Dina Mande

Creative Director
is an accomplished brand strategist, graphic designer, copywriter, editor, visual fx artist and award winning filmmaker. Originally from St. Helena, Dina started her career in the Napa Valley; first in the marketing department at Buena Vista Winery, then at Napa’s leading agency, Balzac Communications. After a stint at Industrial Light & Magic in Marin County to learn animation and visual effects, then a year in the breakneck world of news, she transitioned to entertainment marketing, design and advertising. She spent the next nine years branding and marketing feature films, television shows and DVDs at New Wave Entertainment for clients such as HBO, Warner Bros, Paramount, Lifetime, Disney and designed the entire graphics package for the 2004 Emmy Awards. Her short films have played numerous festivals, including Tribeca and Toronto. Recently, Dina has served as creative director on projects for Sony, Pepsi, Aquafina and Microsoft. She is thrilled to be back among the grapes.

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Kara E. Clark

Art Director
has over seven years of experience working with lifestyle brands of the Central Coast and brings superior knowledge of print and web design production. Originally a native of North Carolina, she moved to San Luis Obispo for an advertising graphic design career at S. Lombardi & Associates, which also strengthened her management and efficiency skills. Combining roles as the Producer, Webmaster, Senior Graphic Designer and Photo Stylist for over three years at Central Coast Magazine (a glossy lifestyle publication) enabled Kara to network with numerous local personalities and  further confirmed her interest in Central Coast food, wine, home, garden, health, beauty, travel & leisure. While not designing, Kara practices her calligraphy skills, teaches Les Mills fitness classes at local gym eqclubs.com, and can be found soaking up the luxuries of this beautiful area she lives in, which always includes a glass of local wine. Will it be yours?

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Drew Ross

Director of Post Production

is currently studying Public Relations and Journalism at Cal Poly SLO and Cuesta College. Drew has two years experience as Editor in Chief of an award winning student-ran news magazine in Northern California, and is currently the Editor of the newspaper at Cuesta College. Drew was recognized in 2008 by the Society of Professional Journalists for his work on defending the First Amendment. Drew enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors. He has been all over Central America and the Caribbean and hopes to one day travel around Europe and New Zealand.

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Chelsea Schmitz

Account Coordinator

is a Bay Area native, and moved to Paso Robles in 2009 after attending Brooks College with a degree in Graphic Design. A fellow Equestrian herself with a stage three certification through the British Horse Society, Chelsea has also been an professional equestrian photographer for over eight years. As a young girl Chelsea was fortunate to travel the world (Africa, Europe, Asia) and brings the different cultures into her work. Chelsea is excited to work with you to keep your project on time and within budget.