Assistant designer / workroom supervisor/ PA
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I have worked in Costume departments for Film and TV productions for the past 14 years.
As an assistant costume designer, I work closely with designers, liaising with vendors, suppliers and other departments within the production while supervising the costume workroom.
Daily duties and responsibilities include:
· Building rapports with directors, actors, different head of departments, vendors and suppliers.
· Scheduling meetings with directors, producers, actors and taking detailed notes.
· Research and development for characters and groups.
· Organising travel arrangements.
· Reading and breaking down scripts and schedules.
· Organising and attending fittings - taking measurements and alteration notes – following up with the tailors responsible.
· Managing the schedule and workflow for the workroom – tailors, aging, leather, model making, printing and concept artists.
· Selecting stock and samples from costume rental houses.
· Co-ordinating the purchase of fabric and trims from local and international suppliers.
· Liaising with vendors regarding samples sent, costumes required and deadlines.
· Organising fabric, trims, sketches and prototypes to be sent to vendors.
· Liaising with the truck supervisors and stand-bys regarding new cast costumes to be established.
· Dressing and coordinating garments for promotional materials.
· On set to establish new cast costumes and new groups of extras.
Company: FBFX LTD | London 2023
Owner: Grant Pairman / Andrew Dow
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Production: Halo | Budapest 2019 - 2021
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Production: Into the Badlands Season 2 & 3 | Dublin 2016 - 2019
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Production: Pilgrimage | Dublin / Belgium 2016
Costume Designer: Leonie Prendergast / Supervisor Derbhla McClelland
Production: Ripper Street Season 3-5 | Dublin 2013 - 2015
Costume Designer: Leonie Prendergast / Supervisor: Derbhla McClelland
Production: Penny Dreadful Season 1-2 | Dublin 2014 - 2016
Costume Designer: Gabriella Pescucci / Supervisor: Uliva Pizzetti
Grafton academy of fashion design Dublin
