Beth Buffington Email & Phone Number

Naperville, Il, Us

Naperville, Illinois

Beth's work includes researching, illustrating, and designing home decor products. She also instructs college and online students—how to be curious about trends, color, texture, materials, and design function. She concentrates on instruction of Digital Illustration software that can simplify a busy creative's life! The secret to good design is knowing how to combine all the information absorbed during life— into something beautiful and yet, useful. Designing beautiful and functional products to help everyone celebrate “every day” is Beth’s goal. Celebrating “every day" is being mindful of the simple luxuries in life like lighting candles for dinner…on an ordinary Tuesday. It’s realizing we can celebrate the ordinary—that makes life extraordinary.Website:https://bdi-celebrate.today/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/b.b.buffington_celebratetoday/Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/BDIdesigntodayLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/bbbuffington/Skillshare:https://www.skillshare.com/profile/Beth-Buffington/4859209

Wheaton, Illinois

Planning, strategy, art direction, photo and video direction, copy writing, and implementation of marketing projects through print, web, social media, signage, trade show and events for the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, Communication and Theater Departments. Worked closely with graphic and web designers, Videographers, photographers, and staff to provide future students and the public news and information about the arts at Wheaton College.

Northbrook, Illinois

Researching trends and managing designers to design/create home decor designs to meet and exceed trends. Design and production of catalogs, brochures and flyers to promote the Prinz brand and provide sales support for sales representatives nationwide.

Noblivity, Naperville Illinois

Visual Product Strategy, VPNoblivityPrivately Held; 1-10 employees; Wholesale industryAfter over 18 months of market research, Noblivity was launched September 2010.Noblivity is an innovative online B2B Marketplace for Specialty Retailers. We connect specialty retailers with small manufacturers providing retailers with direct access to a rich selection of unique products from all over the world all year long.Noblivity is an Excelerate company, class of 2010, a Chicago incubator led by a team of experienced entrepreneurs.Noblivity was named Top 75 nominees for the 10th annual Chicago Innovation Awards and featured in NBC Chicago, Crain's Chicago Business, Luxury Magazine, Chicago Tribune, and Tech Crunch.

Naperville, Illinois

BDI Communications Work involves freelance development of market driven, customized campaigns utilizing graphic design, technical/editorial illustration, web development, internet and print marketing, signage, product design and copywriting/editing. Design Client List:Aurora UniversityCity of Naperville, IllinoisCity of Aurora, IllinoisClaire’s BoutiqueDale Carnegie TrainingEK SuccessGenesis Medical ImagingIMPACT! CommunicationsMcDonald’s CorporationOfficeMax Inc.Paris Presents, Inc.(distribution to: Target, Kohl’s, JCPenneys, Costco, Walmart, Sears, K-mart)Quaker OatsProvena Mercy Medical CenterSealed Air CorporationWaubonsee Community CollegeWilton Industries Inc.Illustration Client List:Claire’s BoutiqueTrader Joe’s Greeting CardsFirstline MagazineHarcourt PublishingHoughton Mifflin PublishingMagnaCard, Inc.Paris Presents (bath and beauty)Party CityScholastic PublishingScott Foresman Addison WesleySilver Editions, New YorkSmithsonian MagazineVeterinary EconomicsWeekly ReaderWilton Industries Inc.Product Design/Licensing–Retail Stores:TargetParty CityKohl’sJC PenneySearsAmazonOfficeMaxCostcoClaire’s BoutiqueCostcoWalmartSoftware Knowledge:Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign,Dreamweaver, FlashQuarkPainterMicroSoft WordAcrobat-Illustrations are rendered in a variety of medias:Digital: Painter, Illustrator, Photoshop using a Wacom tabletTraditional: Watercolor, watercolor pencils, pen and ink; Partial Design Client List Partial Illustration Client List

Strategy/conceptualization, creative direction and delegation of outside staff of agencies, designers, copywriters, photographers and printers for development of brochures, newsletters, trade shows, advertisements, catalogs, direct mail and technical illustration.

Developed marketing materials for packaging and promotion. Brochure, Tradeshows, signage, packaging, sales sheets, catalogs, training manuals, instruction sheets, annual reports.