Design assistant (m/f/d) for the "Theater Freiburg"

From the 2026/2027 season (from September 14, 2026) we are looking for a
Design Assistant

The Theater Freiburg is located in the middle of the city. It includes musical theater, drama,
concert, dance & performance as well as young theater and the participatory area Mitmachen! There are also various series and formats. It is the largest and oldest theater in Freiburg and attracts around 200,000 visitors per season. The 2026/27 season is the second season with the new artistic director Felix Rothenhäusler. Around 445 employees work together here across different professions, experiences and generations.

Your role and tasks
The design assistant is a central interface between artistic teams and the
departments of the theater. They work closely with stage and costume, direction, ensemble and workshops and support the production process. We are looking for curious, attentive and committed personalities who want to help shape artistic processes. We attach great importance to supporting assistants and strengthening their development.

The specific tasks include:

• Supervision and support in the realization of the resulting productions in all phases of the processes

• Rehearsal supervision in direct collaboration with the*set designer costume designer, the artistic ensemble and the technical departments

• Participation in jour fixes with the assistant directors and set designers under the direction of the house director and the house scenographer

• Participation in final rehearsals and debriefings of productions

• Pre- and post-processing of rehearsals

• Documentation and recording of rehearsals

• Communication between the various departments and the production

• Taking on smaller artistic projects

Our offer:

• You will be part of a great team of assistants and work with many dedicated colleagues from different departments at the house

• Collaboration with changing artistic teams and their artistic signatures

• Insight into different disciplines and their work processes as well as various formats

• Collaboration on productions that integrate different disciplines, participative and site-specific projects

• Work infrastructure (office, workplace, own email address, company cell phone, transponder)

• Further training formats in a learning organization

• Job ticket, job bike, Bicycle storage

• Discounted access to the Hansefit company fitness offer

• Access to an e-bike with transport box

• Contingent of transferable free and tax cards as production participant person & House member per production

• Theater canteen & access to municipal canteens, discounts in affiliated restaurants

Your application
We look forward to receiving written applications with the following documents:

• Letter of motivation (1 page)

• Artistic / tabular CV

• Certificates, if applicable. Proof of activity

• Portfolio & references if applicable

The Theater Freiburg promotes an appreciative and diverse work culture based on the Code of Conduct of the German Stage Association. As a learning institution, we create an environment in which all employees - regardless of origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, chronic illness and neurodivergence - feel welcome and respected. We expressly encourage people with relevant personal or professional backgrounds and with structural experience of discrimination to apply. Please let us know if you have accessibility needs, are severely disabled or equivalent to severely disabled people so that your rights under SGB IX can be taken into account in the selection process.

Application interviews are scheduled for early July 2026.

Contact: Gunild Vomstein

Your skills and qualities | Requirements:

• Interest in theater, social issues, texts, various genres and artistic forms

• Relevant studies and/or initial experience as a set assistant in the field of acting

• Very good German and English language skills

• Very good handling of Office programs & Outlook

• Good knowledge of AutoCAD

• Good knowledge of Adobe Photoshop

• Good specialist knowledge of costume, editing and style

• Independent work

• Creative thinking and a high level of commitment

• Reliability, resilience and flexibility