Assistant Costume Designer Job at Netflix "Tires" Season 2 Costume Department, West Chester, PA

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  • Netflix "Tires" Season 2 Costume Department
  • West Chester, PA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The Assistant Costume Designer reports to the Costume Designer. They are responsible for assisting with researching, sourcing, prepping, pulling, and fitting principal, day player, and background actors. 

Compensation:

$40 - $45 hourly

Responsibilities:

Prep

Collaborate with Designer:

  • Spend time with the designer to pull from vendors and shop for the principal cast to ensure alignment with the designer’s vision.
  • Assist in creating and finalizing full looks for principal cast fittings by ensuring that shopping is completed on time and includes all required elements.

Coordinate Fittings:

  • Work with the coordinator to set up a fitting schedule for actors, ensuring that times align with the designer’s availability.
  • Support the designer in liaising with rental houses to receive photos of options, obtain pricing, and establish return timelines. Ensure costumes arrive and are returned in a timely manner.

Resource Management:

  • Oversee the creation of a local resource spreadsheet by the shopper.
  • Work with the wardrobe supervisor to schedule and manage weekly Monday morning team huddles, ensuring all team members are clear on their weekly tasks.

Costume Reference Boards:

  • Create costume reference boards for background (BG) looks and seek designer approval.

Filming

Communication and Preparation:

  • Type up and send detailed costume notes to casting for communication with BG.
  • Work directly with background casting to obtain sizes for background actors.
  • Prepare garment bags and size tags with the shop set customer and pull costumes for fittings with background actors.

Stock and Scheduling:

  • Prepare and pull stock racks for specific BG characters to ensure the on-set team can access them on shoot days.
  • Organize and assist in managing the tailor and shopper schedules, prioritizing tasks according to the shooting schedule.

On-Set Assistance:

  • Exhibit flexibility by assisting the designer with principal, day-player, and BG cast fittings, and establishing costumes on set.
  • Review post-fitting notes with the designer to ensure any needed items or alterations are delegated appropriately to the team.

Approvals and Documentation:

  • Approve BG looks on set with the customer.
  • Document, photograph, and track needed clearances in collaboration with the Costume Coordinator. Send clearances to the clearance department and follow up for approval.
Qualifications:
  • Union member in good standing or willingness to join
  • 1-2 previous projects as Assistant Costume Designer for the entire run of production
  • Google Drive, sheets, etc. 
  • Keynote
  • Canva or other similar creative layout tools
About Company

Tires Season 2 is a union Netlix production shooting in the West Chester, PA area.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Local area, Day shift,

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