Costume Director

This is a Full Time Job

Emmy Award winning RWS and Associates Entertainment, a full service production company located in Times Square is seeking a Costume Director for a full time position. Applicants should be fun, friendly, organized, detailed oriented, hard-working, and have excellent communication and social skills. Must be able to meet deadlines under any condition, work in a collaborative setting, and handle high stress situations. Responsibilities include serving as the in-house designer for assorted productions, managing an expansive stock of costumes, leading a team of costume interns, overseeing departmental budgets, costume construction, traveling to onsite locations, coordinating large shipments of costumes, and documenting production details.

Skills must include strong construction techniques such as: pattern making, fitting, measuring, draping, cutting, stitching, alterations, and research skills. Applicants should be adept in hand and machine sewing and finishing with an understanding of theatrical costume and construction techniques and terms. The ability to shop, embellish and repurpose costumes is a must. An exceptional eye for design and style is a must. Wig skills, craft skills, mask making, dyeing, paint, millinery, shoe maintenance skills are a bonus and should be highlighted in your submission. Additionally, experience in designing and building costumes for theme parks should be at the forefront of your submission.

Applicants must be well organized, adapted to an office environment and structure, with a unfailing eye for detail oriented work.

Salary is negotiable upon experience. Benefit package includes health insurance and 401K plan for full time employees.

Please submit cover letter, resume, and abbreviated portfolio with “Costume Director Search” in the title line by December 9, 2011. Interviews will be conducted the week of December 12, 2011.


Please, no phone calls! Electronic submissions only.