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Dana Mason is a seasoned graphic designer with 30+ years of experience in various industries, including packaging, interior branding, and graphic design. She has worked as a Senior Graphic Designer, Design Director, and Graphics Production Manager, and has a strong background in art direction, branding, and creative direction.

Experience

  • Self Employed
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
    • Senior Graphic Designer
      • Mar 2018 - Present
      • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

      Freelance designer for small to medium sized projects and companies, including collateral, website design, packaging, interior branding, illustrations and social media marketing.

    • Design Director
      • Oct 1998 - Mar 2018

      I was lead designer for the interior branding projects, and contributed to packaging design as a Senior Designer and Design Director. I worked closely with the Account Department to reach the goals of a diverse set of clients like Kraft/Nabisco, General Mills, Pinnacle Foods, Gerber and Hershey&#...

    • Graphics Production Manager
      • Apr 1997 - Sep 1998

      I was Manager for the design and production of all graphics that pertained to the trade show exhibits that we created. I oversaw three designers and the production leads in the shop. Major clients were 3Com, Adaptec, Sun Microsystems, etc. They were located in Milpitas, CA and in Chicago.

    • Advertising Director
      • Jan 1996 - Apr 1997

      I managed the creation and production of ads for a circuit board industry trade magazine. I oversaw cover photography, hiring and art direction over the graphic designers.

    • Computer Lab Technician
      • Oct 1994 - Aug 1995

      Previously called the Academy of Art College, I worked in the student computer labs, maintaining 50+ Apple stations that contained the latest graphic programs for design, publication, web design and 3D modeling and animation. We also maintained 25+ SGI stations with the latest 3D modeling and ani...

    • Junior Industrial Designer
      • Oct 1992 - Feb 1993

      Junior designer for industrial design projects like medical devices, etc.

  • Western Publishing
    • Racine, Wisconsin, United States
    • Game Design Intern
      • Jun 1992 - Aug 1992
      • Racine, Wisconsin, United States

      Intern for the games & puzzles design division of Western Publishing. Industrial design of game pieces and boards, 3D models and product research.

  • General Motors
    • Detroit, MI
    • Pontiac Interiors Internship
      • May 1991 - Aug 1991
      • Detroit, MI

      Summer internship. I worked on full scale clay models for Pontiac Interiors and on the 1995 concept car, GM Ultralite.

Education

  • 1995 - 1996
    Academy of Art University
  • 1987 - 1992
    University of Wisconsin-Stout

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