Self-Made Contract

Technical Design Strengths:

• Flat Pattern Design
• Very research-oriented
• Good Organization
• Command of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Creative Design Strengths:

• Expanding small inspirations into complete collections (ex. Transforming a good cup of coffee into a collection theme)
• Influenced by historical costume
• Textile Design (see "Weary Blues" post)

Job Objective:

Costume Shop Management.

• To assist costume designers' artistic vision and apply my technical and creative design skills, learned through earning a degree in Apparel Design as well as my experience in costuming for Student Theatre.
• To use my knowledge of costume history to design, create, and style historically accurate garments for use in theatrical productions.
• To use organizational and leadership skills to oversee production of theatrical costumes and conservation of a well-kept costume shop.
• To provide guidance and knowledge to students interested in the field of Costuming.

My objectives were informed by the following job description for a Costume Shop Manger position at Brown University:

"The Costume Shop Manager will manage the costume shop and ensure efficient operations, implement and support the artistic vision of the designers and the director, supervise the Costume Shop Assistant and oversee their supervision of student workers. The position will also identify and coordinate the efforts of necessary contractors in the construction of costumes and related crafts, oversee costume construction, rental/lending of costume shop inventory holdings and rentals/borrowing for departmental productions as well as manage and develop the costume shop's collection of vintage and antique clothing. This position will also mentor students interested in costuming/costume construction and related crafts."