2026 CSF Associate Costume Shop Manager
Requisition Number:
68756
Location:
Boulder, Colorado
City
Boulder
State
Colorado
Employment Type:
Temporary Staff
Schedule:
Full-Time
Posting Close Date:
15-Dec-2025
Date Posted:
19-Nov-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.
Who We Are
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.
What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be
- 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.
What You Should Know
- 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.
Physical Demands:
- 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.
Working Conditions and Environment:
- 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 potentially hazardous materials and equipment.
- This position may regularly be required to wear PPE during work activities.
What We Can Offer
The hourly rate is $19.00 to $21.00 per hour.
Benefits
Temporary positions at the University of Colorado are not benefits-eligible, however, all positions are eligible for paid sick leave.
Be Statements
Be creative. Be impactful. Be Boulder.
What We Require
- At least one year of related experience demonstrating the required skills is required for all positions. Appropriate education will substitute for experience on a year-for-year basis.
- A valid driver’s license is required for this position
What You Will Need
- A commitment to a collaborative workplace environment in which all employees are empowered to do their best work.
- Strong collaboration, communication, and technical skills related to the required abilities of the position.
- The ability to maintain high quality/standards and a safe and supportive work environment while working on tight timelines.
- Artistic sensibility and sensitivity.
What We Would Like You to Have
- Teaching / mentoring experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and G Suite applications.
- Experience in construction, alteration, and finishing work using both industrial machines and hand stitching.
- Ability to function and contribute in a full shop, with multiple shows in production concurrently.
- Experience in costume construction and alteration, including contemporary and period patterning and draping.
- Working knowledge of domestic and industrial sewing machines and other applicable equipment.
- Experience in outdoor theater production.
Special Instructions
To apply, please submit the following materials:
- A current resume.
- A cover letter that specifically identifies for which position (or positions) you are applying for.
Please include at least 3 references with their contact information on your resume.
Please apply by December 15, 2025 for consideration.
Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.
For questions about position specifics, please contact Jonathan Dunkle (j.dunkle@colorado.edu).
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Essential Services
This position is designated “essential/critical services.” The incumbent is required to respond to requests for work during campus emergencies (snow, wind, rain, flood and any other natural or man-made event) and report to work for regularly assigned shifts during emergency campus closures.
Posting Contact Information
Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources
Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu