizable and allows students to design pathways within a particular area of expertise or broadly across areas. It also offers minors in Theatre, Music Theatre, and Dance. The programs in theatre and dance are experiencing a period of growth, and currently include approximately two hundred majors and minors served by the department’s 14 full-time faculty and staff.

The department also serves several hundred non-majors through coursework and thousands of audience members annually. Five productions typically comprise our season, including plays, musicals, dance concerts, and theatre productions for youth. The seasons is selected collaboratively by faculty, staff, and students.

Duties of the Costume Shop Manager to include:

• Organizing and guiding the construction of costumes for the department, including oversight of shop safety (30%);
• Teaching, serving as costume designer, and/or advising student costume designers (combination is equivalent to 3 credits per semester) (20%);
• Developing costume budgets, purchasing materials and shop supplies, and reconciling purchase card (15%);
• Maintaining, organizing, and overseeing use of resources (costume inventory, equipment,  and facilities) (15%);
• Supervising costume and makeup production practica – including maintaining syllabi, records, and grading (10%);
• Hiring, training, supervising, and overseeing payroll for costume shop staff (5%);
• Serving on departmental committees and/or providing other service to the department (5%)

Minimum Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in? theatre, fashion, textiles, or a closely related field and relevant experience in a professional theatre, film, television, or other entertainment industry costume shop as a stitcher, draper, or supervisor.

OR

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years relevant experience in a professional theatre, film, television, or other entertainment industry  costume shop as a stitcher, draper, or supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Skill as a stitcher and cutter.
• Knowledge of pattern drafting and tailoring.

Consideration may be given to candidates with:

• Graduate degree in theatre, fashion, textiles, or a closely related field.
• Experience as a professional or academic theatre costume shop manager or similar.
• Experience as a professional theatre costume designer.
• Experience teaching courses at the university level.
• Experience using contemporary technology such as 3D printing in the construction of costumes for theatre.
• Ability to teach and guide students in a variety of areas of costume crafts and construction. These may include stage makeup, hair/wigs, millenary, armory, needlecrafts, masks, and other costuming/makeup specialty skills.
• Ability to teach and mentor inexperienced persons in these skills.
• Organizational skills / ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse environment.
• Ability to work efficiently and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Additional Position Information (if applicable)

Required Application Documents
CV and Cover Letter

Special Instructions (if applicable)

Additional Information

A criminal background check is required. All campuses are smoke- and tobacco-free campuses.

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Remote Work
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Diversity Statement
Miami University is committed to creating an inclusive and effective teaching, learning, research, and working environment for all. For more information on Miami University’s diversity initiatives, please visit the Office of Transformational and Inclusive Excellence webpage. For more information on Miami University’s mission and core values, please visit the Mission and Core Values webpage.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Statement
Miami University, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, encourages applications from minorities, women, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Miami University prohibits harassment, discrimination and retaliation on the basis of age (40 years or older), color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, military status, national origin (ancestry), pregnancy, race, religion, sex/gender, status as a parent or foster parent, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status in its application and admission processes, educational programs and activities, facilities, programs or employment practices. Requests for reasonable accommodations for disabilities related to employment should be directed to ADAFacultyStaff@miamioh.edu or 513-529-3560.

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