Communications and Operations Manager
Mase Kerwick
Mase Kerwick is a communications strategist and operations professional with over 10 years of experience developing strategic campaigns for nonprofits, advocacy organizations, and major brands. As SNAAP’s Communications and Operations Manager, he leads the organization’s communications strategy, manages key operations, and supports relationship-building with participating institutions.
Mase has managed high-stakes communications campaigns for organizations including Dell Technologies, McGarrah Jessee, and the Beto for Texas Senate campaign. His experience spans strategic planning, brand development, digital content creation, team leadership, and stakeholder engagement. He’s excited to bring these skills to SNAAP’s mission of maximizing the success and impact of creatives in society.
A working artist himself, Mase is a performing comedian and the creator of Queertowne, Central Texas’ longest-running queer comedy platform and three-time Austin Chronicle Best of Austin nominee. He’s performed at SF Sketchfest, Dallas Comedy Fest, and Austin Sketch Fest, among others. This dual perspective as both communications professional and practicing artist gives him unique insight into the creative community SNAAP serves.
Mase holds a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri and is based in his hometown of Austin, Texas.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Arts and Design Alumni
The authors of this report, Dr. Rachel Skaggs, Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard and Dr. Jeff Barbee, provide insight into arts and design graduates whose work is — or before the pandemic was — in the arts, design, or creative realm by examining their working lives, economic lives, and the skills that they needed to attain or update during the first two years of the pandemic in the United States. This report was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
