EXPERIENCE
Swank Productions, Inc.
Assistant Designer / Freelance.
Assists Lead Event Designer in the execution of various corporate and private events.
Responsibilities include excavating props, setting up and styling props and decorative
elements on location.
www.swankproductions.com
November 2008 - Present
Across the River and Into the Trees
Production Designer / Prop Stylist / Wardrobe Stylist.
Independent short film, Directed by Alexander Uhlmann
www.woodstockfilmfestival.com
September 2008 - October 2008
Radio City Christmas Spectacular Arena Tour
Assistant Designer / Shopper.
One in a creative team of five who reproduced (purchased and built) the costumes for the
cast of this touring production. Responsibilities include shopping and swatching all fabric and trims, cataloging all purchases, communicating with designers and delegating to costume shops about design details.
Radiocitychristmas.com
July 2008 - September 2008
Mary Howard Studio
Assistant Project Coordinator / Shopper.
Assisted in the set design and production of high profile editorial and commercial photo shoots. Responsibilities include researching and renting props, creating web based project files, organizing logistics, managing budgets, communicating with clients and vendors, and assisting the stylist on set. Clients include Krug Champaign, Georg Jenson, Annie Leibowitz, Steven Klein, Steven Meisel, American, Italian, and Teen Vogue, W Magazine, and Vanity Fair.
www.maryhowardstudio.com
April 2008 - September 2008
Barbara Matera, Ltd.
Draper's Assistant.
Assistant to head draper Jan Parron. Responsibilities include pattern manipulation,alterations, fabric layout, cutting, hand stitching, and craft work. Broadway productions include
The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia, Wicked, The Color Purple, and Gypsy.
Sept 2007 - March 2008
Izquierdo Studio, Ltd.
Shopper / Crafts Person.
Aided in all aspects of costume and prop construction. Responsibilities include researching and purchasing creative materials, dyeing, painting, stitching, distressing, sculpting, design assisting, acting as a liaison between Martin Izquierdo and his clients, and project managing. Notable Projects include Ann Roth's Mambo Kings, Disney's Enchanted, Julie Taymor's Across the Universe, Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Heineken, Dodge.
April 2004- August 2007
The Onion Built funny post-apocalyptic costumes for "Future Webisodes", December 2008
MTV World Fashion and Prop Stylist for the Boa Kwan photo shoot, December 2008
W Magazine Freelance Milliner for Accessory Editor Beitressa Mandelbaum
The Old Globe Theater Assistant to Resident Designer Charlotte Devaux
A Catered Affair, Designed by Anne Houlde-Ward, August 2007
The Missing Person Wardrobe Department PA, Costume Designer Eden Miller
Independent feature film, directed by Noah Buschel, July 2007
Broadway Bears / Equity Fights Aids Designer, 2007
Little Children Wardrobe Department contributor under Amy Roth, 2006
Used Guys Productions Shopper for Costume Designer Kym Barrett
20th Century Fox feature film, May 2006
Body of Art Fashion and Set Stylist for Artisan Danielle Fonseca, 2005
EDUCATION
Philadelphia University Philadelphia Pa.
Bachelor of Science, Fashion Design.
Spring 2002
University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Fall 1999
