Austin Baum

• Met with customers to ensure the visions for their costumes were surpassed with flying colors
• Met with Shop managers for approval on alterations, repairs, and updates to costumes to ensure continued use.
• Sewing any aforementioned alterations, repairs, etc,. to ensure the costumes were sewn with quality.
• Personally delegating any other project to ensure all hands were busy, all tasks were worked on, and all completed on time.
• Creating a spectacle of the costumes with beautiful presentations and skillful marketing
• Making updates to older costumes to bring them to life with fresh and inclusive ideas
• Making and tracking invoices for all rentals
• Tracked daily costume rentals for individual and entire show rentals
• Cleaning returned costumes
• Tracking dry cleaning for those costumes we couldn't wash in house
• Organizing our costume rental storage areas (multiple closets and 2 large storage units)
• Weekly Manager Meetings to ensure company values and ideals were communicated and met

Jobs included those of first hand, draper, cutter, stitcher, shop manager, inventory specialist

• Worked on 15+ productions, including operas, musicals, plays, one-acts and children's theater.
• Assured that costumes and alterations were finished in time for rehearsals and performances.
• Coached/trained employees and students on skills and resources in sewing.
• Assisted in scheduling fittings, organizing shopping lists, overseeing stock organization projects and inventory.
• Worked closely with designers to ensure visions for the show were met and maintained.

Jobs include work of first hands, drapers and cutters, attending fittings, and working beside the managing professor of the shop.

• Managed all pre-show front of house duties, including ticket printing and distribution, patron concerns, and concessions.
• Familiar with Square terminal and basic inventory reports.
• Managed ushers and difficult customer interactions.
• Due to the nature of the theater I became very familiar with working in a tight backstage area very quickly and efficiently.
• Other managerial duties i.e. cash counting, schedule changes, assigning shifts.