Richard Nguyen

Executive Assistant/Casting Associate at The establishment (establishment casting INC)
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Experience

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Assistant/Casting Associate
      • Jul 2017 - Present

      Assist Anita Bitton and The Establishment with personal, office, and casting assistance. Tasks include: -Interpret and execute job briefs from a variety of high fashion and commercial clients to further elevate their brand while staying on budget -Organize and maintain client databases of past and current client jobs (runway shows, advertising campaigns, social media content, look books) -Reach out to modeling agencies worldwide for up-to-date model digitals and New Faces -Research models, actors, musicians, artist and a variety of cultural figures for shows, campaigns, and editorials on behalf of the client -Creation of documentation of models for a variety of high fashion and commercial jobs -Maintain an updated list of model and talent agency information worldwide -Assist with casting needs on site such talent wrangling, scheduling of model fittings, and model line-up -Update and organize model polaroids -Book international flights, hotel and car service for a team of 4 -Running personal errands for Anita Bitton

    • France
    • Events Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Collection Studio Supervisor
      • Aug 2017 - Sep 2017

      Assist Eyesight Technical & Production Managers with project-related tasks for Victoria Beckham Pre-Collection Spring/Summer 2018 Assist Eyesight Technical & Production Managers with project-related tasks for Victoria Beckham Pre-Collection Spring/Summer 2018

    • United States
    • Photography
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Freelance Production Assistant
      • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017
    • United States
    • Maritime Transportation
    • Freelance Associate
      • Sep 2016 - Aug 2017

      Assist Fashion Director and Senior Fashion Managers with runway show documentation, looks board organization, line up order, backstage management of shows and other tasks as needed. DOS Collection Coordinator Narciso Rodriguez Spring/Summer 2017 Collection Coordinator for Warner Brothers Ocean's 8 Winter 2016 DOS Collection Coordinator Narciso Rodriguez Fall/Winter 2017 DOS Collection Coordinator Anna Sui Fall/Winter 2017 DOS Collection Coordinator Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2017

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Costume Designer
      • Apr 2015 - May 2017

      For the Fall 2015 semester, I will be one of 2 Assistant Costume Designers for UMass Theater production of "Marie Antoinette." I will be working under UMass Amherst Theater Costume Design Graduate student Bethany Eddy. Some of my duties include producing research imagery, both historical and contemporary, for the designer for inspiration for renderings, maintaining both production paperwork and budget paperwork to ensure the designer is within the budget constraints, assist with fittings, and provide any additional needs the Costume Designer may have throughout the production.For the UMass Theater 2016-2017 Season, I will be the Assistant Costume Designer for the production of The Misanthrope by Molière and the Costume Designer for Ta’zieh — Between Two Rivers.

    • Resident Assistant
      • Jul 2014 - May 2017

      During my freshman year I had a great relationship with my Resident Assistant. He cared about all his residents and didn't treat his position like a job. He generally wanted to know all of us individually. Seeing how he treated all his residents made me want to become an Resident Assistant to replicate that relationship he had with his residents, with residents of my own. I am proud to say that I am now an Resident Assistant for 19 freshman students at UMass. As a Resident Assistant, it is my duty to make sure I provide my residents with a safe and inclusive community. I also try to expose residents to the different on-campus events, services, and resources the university has to offer. By collaborating with a team of 12 Resident Assistants and 4 Peer Mentors, the programs we create can expose residents to new ideas and passions. These programs can bring anywhere from 20-30 residents.

    • Wardrobe Supervisor
      • Feb 2015 - May 2015

      During my freshman year at UMass, I sought to get involved with the Theater Department. As a result, I signed up to become a Dresser for the Department's Season Opener of "The Liar"​ by David Ives. The experience of working with a team of 4 other dressers under the guise of the Theater Department allowed me to hone in on my organizational skills and to also learn more about the Department itself as well as the faculty actively involved. During the Spring Semester of my sophomore year, I was approached to become the Wardrobe Supervisor for the production of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," as my dedication to the department was prevalent and my organizational skills were appreciated. Working as the Wardrobe Supervisor allowed me to manage a crew of 5 dressers, to ensure the vision that the Costume Designer had set for the show came through. I also performed quick alterations of costumes as needed.

    • United States
    • Performing Arts
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Usher
      • Sep 2013 - May 2017

      Coming from a High School that had an abundance of performing arts opportunities, I wanted to start working in an environment that included the performing arts aspect. Working as an usher at the Fine Arts Center has managed to keep me in that world. As an usher it is my duty to guide patrons to where they need to go, or where to find areas of interest around Amherst, and to have a positive attitude. Not only am I exposed to a diverse group of people, but I am also exposed to a variety of shows that have broaden my horizons, both intellectually and artistically.

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of Fundraising (Executive Board)
      • Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

      As the Head of Fundraising of the Isenberg Marketing Club, it is the duty between me and my co-chair to lead a group of 15 students to brainstorm ideas, such as merchandise and events, to raise money for our club. With our efforts throughout the year, our goal is to raise money for our annual Marketing Club Networking Night (MCNN), a networking event produced exclusively by the Isenberg Marketing Club. In order to do so, we merchandise and sell products such as long sleeve shirts, sweat shirts, tank tops, and other Isenberg products. We also collaborate with local restaurants to receive a portion of their sales during a fundraising night.

    • Head of Community Service (Executive Board Member)
      • Jun 2014 - Dec 2015

      After demonstrating my commitment to the Isenberg Marketing Club since the Fall of 2013, I was promoted to the Co-Chair of the Community Service Committee in the Fall of 2014. I am now the Head of Community Service after demonstrating great leadership abilities and commitment to the organization. Alongside with the Co-Chair of Community Service, we plan community building events that has members get involved in the community. Such events include collaborating with the Sisters on the Runway, the Western Mass Food Bank, Pumpkin Painting with the Holyoke Boys and Girls Club, and cleaning up Puffers Pond in Amherst, MA.

    • Public Relations Member
      • Sep 2013 - May 2014

      Wanting to get involved right away with an Isenberg School of Management Organization, I sought to join the Isenberg Marketing Club. The Isenberg Marketing Club aims to have students not only to learn about the Advertising/PR industry, but to also be directly involved with campus activities. The Isenberg Marketeers, a sub-committee of the organization which I am in, aims to use Guerilla Marketing to promote events at the Mullins Center. The Public Relations Committee aims to create video content that is readily available to students to not only learn about their professors in the Meet the Professors series, but to learn more about furthering their career with the Chase Career Video Project, which you can see below. In addition, I also write blog posts about both Isenberg Marketing Club and Isenberg events. Throughout the Spring 2014 semester, myself and a group of other students developed video content ideas for the Isenberg School of Management freshman video series, titled "Transitions". These series of videos will help Isenberg freshman learn the basics of resume writing, cover letter basics, and interview basics.

    • Marketing and Events Coordinator
      • May 2016 - Oct 2016
    • United States
    • Entertainment Providers
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Events Production Intern
      • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

      During the Summer of 2016, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the MGM Hospitality Internship Program (HIP) at the MGM Resorts Event Productions (MREP) office. The internship program was a wonderful opportunity to shadow and participate in the events that MREP produces. In order to gain a holistic view of the events industry, I shadowed a variety of different departments that MREP hosts. Such departments include: Sales and Event Management, Floral, Production, Warehouse, Logistics and Graphics.

    • United States
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Collegian Correspondent
      • Feb 2015 - May 2016

      I've always loved reading about fashion on sites such as WWD, V Magazine, and Style.com. When I noticed that there was a lack of fashion reporting in our school newspaper, The Massachusetts Daily Collegian, I contacted the editors to see if I could write articles pertaining to fashion. Within a few days, I wrote my first 2 articles about New York Fashion Week and Oscars Fashion, which both got published on the front page of the arts section! By continuing to write for the Daily Collegian, I not only hope to educate readers about what fashion is, but also to learn more about fashion myself.

    • Collection Intern
      • Sep 2015 - Sep 2015

      I had the wonderful opportunity to assist with both the KCD and Marc Jacobs teams with the preparation for the Marc Jacobs Spring/Summer 2016 fashion show. Working alongside industry professionals such as Katie Grand, Anita Bitton, and Marc Jacobs himself was a great opportunity. Some of my duties included assisting with making the looks boards for the show (profile, portrait of model, and outfit), organized show looks, assisted with the needs of the casting team (Anita Biton and Carin Backoff for The Establishment), assisted the Marc Jacobs team with model fittings, and also ran personal errands for both the KCD and the Marc Jacobs team.

    • United States
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Studio Intern
      • May 2015 - Aug 2015

      During the summer of 2015, I had the amazing opportunity to be an intern for Lori Goldstein. Lori Goldstein has been in the fashion industry for over 30 years, and it was great learning from someone who is still working non stop in such a fast paced industry. Not only did I learn how the fashion industry works, but I also learned more about LOGO, clothing that Lori Goldstein designs and sells exclusively on QVC. During my time at Lori Goldstein LTD, I assisted with a variety of tasks. I packed and unpacked clothing and accessories for shoots and QVC shows, ran errands for the office, picked up and steamed clothing samples, and anything else the office needed me to do. I also assisted the Social Media Director in producing online visual content for the company Instagram(@lorigoldstein) and Facebook. Working as a team with the other intern, we came up with concepts for photos that were to be posted weekly, promoting the item that was to be sold that week. We assisted with styling, location scouting, and prepared the set for photo shoots.

    • United States
    • Advertising Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • PR/Social Media Manager
      • Jun 2014 - Dec 2014

      During Fall 2014 I was accepted to the UMass AdLab as one of the PR/Social Media Managers. My job is to make sure that the buzz around the client we are working with is sustained throughout the campaign. The UMass AdLab provides me with hands-on experience on what working in an advertising agency is like, and I am learning new things everyday! This semester, we are working with Credit Karma in a nationwide competition to produce and execute a campaign at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. We were given a budget of $1,500 in order to implement a campaign in order to increase membership to Credit Karma on college campuses. I worked alongside other students in the development of tweets for Twitter account for the campaign, @CreditKarmaUM.

    • Performing Arts
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Assistant Director
      • May 2014 - Aug 2014

      Multi-Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering, developing, and unleashing the artistic talent and inspiration within all children. It has programs in theater, music, art, dance, and writing, to teach children to use different mediums to express themselves through art. As the Assistant Director, it was my duty to help in whatever needs the Director of the program may have. Ranging from sending emails to parents, to soliciting local businesses for their donations. I was in charge of inputing the organization's finances into the data system Quickbooks, which keeps track of all the money spent and received. I was also in charge of organizing the fashion show portion of the annual silent auction the organization holds in late July. My responsibilities included contacting local clothing boutiques for their contribution, contacting local salons for their services, and also organizing the logistics of the day's event.

Education

  • University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Isenberg School of Management
    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Marketing
    2013 - 2017
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), BDIC-Fashion Merchandising
    2013 - 2017
  • Amherst Regional High School
    2009 - 2013

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