Dona "Tory" Newton

CJS Workshop, Groton MA

January 2023 - Current

• Fabricator Lead

  • ​Precision hand cutting and gluing

  • Pattern making and alterations

  • Trained new recruits in processes and best practices

  • Documented process and created "Production Bibles" for future use and training

  • Troubleshot aesthetic movement issues in small and large scale projects

  • Sourcing and purchasing requests

  • Attend meetings with Clients

  • Scheduling project, both resourcing and millstones

 

 

Animax Designs, Nashville TN

November 2017 - June 2022

• Foam Fabricator

  • ​Precision hand cutting and gluing

  • Pattern making and alterations

  • Trained new recruits in processes and best practices

  • Documented process and created "Production Bibles" for future use and training

  • Constructed and documented multiple complex animatronics and puppet figures

  • Troubleshot aesthetic movement issues in small and large scale projects

 

 

Monkey Boys Production, Philadelphia Pa

July 2015 - November 2017

• Fabrication Specialist

  • Brought on to assist in several projects for big name clients such as: Samsung, Saturday Night Live, Seaworld Orlando, and Universal Studios Orlando, Shire pharmaceuticals and Pip’s Island

  • Project and materials planning

  • Project research and material pricing

  • Performed several processes including: sculpting, carving, molding, casting, painting, fabricating, and sewing

  • Packing and shipping of final projects

 

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