Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Relevant Courses
Honors
Activities and Volunteer
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Timeline
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Kat Musso

Lake Buena Vista,FL

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Merchandise Coordinator

Walt Disney World Company
Lake Buena Vista, FL
08.2024 - Current
  • Identified and addressed performance issues within the merchandising team, implementing solutions to improve efficiency.
  • Prepared weekly reports detailing progress made towards achieving set goals related to merchandise planning and procurement.
  • Executed special projects and promotional events to drive brand awareness and increase customer engagement.

Merchandise Cast Member

Walt Disney World Company
Lake Buena Vista, FL
02.2023 - Current
  • Sold merchandise to customers, maintained sufficient inventory throughout business hours and restocked low supplies in both employee and customer areas.
  • Served guests with enthusiastic, helpful demeanor through using the 5 keys to promote positive, memorable experiences.
  • Helped guests pick out merchandise, located items they were in search of, and assisted them with questions they had about merchandise or the park.

Research Intern

Curated for You
Remote
12.2021 - 08.2022
  • Winter and summer internship that included weekly meetings discussing data and concepts for program development, rating items based on concept for research data, and working on various projects in Excel.
  • Ranked products based on how well they fit into various categories, investigated which categories were best and worst performing in terms of product matches, and found correlations between various concepts.
  • Participated in concept product quality assurance team to sort through the data, decipher if products were in a category they didn't belong, and search through various retailers' websites to find products for categories that were lacking.
  • Produced curations for Lord and Taylor's Shop by Occasion vacation and wedding destinations, filtering through an Excel sheet of their product catalog to find the products that best matched the destination.

Background Actor

Caballero Casting
New Orleans, LA
11.2018 - 03.2020
  • Attended fittings with wardrobe department for costume measuring and alterations and worked with them to create a look that worked with the setting of the scenes being filmed.
  • Worked on set on 5+ shows and movies, for about one to two months per production.
  • Worked closely with directors and fellow actors to identify and achieve the vision for the scene being filmed.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Textiles / Apparel / Merchandising -Apparel Design

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

Skills

  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Microsoft Office
  • Optitex
  • Garment construction
  • Patternmaking
  • CLO 3D
  • Shima Seiki Knitting Software

Relevant Courses

  • Digital Illustration for the Apparel Industry | 2018
  • Introductory Apparel Construction | 2019
  • Introductory Apparel Design | 2019
  • Intermediate Apparel Construction | 2020
  • Flat Pattern Design | 2020
  • Apparel Design Studio | 2021
  • Couture Embellishment | 2021
  • Patternmaking with Computer Application | 2021
  • Apparel Design Through Draping | 2021
  • Emerging Technologies in Apparel Design | 2021
  • Collection Development | 2022

Honors

National Society of Leadership and Success

Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society

Graduated Cum Laude

Activities and Volunteer

Fashion Association at LSU | 2018-2022

Spring Greening Day 2019

  • Joined a group of volunteers, giving back to the community by planting a total of 10,400 plants, 2 trees, and spread 450 yards of soil and mulch.

Timeline

Merchandise Coordinator

Walt Disney World Company
08.2024 - Current

Merchandise Cast Member

Walt Disney World Company
02.2023 - Current

Research Intern

Curated for You
12.2021 - 08.2022

Background Actor

Caballero Casting
11.2018 - 03.2020

Bachelor of Science - Textiles / Apparel / Merchandising -Apparel Design

Louisiana State University
Kat Musso