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Yety Akinola Costume Designer Resume Yety Akinola +1-347-471-9531— +44-7736-819-105 — [email protected] www.yetyakinola.com Costume Designer & Wardorbe Stylist December 2015— Present SELECT COMMERCIAL / PRODUCTION COMPANY DIRECTOR PRODUCTION T.V / FILM / BRANDED (PRODUCER) DATES CONTENT Dr Pepper Pomp&Clout Najeeb Tarazi September 2020 (Zoe Katz) At That Age (Pilot) * Shopper Universal Television (Teddy Au) Malcom D Lee February - March Designer: Danielle Hollowell 2020 * on hiatus IKEA Ghost Robot Ben Dickinson February 2020 (Josh Hartsoe) BEAUTY * Shopper NETFLIX Andrew Dosunmu October - Designer: Mobolaji Dawodu (Michael Ellenberg) December 2019 Gevalia Kaffe YORK Productions Lake Buckley November 2019 (Sam Broscoe) VOGUE x La Marca all:expanded Georgia Stockwell October 2019 (Emi Stewart) Forty Year Old Version * FAWTYFIED INC Radha Blank July - September Shopper & Key Costumer (Lena Waithe) 2019 Macy’s SLMBR PRTY Catherine Orchard July 2019 (Kirstin Vanskiver) NIKE all:expanded Sandra Winther January 2019 (JUST DO IT) (Emi Stewart) Aveeno DERBY Catherine Orchard October 2018 (Mary Crosse) Jim Beam Curfew Jason Evans October 2018 (Karen Rohrbacher) Hippo Campus “Bambi” Neighborhood Watch Kyle Sauer August 2018 (Richard Peete) Duty Free Stores (DFS) North Sea Air Graeme Maclean June 2018 (Amy Lipkin) Hyatt Hotel (World of Hyatt North Sea Air Graeme Maclean March 2018 campaign: London & Hawaii) (Amy Lipkin) NIKE CYCLE Toby Wosskow February 2018 (Foot Locker) (Caroline Eisen) Oxygen Media / NBC Universal Good Brother Ethan Russell December 2015 (Jake Russell) & February 2016 Freelance Senior Fashion Editor, Stylist & Creative Consultant April 2013 - Present Select Clients: Amazon Fashion, Aveeno, Bon Appetit, BYRDIE, Cosmopolitan.com, DFS & T GALLERIA, ELLE, Eloquii, EXPRESS, Gilt Groupe, GLAMOUR, Golf Digest, GQ , Harper’s Bazaar, HYATT, HYPEBAE, i-D online, Intermix, Jack Spade, Jim Beam, JOE FRESH, Maxim, MR PORTER, NBC Universal, NIKE, Oxygen Media, PORT, Puma, Refinery 29, Saks Fifth Avenue, Target, theory, Universal Music Group, US FDA, VOGUE & Zappos. Photographers/Directors: Eric Madigen Heck, Bill Gentle, Gilles Bensimon, FIONAYEDUARDO, Austin Hargrave, Bjorn Iooss, Peter Ash Lee, Ward + Kweskin, Francois Dischinger, David Urbanke, Michael Beauplet, Brian Ferry, Jacob Daschek, Christopher Starbody, Diwang Valdez, Zach Wolfe, Mark Mahaney, Benjo Arwas, Jacapo Maria Ciniti, Daniel Clavero, Sandra Winther and Trent McGinn. Senior Fashion Assistant & Assistant Stylist July 2009 - January 2014 Clients including: Aldo, Ann Taylor, Aveda, Bloomingdales, Cole Haan, David Yurman, Dove, Estée Lauder, Gap, GQ, Huawei, Lancôme, Michael Kors, Nine West, Pepsi, Rolex, Teen Vogue, Tiffany & Co, Tj Maxx, Uniqlo, V, VOGUE, VOGUE Hommes International, VOGUE China,VOGUE Paris & W. Stylists including: Paul Cavaco, Darcy Backlar, Leith Clark, Miranda Almond, George Cortina, Emmanuelle Alt, Patti Wilson, Laura Ferrara, Dan May, Roxane Danset, Lawren Howell, Delphine Danhier, Joanna Hillman and Naomi Miller. Photographers/Directors including: Mario Testino, Steven Klein, David Sims, Boo George, Josh Olins, Victor Demarchelier, Alexi Lubomirski, Scott Trindle, David Slijper, Mark Peckmwzian and Sebastian Faena. Cosmopolitan Magazine, New York, NY April 2012 - June 2012 Fashion/Accessories Assistant GQ Magazine, London, UK November 2011 – February 2012 Fashion Feature’s Assistant Education University Of Manchester, Manchester, UK BSc Fashion Management (Emphasis: Economics, Fashion Marketing, Merchandising, Buying, Costume Design, Pattern Making & Supply Chain Management). Graduated: First Class Honors. Chigwell School, Essex, UK A-Levels: Economics (A), Geography (A), Art and Design (B). AS levels: 3As and 1B. Skills * Working under pressure on deadline * Art Direction * Advanced problem solving * Curious, creative, critical thinker * Producing original content & copy * Passionate visual storyteller * Extremely organized and detail orientated * Process-driven mindset * Production management of still and motion projects * Large scale budget management * Construction knowledge * Leading a dynamic team Referees available upon request.
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