Amanda Mueller Email & Phone Number

Vermont, United States

Barre, Vt

- Plan monthly team building events, Holiday party, and milestone celebrations. - Assist and provide support to the Project Manager for administrative and project related tasks such as; maintain project documentation, schedule meetings, prepare meeting information, and take meeting minutes. - Provide support to team leads to achieve project milestones on time. - Onboard new employees and transfer employees. - Assist with relocation and housing. - Foster positive working environment. - Maintain event budget, expenses, and vendor communications.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Hired to improve costume department and streamline processes. • Led restructure of department including making personnel changes. • Drove wardrobe creation process for seven productions per year from concept to final product collaborating with other members of the creative team. • Managed stakeholders. Managed each designer’s vision in balance with talent concerns. • Managed projects by building detailed work-back schedules with up to 10 Excel files. Outlined each task step-by-step. Created project templates for scalability.• Managed two full time designers and team of up to eight staff and contractors per show.• Recruited pool of 50 contract workers. Sourced the talent and managed the hiring process for each show according to skills and experiences• Streamlined project communication practices and work processes by creating a system that worked for direct reports cultivating trust and efficiency.• Managed labor gantt chart and budget for all productions. yearly Christmas production. • Created yearly tracking of scalability for replacement of Christmas production costumes. • Managed direct report with 30 years of experience. Got buy-in and collaborated well.• Mentored direct report new to managing, taught her how to manage her team. • Created team structure that allowed direct report to manage smaller group and have more success as a first time manager.• Managed entire hiring process for permanent staff. Wrote job descriptions and managed interview process. • Created new interview process. Included interviewers from cross functional departments. • Conducted onboarding training for new hires and contractors. • Developed marketing photoshoots to promote shows. Selected characters, styled actors, and collaborated with Marketing to execute brand vision.• Managed annual yearly budget and financial planning. • Established and managed production budgets of up to $30,000 per show for materials.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Hired to streamline office processes.• Created reports with queries in parallel databases to replace manual excel file entry.• Streamlined tracking process of union payments from multiple sources including directly from the payroll of multiple organizations by creating reports in parallel databases to replace manual excel file entry.• Successfully eliminated redundancies in information tracking, so that information could be entered once instead of three different places. • Eliminated 10 hours of monthly labor.• Built improved template for monthly financial reports.• Managed annual budget including creating yearly projections and all reports for yearly budget review.• Increased membership meeting attendance by 25% by organizing member events.• Managed member communication including keeping all wage, dues, and member information up-to-date.• Managed employee payroll.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Managed costumes for each production. Reported to head of wardrobe.• Created detailed event schedule for night of show costume changes in Excel included exact locations, time and actions needed. Managed execution timed to the second. • Maintained integrity of style and design throughout the run of the production by understanding talent needs and collaborating with the Head of Wardrobe.• Recruited team of contractors to work shows. Managed one to two contractors per show. • Built trusted relationships with actors during season. Coached them during high-pressure wardrobe changes in shows. • Created shipping manifest, production archival and tracked paperwork, packed costumes, and emergency repair kits for touring shows in New York and Canada. Traveled with crew and talent.• Acclimated quickly to local crews and new work environment when on location.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Discovered need for business when Brides were looking for custom wedding gowns made from family members’ gowns or other meaningful items.• Created business from scratch selling over $90,000 in revenue. • Developed the brand concept, developed environmentally friendly process to create custom bridal gowns. • Created all business processes including production calendars, inventory logs, client management system, and work-back schedules.• Managed gown creation process from start to finish. Included managing staff throughout process and ensuring all steps were executed with high quality. • Hired seasonal staff and interns. Wrote job descriptions and conducted interviews. • Created and conducted onboarding training for all staff and interns.• Managed two staff members and seasonal interns.• Communicated with clients, scheduled consultations and fittings, and maintained order updates and changes.• Created all marketing including creating website, blog, and Facebook. • Managed all business finances including budgets and profit and loss in excel and Quickbooks.• Developed pricing structure for products by calculating materials, labor, and facility overhead. • Managed billing, bookkeeping, sales logs and taxes.• Styled photoshoots and fashion shows. Collaborated with photographer before, during, and post-shot. • Designed window and interior displays in show room with new products.

Certificate, Apparel And Textile Marketing Management

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Technical Theatre/Theatre Design And Technology