CSF Associate Costume Shop Manager

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 2027 CSF Season! This position will support the success of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

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 2027 CSF Season! This position will support the success of the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. 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.
• Manage 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 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.

• The 2027 CSF season begins in May 2027 and responsibilities for this position will continue through August 2027. The Associate Costume Shop Manager (ACSM) will have potential remote work in March / April 2027 depending on need and availability.

• The hourly pay for this position is $19.29 - $22.00/hr.

Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.

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• At least one year of related experience demonstrating the required…