Costume Designer & Technician

⦁ FASHION DESIGN CERTIFICATE | Otis College of Art and Design (2022)
⦁ COSTUME DESIGN COURSEWORK | Fashion Institute of Technology (2021)
⦁ BS MARKETING | Roger Williams University (2008)

ASSISTANT COSTUME TECHNICIAN | TEN31 Productions, Pawtucket RI
03/2021 – Present
⦁ Assist Owner and Costume Shop Director in managing collection of over 200 costumes
and preparing for upcoming busy season
⦁ Pull, preset, and pack costumes and props for events in an orderly fashion
⦁ Prepare wardrobe paperwork for producers
⦁ Strike, inspect, clean, and document costume damages upon return
⦁ Perform construction, stitching, mending, repair, and alterations of returned costume pieces as needed
⦁ Improve durability of damaged costumes for future use using reinforcing and stabilizing techniques
⦁ Organize costumes and keep wardrobe spaces tidy within a 2,000 square foot
warehouse
⦁ Streamline inventory by cataloguing pieces into computer database
⦁ Repair and replace damaged head pieces, masks, hats, wigs, and accessories

COSTUME DESIGNER & TECHNICIAN | Siena Moon Productions, Pawtucket RI
2010 – Present
⦁ Successfully built entire production looks for hundreds of events including costumes,
makeup and wigs
⦁ Collaborated with directors and clients to establish vision and presented design sketches
⦁ Researched, designed and constructed theatrical costumes that married story with
directors or clients vision
⦁ Created and modified flat patterns and shopped for commerical patterns as needed
⦁ Performed fittings, stitching, construction, alterations, embellishing, pressing, and
cleaning of costumes
⦁ Established relationships with fabric vendors to benefit from cost effective wholesale
pricing
⦁ Shopped and sourced fabrics, trims, and notions for each project within allocated budget
⦁ Ordered supplies to restock shop inventory as needed
⦁ Performed final test run of garments to ensure stability and fit while performing
⦁ Streamlined wardrobe management by cataloguing inventory into a digital database
⦁ Performed repairs, alterations, and replacements to costumes as needed

• Costume production
• construction
• patternmaking
• draping
• sewing
• stitching
• overlock stitching
• cutting
• crafts
• prop making
• hand embellishing
• millinery
• wig styling
• makeup
• wardrobe
• pressing
• steaming
• ironing
• inventory
• styling
• adobe creative suite
• procreate

Budgets, Business Development, Collaboration, communication, Leadership, marketing, Mentorship, project management, sales, Self direction, Team Management

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