Andrea Edelman

Current

• Owner at Neko Wafer

Past

• Stitcher/First Hand at Ballet San Jose
• Diploma Coordinator at Stanford University
• Departmental Sales at Microdisc, Stanford University Bookstore

• Credentials Assistant at Undergraduate Admissions

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Education

• Foothill College
• Palo Alto High School
• Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

• Stanford University

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Connections

57 connections

Industry

Performing Arts

Websites

• My Website

Andrea Edelman’s Summary

Objective: A challenging, people-oriented office position in an energetic environment.

Andrea Edelman’s Specialties:

3d design, adobe photoshop, color, customer satisfaction, customer service, data entry, database administration, design, drafting, editing, email, fashion, file management, filemaker pro, golive, layout design, letters, microsoft excel, microsoft mail, microsoft office, microsoft outlook, microsoft powerpoint, microsoft word, peoplesoft, proofreading, publicity, sales, sketching, supervisory skills

Andrea Edelman’s Experience

• Owner

  Neko Wafer

  (Performing Arts industry)

  September 1993 — Present (16 years 3 months)

  * Design and build period costumes to order, including designing patterns from illustrations
  * Develop and maintain websites using GoLive and direct edit of HTML, including a costume portfolio website serving over 6000 hits/month
  * Selected as costumer for the Palo Alto Junior Museum employees for the city's centennial

• Stitcher/First Hand

  Ballet San Jose

  (Non-Profit; Performing Arts industry)

  August 2002 — January 2009 (6 years 6 months)

  * Build new or refurbish existing costumes for productions to exacting specifications on a tight deadline
  * Work independently and resolve fit and other issues directly with artists
  * Procure materials as needed
  * Manage two stitchers as First Hand, distributing and supervising costume construction

• Diploma Coordinator

  Stanford University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  November 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 3 months)

  * Managed student database (PeopleSoft) for graduating students, maintaining confidentiality of highly sensitive information, including test scores and credentials
  * Assisted students and alumni with graduation requirements and diploma questions
  * Edited and published Commencement Bulletin and created reports for individual department and school ceremonies
  * Communicated university policies/procedures to students, faculty and staff
  * Procured and delivered diplomas five times a year, including proofreading for accuracy prior to distribution
  * Processed dissertation publications, coordinating with printer and libraries

• Departmental Sales

  Microdisc, Stanford University Bookstore

  (Retail industry)

  April 1999 — June 2000 (1 year 3 months)

  * Ensured correct order fulfillment utilizing custom database software, serving Stanford professors and staff members
  * Tracked backordered products, customer satisfaction, and customer service orders (MS Excel)
  * Created product catalogs for Sales use (MS Excel

• Credentials Assistant

  Undergraduate Admissions

  (Education Management industry)

  October 1997 — March 1998 (6 months)

  * Mentored student workers (filing, data entry, mail sorting/categorization)
  * Researched applicants, created confidential applicant files, entered information, proofed final decision letters
  * Handled applicant addenda: credentials, test results, correspondence

Andrea Edelman’s Education

• Foothill College

  AA , Undergraduate studies , 1986 — 1990

• Palo Alto High School

  1982 — 1986

• Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising

  Associate of Arts ,

  Color theory, graphic layout, fashion sketching, 3-D design, draping, pattern drafting, pattern grading, design and apparel manufacturing, design and line development, textiles, and history of costume

• Stanford University

  Music, History, Languages

Additional Information

Andrea Edelman’s Websites:

• My Website

Andrea Edelman’s Interests:

costume, clothing history, corsetry, antique sewing machines, antique books, herb and vegetable gardening, singing, millinery, chainmail, historical reenactment, travel

Andrea Edelman’s Groups:

National Civil War Association, Greater Bay Area Costumer's Guild, Costumer's Guild West, DreamWorks, Palo Alto Children's Theatre

Andrea Edelman’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch