News @ DrapeKings

Welcome Elliot!

Elliot Sussman will be joining us as the newest Production Coordinator in our New Jersey office and luckily for us, he brings with him an enormous amount of experience in many facets of production.

Elliot has worked both in film, theatre, and events in positions ranging from Technical Director, to Lighting Designer, Carpenter to Theatrical Systems Installer. He has onsite experience combined with his excellent problem solving skills make him  a great addition to the team.

Elliot received his bachelors degree in Theater Design & Technical Direction and comes to us with over six years of event experience. He’s computer savvy, excels in high paced work environments, and fully embraces all aspects of “the show must go on!”

Please join us in welcoming him into the Kingdom.

Please give a warm welcome to our newest member Tynneal Grant, who joins the Chicago Office as our newest Production Coordinator. In this role Tynneal will be working closely with the rest of the team to give the very best customer service to all our Chicagoland clients. Tynneal joins us at the perfect time as we grow our talented team and our business in Chicago.

Tynneal brings with her ten of related production experience having worked as a stagehand with Frost Lighting in Chicago, and as a Project Manager for a set & effects company as well as Construction Coordinator for several Interior & Exterior Design firms. Tynneal graduated from Monash University in Melbourne Australia with a B.A. in Communications, and she also studied Interior Design at CUNY, NY.

When not working, Tynneal enjoys the outdoors and has a passion for skateboarding & snowboarding. She also loves to tell jokes and describes herself as culturally curated and amiable!

Teresa and Jose standing proudly in front of beautifully constructed drapes for giant film set shooting in Newark!!

The DK fleet is ready for NY Fashion Week! (And so is Zoeyyyyy striking that pose!)

In case you missed it, Drape Kings partied at MTV’s VMA’s this year! (kind of…)

Black Encore was draped in the press room, production office, suites & concourse areas, and dressing rooms.

Black Retractable Stanchions were also used throughout the Prudential Center.

Thanks to everyone who helped coordinate this event- Nancy, Adam, Melissa, Matt, and everyone involved!

Please give a warm welcome to our newest member Carolina Vique who joins our New Jersey location As the Accounting Department Billing Coordinator, Carolina will be handling all the accounts receivable functions including billing, collections and credit memo’s, as well as tax exempt certificates for all three locations. She will also support the accounting department as needed in overall financial management, controlling and analysis. Carolina holds her bachelor’s degree from Berkeley College in Accounting and has 10 years of accounting experience.

Prior to coming to Drape Kings she worked as an Assistant Controller and Account Manager. In one of her past roles she managed and reconciled high credit card retail volume, which will serve our needs well! Carolina’s passion is to work with numbers, and to use her experience and expertise to contribute to OUR company’s success.

When she’s not working, Carolina enjoys spending time with her family and friends, especially her 10 year old daughter 😊

Happy Monday everyone! Everyone who is reading this and located in the NJ office(s), please stop by and see me at my desk at some point today before 6pm 🙂