"Dawn Mellender is without a doubt one of the most delightful people and talented designers I've had the fortune of working with over my 20-year career. Adjectives that come to mind when I think of Dawn are artistic, tenacious, driven, tireless, positive, perfectionist, discriminating.

As a designer, Dawn has an exceptional eye for aesthetics, balance, color and consistency and demonstrated this across many forms of online and offline media. She truly understands branding and the importance of creating one voice via look, feel, imagery and tone. Dawn has been instrumental in developing these components while in her current position. Dawn is a design talent, but she is also an outstanding project manager and she expressed this every day as she managed an increasingly active event calendar for her firm–juggling timelines, design, contacts, production, venues and management. Dawn has an amazing ability to work with many different types of personalities with varying skill sets – a very important skill for a leader.

Dawn’s solid design skill along with her project management experience and tireless positive attitude has resulted in the continued successful outcome of her projects. I would be ecstatic to have the opportunity to work with Dawn again and any company or group will be lucky to have Dawn join their team."

- Guy Swartz, Creative Director, Design and Branding
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"I had the pleasure of working with Dawn for 4 years while at MF Global. She's a superstar. Incredibly talented, impeccably detailed, impossibly quick, and above all–one of the nicest people you will meet. She managed multiple projects with tight deadlines on a constant basis and never missed a due date. If I had an opportunity to work with her again I would do so in a heartbeat. 15 out of 4 stars. Highly recommended."

- Chad Hendricks, Production Designer at SYPartners
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"The amount of quality, meticulous work under a constant stream of intense deadlines which I have personally witnessed Dawn produce, may be truly be unrivaled. She is careful, often quietly working away, but her discipline is fierce. She is not afraid to dive in until it is done, and seemingly never even whispers a complaint. I admire her drive. We have only scratched the surface of this delightful tigress’ talents and look forward to seeing her work applied to a wide array of media."

- Stephanie Gillespie Schrock, Sr. Benefit Communications Strategy Consultant to Whirlpool Corporation at HealthSCOPE Benefits
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"Like! Thumbs up! Enthusiastic recommendation! Dawn does it all: collaterals, web, email, displays, you name it. A great team player providing high levels of client satisfaction with outstanding designs, executed flawlessly and delivered on time. Dawn knows her way around a branding style guide and is great at creating new pieces that blend in perfectly. Dawn finesses all those little nuances that at the end of the day make all the difference. In short, Dawn is someone you'll be glad to have on your creative team."

- Ted Peart, Creative Director for Brand / Sr. Art Director at The SAVO Group
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"Working with Dawn at HBG was like working with a ray of sunshine - she has excellent design chops, a keen eye, and is a dream to work with! Her dedication to tackling tasks with perfection was a standard for each project, no matter how small. She is an exceptional creative problem solver and is an strong addition to any strategic team. It would my pleasure to collaborate with her again!"

- Rebecca Firlik, Freelance Design Director