Production Apprentice, Properties

Description:  

This is a full-time in person position. The Prop Apprentices are an integral component of a dynamic and collegial Prop team in support of Juilliard’s robust performance schedule. Working in the Prop Shop will encompass many facets of prop design, procurement, and construction. Apprentices will have opportunities to explore traditional craft techniques and digital-age tools. The apprentice will complete carpentry, soft goods, sculpture, assemblage, and graphics projects, as well as interpret designs through research and shopping in and around New York City.

 

Compensation:  

The salary is $18.50 per hour for 40 weeks, or a contracted amount of $29,600.00 for the school year.

 

About the Professional Apprentice Program: 

This program provides immersive training for emerging performing arts technicians and administrators, addressing the need for practical training in the field. For over four decades, it has prepared recent graduates, early-career professionals, and individuals undergoing career transitions for employment in the cultural sector. This is achieved through hands-on experience, professional development, and networking and mentorship opportunities. 

Details can be found on the Juilliard Website's Professional Apprentice Program Page.

 

Working at Juilliard: 

Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens. 

Excellence and professionalism are important guides in how we go about our work, but we also connect to the mission as individuals in the workplace. We thrive because of our variety of backgrounds and our ability to be open and honest, and we also thrive because we enjoy each other’s company. We believe that each employee has the responsibility to help shape the Juilliard organizational culture, and we provide opportunities to participate in team-building throughout the year. Our organizational values focus on excellence, creative enterprise, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging. 

We encourage you to read more about how we achieve our mission on our website, juilliard.edu.  
 

Role Responsibilities:  

• Construct/create props in a wide variety of media. 
• Pull and restock props from Juilliard’s extensive prop stock.
• Research and procure props and materials.
• Serve on run crew for one or more productions.
• Develop budget management experience by preparing materials estimates.
• Complete skill-building construction projects under guidance of Prop staff.
• Learn repair and restoration of vintage objects.
• Facilitate supportive rehearsal process through nimble responses to evolving information .

 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Passion and basic knowledge of the intended craft.
• Bachelor’s Degree, or related professional experience and transferable skills, or a combination of both.
• Familiar with basic shop tools.
• Communicate well in spoken and written English.
• Ability to work within a team. 
• Commitment to a culture of health and safety.
• Computer literacy.

 

Preferred Background:  

• Undergraduate, summer stock or related Prop/Design experience.
• Applicable fine arts or craft ability.
• Portfolio illustrating completed projects.
• Familiar with dramatic literature and history.

 

Benefits: 

• All Juilliard performances are free to Juilliard employees.
• Discounts on day-of tickets to partner organizations at the Lincoln Center campus. 
• Tuition-free Extension classes. Feel free to browse available courses here.
• Generous paid time off, including personal leave, sick leave, and scheduled school holidays.
• A culture of excellence, best practice, and employee engagement with like-minded colleagues.

 

Nondiscrimination Policy: 

The Juilliard School is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Juilliard community, and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, alienage, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, partnership status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. This nondiscrimination policy covers, but is not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, benefits, rates of pay and other forms of compensation as well as student admission, access, and treatment in school programs and activities.