5/2000 – 12/2002 EasyCare, Inc., Sportack Tucson, AZ
Designer & Textile Production Manager Managed all aspects of Textile division for horse tack company including: Purchasing of materials and supplies, supervision of sewing team, quality control, new design development, and Customer Service.  

1/1994 – 6/2000 Fyrelyte Design Studio, Marana, AZ
Freelance Designer & Illustrator Designed and constructed theatrical costumes, fashion apparel, stuffed toys, and home accessories for individual clients of which included The Hidden Valley Inn Dinner Theatre and WNZ Showtime. Created graphic designs, illustrations and website design for local well-established companies.

 1/1996 - 5/1997 Arizona Repertory Theatre, Tucson, AZ
Assistant Costume Designer/First Hand Responsible for all aspects of costume construction, pattern drafting, and costume coordination.
Shows: Judevine, You Can’t Take It With You, The Entertainers, School For Scandal, Dragons, Macbeth

 2/1994 - 3/1996 Gaslight Theatre and Costume Shoppe, Tucson, AZ
Costume Designer/Assistant Costume Designer Supervisor of all costume construction, fittings, pattern drafting and draping, rough and final renderings. Assisted designers and directors in all aspects of production.
Shows: Confederate Yankee, Sebastian Reel, Sinbad, Space Trek, A Christmas Carol, Sonny Montana, Under Two Flags, Wild West Revue, Phantom Of the Opera, Dirty Deal at The Lucky Lady.

 4/90 - 1/96 Sales Dynamics, Inc., Tucson, AZ
Freelance Visual Merchandiser Consulted with retailers, created drafts of merchandising cart designs and implemented original concepts to the visual merchandise display.

 5/89 - 4/90 CraftMasters, Lafayette, IN
Technical Illustrator/Writer and Assistant Designer Responsible for illustrations and pattern instructions for mail order catalog for stuffed animal and garment design. Sample maker, technical illustrating and writing, graphic design and layout.

Special Skills

•    Computer Graphic Design (Macromedia Freehand, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, 
     InDesign CS & PageMaker, FrontPage)

•    Website Design (HTML, Dreamweaver, Swish, Flash, Frontpage)

•    Computer programs: Microsoft Office, Excel

•    Mechanical Drafting

•    Illustrating (all mediums)

•    Costume Construction (Tailoring, Costume Painting and Breakdown)

•    Pattern Drafting

•    Instructor and Certified Substitute Teacher (Amphi School District and MUSD Experience)

•    Professional Costumer/Dresser (Shows: Rent and Riverdance)

•    Visual Merchandising/Display Design

•    Experienced Equestrian