Associate Costume Shop Manager - University of Colorado Boulder · Expires Boulder

Associate Costume Shop Manager - University of Colorado Boulder

Posted 3 days ago

Location: Boulder, Colorado
Employment Type: Temporary Staff
Schedule: Full-Time
Posting Close Date: 15-Jan-2026
Date Posted: 05-Dec-2025

Job Summary: The Colorado Shakespeare Festival, located on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder, encourages applications for the Associate Costume Shop Manager position for the 2026 CSF Season! This position will support the success of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. The 2026 CSF season begins in May 2026 and responsibilities for these positions will continue through August 2026. The Associate Costume Shop Manager (A CSM) will have potential remote work in March / April 2026, depending on need and availability.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

For over 60 seasons, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival has delighted audiences with classic theatre under the stars. The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958, the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education, and community engagement. CSF strives to preserve the classics of the past and pursue the classics of the future.

Fueled by artistry and scholarship, the festival seeks to expand the cultural richness of the region by inspiring, challenging and cultivating the imagination of audiences and artists. Plays are performed beneath summer night skies in the newly renovated Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and Roe Green Theatre indoors. The festival’s education programs reach tens of thousands of school children each year through camps, classes and outreach performances that connect them with the continuing tradition and importance of live theatre and Shakespeare.

• Collaborate with the CSF Costume Shop Manager and Costume Designers to produce and realize costume designs.
• Assist the CSF Costume Designers in rehearsals and fittings as needed.
• Participate in all costume shop operations as directed.
• Collaborate with the CSF Costume Shop Manager in labor scheduling, materials purchasing and returns, rental arrangements, laundry and dry cleaning, and other duties as assigned.
• Assist the CSF Costume Shop Manager in delegating shop projects as needed.
• Lead and direct costume department supervisors, staff and volunteers.
• This position requires additional online training to gain authorization to operate university vehicles.
• Monitor team safety, morale, and quality control and communicate regularly with the CSF Production Manager to strategize solutions and ensure that build operations are properly resourced.
• Assume leadership of costumes operations when the Costume Shop Manager is off-site or off contract.
• Adhere to the policies set forth in the CSF Standard Access and Locking Procedures.
• This position reports directly to the Costume Shop Manager.

• This is a temporary position.
• Please include at least 3 references with their contact information on your resume.
• Your cover letter should clearly identify for which position (or positions) you are applying.

• This position performs a variety of physical tasks including but not limited to climbing, stooping, pushing, bending, kneeling, reaching, lifting, and pulling.
• This position uses manual dexterity in the operation of tools.

• This position works in a variety of environments including but not limited to construction shops, stages, trap rooms, catwalks and grids, warehouses, exposed loading docks, and outdoors (rain or shine).
• The working environment may be dirty, noisy, in low light, in high humidity, or in a tight and cramped space.
• This position will be exposed, at times, to…