Hi, I’m Valarie. A Chicago-based freelance creative director currently available for opportunities.

I am a mom of two boys, love a good snowstorm, will never turn down ice cream, and aspire to someday live in a log cabin.

Experience

Valarie Mason Design Co, 
Freelance Creative Director
October 2018 – Present

Ruca,  Design Lead
January 2020 – Present

VSA Partners, Senior Designer
October 2009 – October 2018

Bark Design, Designer
July 2008 – August 2009

Kent State University, Designer
August 2007 – July 2008

Point to Point, Design, Art Director Intern
June 2007 – August 2007

Education

BA, Visual Communication Design
Kent State University

Notable

Bronze Lion in the Design category at the 2012 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

Select Clients / Accounts

Allstate — Breakout Studio — Blocknet — Bruce Mau's Massive Change Network — Density — Dimo’s Pizza — Divvy Homes — Cargill — Google — Gwynedd Valley Eye Care — IBM — Legion Collective — LeVillage Cowork — Mack Trucks — MINIMAL — Morningstar — Northern Trust — One North — OX — P&G — Ruca — Sappi — TIME — WellNow Urgent Care — YWCA