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James Hagarty

Toronto, ONCanada

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Hello. My name is James, and my purpose is to create beautiful experiences for the world to enjoy.

My passion is helping small creative teams to do amazing work. I do this primarily by listening closely and asking a lot of questions in order to understand the needs of the team/client/project. Then I do whatever it takes to meet those needs, including learning any new skills that might be required, and getting help when necessary. I did this quite often while running my latex fashion business. Over the last ten years I learned quite a bit about design, branding and photography, as well as more esoteric skills like sales, communicating with clients, managing employees and building company culture. I wasn’t awesome at all those things (particularly the latter ones), but I did pick up a few tricks. Now that my company is closed and I’m looking for new creative opportunities, I would be happy to put those tricks to use for you, and learn a couple of new ones along the way.
Education
- Ontario College of Art and Design
  
  2011 - 2011
Experience
- Latex Clothing and Costume Designer
  
  Ego Assassin
  
  Toronto, Canada
  
  Oct 2005 - Sep 2014 (8 years 11 months)
  
  • Designed, manufactured, and sold high-quality latex costumes and fashions
  • Served a variety of international clients in the fetish, fashion, and film industries
  • Expert at both analog and digital design/production techniques
  • Extensive experience communicating with clients and creative teams to produce complicated custom designs
- Latex Costume Design and Development
  
  Pacific Rim
  
  Toronto, Canada
  
  Mar 2012 - Mar 2012
  
  Specialty Costumes
  
  Costume Designer: Kate Hawley, Assistant Costume Designer: Roslyn Hanchard, Director: Guillermo del Toro
  
  • Coordinated with Costume Designer, Assistant Costume Designer, and Costume Dept. Buyer to design and produce specialty environment suits for Scavenger Scout characters
  • Developed new processes for building large scale structured suits with latex sheeting
  • Attended several fittings with actors and stunt players
  • Produced multiple iterations of suit design based on feedback from Costume Designer
  • Managed shifting requirements and schedule to deliver 7 suits within 10 days, on time for breakdown and shooting
  • Assisted breakdown team with minor repairs and alterations
- Latex Costume Design
  
  Total Recall
  
  Toronto, Canada
  
  Apr 2011 - Apr 2011
  
  Specialty Costumes
  Costume Supervisor: Cori Burchell, Costume Designer: Sanja Milkovic Hays, Director: Len Wiseman
  
  • Took direction from Costume Designer to design and produce custom latex shirt based on measurements provided for female lead actor.
  • Sourced specific colour of latex sheeting and arranged overnight delivery from UK supplier.
  • Designed, built, and delivered final garment for shooting within 48 hours.
- Content Manager, Media Operations
  
  Quick Play Media
  
  Toronto, Canada
  
  Feb 2005 - Sep 2007 (2 years 7 months)
- Web Content Developer
  
  Dell Canada
  
  Aug 2004 - Dec 2004 (4 months)
- Technical Developer
  
  MacLaren McCann Interactive
  
  Toronto, Canada
  
  Sep 1999 - Apr 2004 (4 years 7 months)
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Latex Fashion - COLONY colleciton

Latex Fashion - COLONY colleciton from James Hagarty

Latex Fashion - COLONY colleciton

Branding and promotional material for the launch of ego assassin's COLONY collection, featuring laser-cut honeycomb motif inspired by the social hierarchy of bees. High-end fashion photography by Paul Hillier (paulhiller.com) and Adventureseeker2.

Pre-launch teaser image

Post-launch splash image for web site

Product and Promotional shot. Distributed with press release and unveiled prior to launch of the collection.

Product and Promotional shot. Distributed with press release and unveiled prior to launch of the collection.

Product and Promotional shot. Distributed with press release and unveiled prior to launch of the collection.

Product and Promotional shot. Distributed with press release and unveiled prior to launch of the collection.

Product and Promotional shot. Distributed with press release and unveiled prior to launch of the collection.

Promotional shot with ad copy. Announcing the launch sale.

Promotional shot with ad copy. Announcing the launch sale.

Social media ad, announcing the launch party.

Promotional shot with ad copy. Announcing the launch party and contest.

Press release, distributed to relevant media outlets prior to launch.
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Latex Fashion - COLONY colleciton

Branding and promotional material for the launch of ego assassin's COLONY collection, featuring laser-cut honeycomb motif inspired by the social hierarchy of bees. High-end fashion photography by Paul Hillier (paulhiller.com) and Adventureseeker2.

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