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Kendra Wright

Orlando,FL

Summary

Highly motivated Associate Costumer with desire to take on new challenges while utilizing my skills and experiences to further myself and my career. A strong leader who works well under pressure and is able to efficiently use time management and balance multiple projects at once. Can self manage during independent projects as well as collaborate with a team.

Overview

Work History

Associate Costumer

Disney Cruise Line
ORLANDO, FL
06.2024 - Current
  • Supports Disney Cruise Line's Projects and Events
  • Completes domestic and international shipments daily
  • Travels domestically and/or internationally monthly
  • Interfaces with Area Managers and the Senior Manager daily
  • Interfaces with other Costumers, Directors, Designers, and other partners daily
  • Partners with ship-board team, DLR, WDW, and international teams
  • Produces estimates
  • Successfully maintains timelines and deadlines
  • Works with designers to identify fabrics, trims, and all garment accessories factoring in climate, safety, and functionality
  • Monitors show quality to ensure Disney Cruise Lines projects and events are upheld to the highest standards
  • Launders, quality checks and repairs costumes
  • Completes purchases through SAP, Concur and sources costumes through various online outlets
  • Sources costumes, fabrics and notions
  • Successfully costumed various major events including Disney Cruise Line's Adventure Reveal in Singapore and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York amongst many other projects and events

Costume Support Specialist

Walt Disney World
Orlando, FL
2024 - Current
  • Supports Procurement Buying Team
  • Day to day tasks consist of Goods Movements, Quality Control, Material Master Maintenance, BOM Maintenance, ZPO Submissions, Sample Requests, and TO creations
  • Sending, receiving, and tracking both domestic and international orders
  • Keeping clear communication with vendors located around the world

Associate Costumer TA

Disney Cruise Line
2024 - 2024
  • Partnered with various teams to ensure costume quality and design are maintained and continue their function as well as meet expectations
  • Prepared the team for success by creating and updating paperwork such as: Headers, Long Grids, Cast Assign Lists, Shoe Charts, Character Pull Lists, and Fitting Guides
  • Interfaced, established relationships and worked closely with other Costumers, Area Managers, and Shipboard Seniors to gain knowledge and partner for success
  • Using software such as; SAP, Yunique, Excel, and Smartsheets daily
  • Coordinated fittings with Workroom and Entertainment personnel

Designated Coordinator

Walt Disney World Company
2023 - 2024
  • Coordinated the Characters team to be sure Disney Corporate Characters were show ready for Guests
  • Made sure expectations were being met in a timely and efficient manner by the team
  • Delegated tasks
  • Shipped and received packages to/from vendors and parks
  • Utilized Yunique, GUS+, Sharepoint, Teams, and Smartsheets on a daily basis
  • Stepped in on various roles and projects when needed and at times without notice
  • Simultaneously completed Costuming Assistant tasks

Costume Assistant

Walt Disney World Company
2022 - 2024
  • Individually received hundreds of products weekly for Disney's new ship, the Treasure. This included quality checking, organizing, inventory, and packing. Responsible for a large amount of costly and valuable items while keeping them organized
  • Sent and received over 300 costume pieces per week from fleet for repairs and laundry
  • Followed operating guidelines for in-house laundry to ensure they were show ready
  • Partnered with Central Shops, Shoes USA, Workroom, and CCI teams to ensure repairs and deliveries were done properly and in a timely manner
  • Determined the fleets needs by processing costumes and accessories by order of importance resulting in efficient work flow
  • Collaborated with fellow cast members to ensure quality communication, give/receive help, and how to spread labor
  • Utilized GUS and GUS+ to link and attribute, destroy, and transfer garments to ensure accurate tracking and inventory of assets

Food & Beverage Coordinator

Disney's Hollywood Studios
2021 - 2022
  • Coordinated staff of roughly 50 Cast Members daily
  • Cash Handling up to $10,000.00
  • Handled inventory including daily deliveries
  • Delivered in-depth training to cast members in safety, food handling, money handling, and team work while being in a guest facing role to promote quality performances
  • Utilizes CDS program to ease the transitioning of cast members within the location
  • Completed extra DLearns with Harvard Manage Mentor

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Merchandising & Management

Fisher College
Boston, MA

Skills

  • Recordkeeping and Documentation
  • Storage Area Management
  • GUS / GUS
  • Inventory Control
  • SAP
  • Yunique
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Excel
  • Smartsheets
  • MIMs
  • Airbrushing
  • Shoe Painting

Timeline

Associate Costumer

Disney Cruise Line
06.2024 - Current

Costume Support Specialist

Walt Disney World
2024 - Current

Associate Costumer TA

Disney Cruise Line
2024 - 2024

Designated Coordinator

Walt Disney World Company
2023 - 2024

Costume Assistant

Walt Disney World Company
2022 - 2024

Food & Beverage Coordinator

Disney's Hollywood Studios
2021 - 2022

Bachelor of Arts - Fashion Merchandising & Management

Fisher College

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