Anthony Galante Email & Phone Number

Greater New York City Area

• Design custom made-to-measure garments for VIP clients for press and red carpet events. Notable clients include Catherine O’Hara, Yance Ford, Tituss Burgess, Chrissy Metz and Rosie O’Donnell.
• Sketch and render designs, source all raw materials, coordinate custom patternmaking, manage fittings and oversee all development processes.
• Designed an award winning hand-embroidered gown and managed the development and production of gowns sold from Neiman Marcus.

• Responsible for fostering and accelerating the presence of Custom Collaborative in the fashion industry with a focus on growing brands’ awareness of the organization and its capabilities, and partnering with.
• Built out and managed apprenticeship program, updating involved partners and working closely with internal/external stakeholders to achieve programmatic goals of placing low/no-income apprentices in the garment.
• Managed CC's Business Incubator, and its relationships with key clients, industry leaders, production and external employer partners, executing tools and systems for efficient and professional production processes and.
• Developed and monitored client and maker timelines, conducted product costing and basic financial analysis, and created POs, secured deposits and ensured all project expenses were closely monitored.
• Managed skills training workshops within the garment district, recruiting aligned guest speakers and mentors, to further enhance participant skills and broaden their network of available resources.

New York, New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

• Identified local hospitals and organizations, serving our vulnerable communities.
• Recruited and managed a coalition of displaced sewers to produce non-medical PPE for donation.
• Managed raw material donations and product pipeline from concept to production and distribution.
• Raised over $30,000 to fund the production.
• Donated 15,000 face masks, isolation gowns and scrub caps to our front-liners.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated all aspects of product development cycle from inception to launch. Actively participate in the conceptual development of collection and provide insight regarding style and fit of product.
• Managed ordering of all sampling raw materials, issue purchase orders and communicate with fabric and yarn mills to coordinate the timely delivery of strike-offs, lab-dips and sampling orders.
• Managed all development communication with local and offshore factories on all product details and deadlines. Scheduled and oversaw development fittings, took fit notes and communicated to factories.
• Owned the day-to-day operations of the design studio.
• Managed all incoming PR sample requests and acted as product liaison for the studio.
• Hired all seasonal design, development and production interns.

New York, New York

Greater New York City Area

• Supported the Global Wholesale team to execute a successful FW18 market week.
• Liaised with and dressed models and carefully monitored the collection prior to its Paris runway debut.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted Creative Director and Assistant Designer with development and production fittings and pattern adjustments. Helped produce collection samples and custom orders for VIP clients.
• Sourced, prepared and organized fabrics and trims and worked closely with vendors for sample sewing and production grading.
• Photographed garments for e-commerce website including retouching images and assisted with the creation of digital and printed assets.

Greater New York City Area

• Executed a variety of development and strategy projects, working with a team of 50 to meet a $150 M a year organizational fundraising target. Projects included multiple year-end solicitations and special donor.
• Managed the organization’s presence at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos and drafted strategic correspondence, talking points and briefings for EDF’s President.
• Liaised with board members, high level donors and organizational partners across the U.S., Europe and Asia to plan and execute development and strategy calls and in-person meetings.

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed the production of over 40 national fundraising events.
• Coordinated additional Foundation fundraising events including an annual benefit and golf outing.

Associate In Applied Science (Aas), Fashion Design, 3.86 Cumulative Gpa

Activities and Societies: Dean's List, all semesters; Departmental Honors

Bachelor’S Degree, Political Science And Government; Geography