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SUMMARY: Newton South High School is hiring a costume designer for their after school theatre company, South Stage.
Job responsibilities include costume design for the full show season, and instructing students after school on the costume design process for shows throughout the school year. In between productions the costume designer is a dynamic part of our theatre team and teaches the knowledge and skills central to costume design after school. This is a
0.6 FTE position
Theater Website: https://www.southstage.org/

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Sewing skills
• Experience with Costume Design in a school or Theater setting
• Ability to organize tasks, set priorities and meet deadlines
• Manage multiple tasks
• Excellent collaboration skills
• Ability to use technology effectively

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience teaching high school students
• Experience with other Technical Theater aspects is a plus but not required (Sound/Lighting/Set Design.)
• Ability to work autonomously and make independent decisions
• Good problem-solving skillsExcellent oral and written communication skills

Physical Requirements :

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk, stand, sit, talk, and hear. The employee is regularly required to bend, stoop, crouch and/or kneel.Regularly required to lift and/or move objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Please refer the Job description for details