Sewing & Fashion Design Volunteer — Teach Students

The Art of Tailoring Program is a pre-apprenticeship, apprenticeship, and incubator program designed to teach tailoring, garment manufacturing skills, and entrepreneurship to those who intend on entering the fashion industry.

Witness to Mass Incarceration Inc. focuses on serving formerly incarcerated, system-impacted, and other underserved populations. Each cohort has 25 students, and the class runs in WITNESS's office in Queens, NY.

Currently hiring for an on-site, unpaid sewing and fashion design volunteer. Part-time position (full-time in the summer). You will be expected to work M-F (week-ends as needed for events and meetings), and the class is held once a week on Mondays.

• Assist sewing instructor by engaging and providing support for 25 students in a 4-hour class, once a week.
• Weekly meetings with supervisor to track student progress and do necessary administrative tasks (in-person and remote)

• Experience in different sewing/ tailoring skills (pattern-making, draping, working with different fabric types, upscaling, etc.)
• Should have 1 year of experience in sewing, fashion design, and/or tailoring.
• Preferred experience in using commercial machines (sewing machine, DTF machine, embroidery, etc.)
• Have some experience working with underserved populations.
• Authorized to work in the United States
• Bilingual; fluency in Spanish or Chinese (or other language) is a plus (optional)

• Resume
• Work Portfolio (can be a compiled folder or document with examples of your previous work, website, etc.)

• Certification or academic qualifications relating to sewing or fashion design

• Age Minimum (with Adult): 18+ , Minimum Age:18+ ,
  
  Skills:
  
  English