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Skills

  • Team management
  • Character-specific costume distressing
  • Sewing
  • Fabric sourcing and vendor negotiation
  • Supervision
  • Collaboration with art and set departments
  • Hand-sewing and decorative stitching
  • Customer service
  • Costume construction and tailoring
  • Budgets

Work Experiences

  • Negotiated availability, product specifications, distribution, delivery deadlines, and price with vendors.
  • Completed all changes seamlessly within three years.
  • Oversaw the delivery of metric project by procedure team, which resulted in metric.
  • Achieved record time for last-minute production scheduling.
  • Collaborated with lead designer to create and manage costume mood boards and sketches, contributing to timely pre-production approvals by 18 weeks.
  • Saved $8 by putting in place cost-cutting measures that addressed long-standing issues.
  • Assisted with costume returns for a three years-month-long tour.
  • Pushed for operational changes that resulted in cost savings and higher profit margins.
  • Contributed creative input to the lead costume designer.
  • Assisted in managing dry-cleaning cycles for 16 costumes.

Summaries

  • Collaborates with art, set, and makeup departments.
  • Contributed to environmentally friendly costume construction.
  • Contributed to costume adjustments for 9 actors.
  • Within Art and Design, senior Costume Design Assistant and outstanding performer in budget management and quality assurance.
  • Constructed costumes reflecting historical accuracy.
  • Calm under pressure, with a strong ability to meet tight deadlines in fast-paced environments such as procedure, ensuring costuming is completed on schedule.
  • 7 years of experience in film, television, and theater.
  • Collaborative team player with comprehensive knowledge of fabric sourcing and vendor negotiation, saving productions $9 in material costs while meeting sustainability goals.
  • Overall morale and productivity are boosted by experience in policy development and staff management procedures.
  • Coordinated with wardrobe departments.

Accomplishments

  • Provided hands-on support in creating molds and patterns for specialty costume pieces used in method, working closely with the pattern-making team.
  • Led efforts in costume breakdown and aging for a gritty scene, ensuring all wear and tear appeared authentic while aligning with the director's vision.
  • Effectively carried out alterations and distressing techniques on costumes, ensuring each piece conveyed the correct narrative mood.
  • Integrated new technology like Asana to digitally organize and store all costume reference materials, improving workflow and archival processes.
  • Streamlined the procurement process for sustainable textiles, reducing budget by 44% without compromising design quality.
  • Coordinated with the wardrobe team to ensure 10 costumes were reassembled, cleaned, and repaired between shoots within the past year.
  • Sourced and procured vintage materials for period-specific productions, enhancing the authenticity of the overall aesthetic.
  • Documented and resolved method which led to category.
  • Successfully reduced program's overall costume budget by 31% through innovative material sourcing and reuse strategies.
  • Created and maintained detailed costume sketches and documentation that facilitated clear communication with actors and directors.

Affiliations

  • Society of Human Resource Management
  • International Association of Administrative Professionals
  • The Vintage Fashion Guild
  • Assn. Of Sewing and Design Professionals
  • American Society of Safety Professionals
  • Women in Film (WIF) – Costume Design Circle
  • Society of Women Engineers
  • Toastmasters
  • The Costume Society of Great Britain
  • Film Independent – Costume Designers section

Certifications

  • Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
  • CompTIA A+ Technician
  • Advanced Digital Rendering for Costume Design – category
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  • Certified Fabric Sourcing Specialist – system
  • First Aid/CPR Certified
  • SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  • Advanced Principles of Costume Embellishment – method
  • Certificate in Costume Drape and Fit Techniques – initiative

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