New York, New York, United States
Organized and driven NYU graduate costume designer with over five years of experience in cross departmental collaboration, project management, research, and creative storytelling. Extensive knowledge of Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Excel & Google Sheets, PowerPoint, and Mac & PC Operating Systems.
Assisted principal, associate, and 3 additional assistant designers to physically realize mood boards and renderings through completion of in-store and online shopping and fittings for original Broadway production. (https://www.instagram.com/purplerainbway/?hl=en) ● Managed $975,000 costume budget that included creating expense tracking sheets, producing weekly budget reports for costume design team and production management, reconciled invoices, and cataloged all incoming/outgoing online and in-store shopping. ● Partnered with thirteen (13) outside vendors, office building management, production management, five (5) person costume design team, NY based wardrobe department, and six (6) person stage hand team to spearhead office load out with two (2) production assistants to travel from Manhattan to Hennepin Arts Theatre (Minn., MN) in a span of five (5) hours leading all designs to be successfully picked up, inventoried, and packed on time. ● Assisted fittings for a cast of twenty-seven (27) actors that involved fitting room set up, notating alterations and shopping needs, and restoring fitting room after each fitting. ● Utilized expertise of applicable vendors in New York City garment district and outer boroughs to meet creative briefs efficiently and effectively. ● Collaborated with the wardrobe department to solidify final design decisions made during fittings by sourcing multiples of items for principal cast laundering, understudies, and covers. ● Managed rotating costume production assistants to ensure that daily in-store and online incoming shopping and returns were completed, receipts were catalogued, and other miscellaneous costume department tasks were resolved. ● Established the design space to accommodate inventory and design team that resulted in optimizing and streamlining the design process from concept to stage. ● Maintained a clean and fully stocked office thus establishing all tools necessary to ensure deliverables according to the project scope.
Prepped and executed a limited two week run of the Tony Award winning musical Wonderful Town with a cast of 19 actors (https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2024-2025/wonderful-town/). ● Established the design space to accommodate inventory and design team that resulted in optimizing and streamlining the design process from concept to stage. ● Maintained a clean and fully stocked office thus establishing all tools necessary to ensure deliverables according to the project scope. ● Managed the process of ensuring costume modifications (e.g., alteration, embellishment) were successfully executed by the costume shop team and tailors according to the principal costume designer’s instructions by resolving disputes between teams. ● Managed $30,000 costume budget that included creating expense tracking sheets, producing weekly budget reports for costume design team and production management, reconciled invoices, and cataloged all incoming/outgoing online and in-store shopping.
Assisted principal and associate designer to physically realize mood boards and renderings through completion of in-store and online shopping, fittings, and tailoring for the original Broadway production. (https://www.instagram.com/johnproctorbway/) ● Assisted with tracking receipts, overseeing costume budget, and cataloging all incoming/outgoing online and in-store shopping that resulted in successfully completing the project under the $75,000 costume budget. ● Assisted fittings for a cast of fourteen (14) actors that involved fitting room set up, notating alterations and shopping needs, and restored fitting room after each fitting. ● Utilized expertise of applicable vendors in New York City garment district and outer boroughs to meet creative briefs efficiently and effectively. ● Collaborated with the wardrobe department to solidify final design decisions made during technical rehearsal by sourcing multiples of items for principal cast laundering, understudies, and covers. ● Managed rotating costume production assistants to ensure that daily in-store and online returns were completed, receipts were handed off to the costume coordinator, and other miscellaneous tasks were resolved.
Prepped and executed a limited two week run of the Tony Award winning musical Urinetown with a cast of 19 actors (https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2024-2025/urinetown/). ● Established the design space to accommodate inventory and design team that resulted in optimizing and streamlining the design process from concept to stage. ● Maintained a clean and fully stocked office thus establishing all tools necessary to ensure deliverables according to the project scope. ● Managed the process of ensuring costume modifications (e.g., alteration, embellishment) were successfully executed by the costume shop team and tailors according to the principal costume designer’s instructions by resolving disputes between teams. ● Managed $30,000 costume budget that included creating expense tracking sheets, producing weekly budget reports for costume design team and production management, reconciled invoices, and cataloged all incoming/outgoing online and in-store shopping.
Prepped and executed a limited two week run of the Tony Award winning musical Ragtime with a cast of 39 actors (https://www.nycitycenter.org/pdps/2024-2025/ragtime/). ● Established the design space to accommodate inventory and design team that resulted in optimizing and streamlining the design process from concept to stage. ● Maintained a clean and fully stocked office thus establishing all tools necessary to ensure deliverables according to the project scope. ● Managed the process of ensuring costume modifications (e.g., alteration, embellishment) were successfully executed by the costume shop team and tailors according to the principal costume designer’s instructions by resolving disputes between teams. ● Managed $50,000 costume budget that included creating expense tracking sheets, producing weekly budget reports for costume design team and production management, reconciled invoices, and cataloged all incoming/outgoing online and in-store shopping.