What are the responsibilities and job description for the Upholstery Design Tech/Seamstress position at CW Talent?
Who We Are
Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation.
Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, The Bob and Marion Wilson Teacher Institute, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library.
Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Griffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.
About the Position
Upholstery Design for the Williamsburg Inn, representing the height of luxury in Historic Williamsburg, the iconic Williamsburg Inn has been reimagined to bring you the best of the old world and the new. The only Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star rated resort in the Historic Triangle.
Essential Functions:
- Create & Repair Custom Draperies and patterns, Slipcovers, Bedspreads, Dust Ruffles, Tablecloth, Pillows, Chair Cushions, Arm Caster, Arm Covers.
- Create make Cording for Chair Cushions and Pillows.
- Perform Hand Stitching, match fabrics and patterns.
- Operate an Industrial Sewing Machine, Serger and Blind Stitch Machine.
Qualifications:
- Must have sewing experience, preferably with upholsteries.
- Must be able to take measurements of the relevant materials needed to get the job done.
- Must be able to lift and check fabrics 20 to 40 pounds and complete all relevant projects from start to finish daily or as needed.
- Must be able do some Light repair of Sewing Machines as needed.
- Must be able to work on a ladder to install and adjust Draperies.
- Must Perform other duties as required
