Katie Verner
Interior Design Assistant
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About
My 30 year career in theatre and the entertainment industry has given me a strong work ethic, a believer in never giving up and always moving forward. I am a Green Card holder.
Experience
Interior Design Assistant - Hybrid Homes - Los Angeles
(2026-01)
- Creating mood boards with Morpholio Board
- Creating floor plans using Canva/ Morpholio Trace/AI
- Source furniture, hardware, materials
- Creating plumbing books for contractors
- Assist with staging high end luxury homes in Los Angeles
- Select, collect and organize samples
- Liaise with suppliers
- Handle invoices, refunds, basic accounting
- Onsite walk arounds with contractors
Sales Consultancy Role - Benchmark Collective - Los Angeles
(2025-01)
Travelling all over the USA in a sales consultancy role.
- Conducted pre-event outreach and lead generation to drive early client rebookings
- Managed onsite rebooking, liaising with exhibitors and coordinating reservations
- Communicated with global clients securing rebookings for the following year
- Trained and supported sales teams to enhance rebooking strategies and performance
Luxury Property Manager / Client Liaison - Private $5M Residence - Los Angeles
(2025-01 - 2026-12)
Managed the daily operations of a high‑end Los Angeles property, ensuring pristine presentation and seamless functionality.
- Coordinated film‑location bookings, liaised with production companies, led home tours, and oversaw all on‑site requirements
- Supported the Modern Home Construction team and their upscale clients with scheduling, communication, and project assistance
- Managed vendors, contractors, and maintenance schedules while upholding confidentiality and discretion
- Anticipated household needs, solved issues quickly, and maintained a polished, guest‑ready environment at all times
Founder/ Director/Creator - The Little Music Stars
(2011-01 - 2025-12)
Founded & Created the Award Winning Children's Music Franchise. Sold company in 2025.
- Conceived, devised, produced the entire franchise
- Co created, wrote, devised all original music
- Source, recruit, manage, support & guide franchisees
- Design and develop LMS website, responsible for all updates
- Observe classes & instruct
- Facilitate all administritive duties
- Run all social media & marketing channels
- Prepare invoices, chase late payments, book & organise location venues for all classes
- Produce ongoing music & lesson plans
- Cultivated new marketing strategies monthly
- Organise yearly franchisee conferences
- Plan & host events for charity funding - yearly
Casting Assistant for Extras agency - Casting Network
(2009-01 - 2010-12)
- Assisted MD - Lesley Gogarty with sourcing extras for tv & film
- Booking clients for work - detailed breakdowns
- Submitting clients for auditions
- Interviewing prospective clients for the agency
Actress - Various Theatre Productions
(1989-01 - 2018-12)
Long standing career in professional Musical Theatre productions playing leading & supporting roles including Original cast of Award Winning Musical - Crazy for You, Grease, My One & Only, Me & My Girl, Godspell, Guys & Dolls, The Goodbye Girl, Stepping Out and many more!
Voice Over Artist
(2018-01)
- Designed and created my own Voice Over website - www.katieverner.com
- Built my own home studio, setting up of all audio equipment
- Highly experienced in Adobe Audition editing software
- Experianced in live directed sessions with repeat global clients
- Sourcing new clients, negotiating fees, B2B marketing skills, CRM software, Mail chimp marketing
Musical Theatre Teacher - Musical Theatre Teacher
(2015-01 - 2017-12)
- Prepared lesson plans/ songs/ choreo for hourly lessons
- Coached children from age 6 - 18 years of age
- Choreographed and staged numbers for the annual shows
Remote receptionist - Giles Wilson Solicitors
(2020-01 - 2021-12)
- Answering busy phone lines througout the day
- Taking detailed messages for a large solicitor practice
- Having an innate understanding of demanding clients
- Composing tactical responses to over stressed humans
Retail Work - Scandanavian Touch
(2022-01 - 2023-12)
- Running the shop, dealing with customers & handling payments
Events - Moore People
(1999-01 - 2019-12)
- Looking after corporate clients at large conferences
- Entering names on a large data base at exhibitions
- Checking in guests and handing out lanyards
Theatre - Assistant Work / Dance Captain - Stepping Out Theatre Production
(2017-01 - 2018-12)
- Assisted Casting Director - Ginny Schiller - with auditions. Read in and assisted Maria Freidman with casting
- Dance Captain - take each auditionee through their movement call
- Dance Captain during show - take warm up, run through and tidy up scenes, take actors through various changes, take notes on each performance, assist the assistant director
Casting Assitant for Ginny Schiller
(2017-01 - 2018-12)
- Assisted Casting Director – Ginny Schiller – with auditions. Read in and assisted Maria Freidman with casting
- Dance Captain – take each auditionee through their movement call
- Dance Captain during show – take warm up, run through and tidy up scenes, take actors through various changes, take notes on each performance, assist the assistant director
Education
Full vocational training in dance, drama and voice - Arts Educational & Bird College (1983-01 - 1989-12)
