DAWN MASSA is a seasoned art director/graphic designer with an eclectic experience background that includes editorial, print collateral, packaging, catalogs, brochures, annual reports, invitations & announcement cards, and logo design. She loves typography, color, and the challenge to be clever. She is also organized, detailed, and very budget/deadline conscious.

Dawn holds a BFA in graphic design from the
School of Visual Arts, NYC, and has been                        working professionally in the field since 1987.
Her resumé includes Assistant Art Director for
New Jersey Monthly  Magazine, and Senior
Graphic Designer for Minolta Corporation.

WHY LIGHTLY SALTED? In 1998, Dawn
went rogue as a freelance professional and
Lightly Salted Graphics was born! The name, Lightly Salted, stems from several different sources — Dawn’s love of old diners, her salt & pepper shaker collection, a pretty cool photograph that hangs in her office by a guy named Mark Hill, and another guy named Matthew… who wrote one of the Gospels (5:13-14, in case you were wondering). All of these inspirations somehow blended together to make a pretty nice spice!

STUFF DAWN LIKES: (in no particular order) goat cheese, The Princess Bride,  Gumby, 7-11 Blueberry Coffee, Brian Setzer, avocados, Wildwood Crest, special edition Hot Wheels cars, Batman, vintage Pyrex, green, The Beatles, the Book of Proverbs, bagels, Underdog (both figuratively and the cartoon), More of the Monkees,  anything pumpkin-flavored, Dawn dolls, Pee Wee Herman, sarcasm, fine-line Sharpie pens, Sid & Marty Krofft, Vitamix, The Kinks, flip books, Joyce Meyer Ministries, kneaded erasers, Chianti, and sneakers.

Portraits courtesy of Chris Marksbury   •   www.chrismarksbury.com