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President - Lead designer & Illustrator
Naperville, IL
Jan 2017 - Present (4 years 11 months)
Event design, illustration, print & product design, signage & promotions, branding & social media to enhance your business, special event, or lifestyle.
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Manager, Graphic Arts
Prinz, Ltd
Northbrook, United States
A wholesale design/manufacturing company of Frames, Giftware and Tabletop Responsibilities: Management of 4 person team of designers. Responsible for trend research, line and product development for major retailers, as well as design/production of catalogs, flyers, trade show signage and website maintenance.
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Creative Art Director/Product Strategy
Noblivity
Naperville, United States
An online B2B global marketplace for specialty retailers Responsibilities: Strategy, concepts, development and project management of marketing materials for B2B online marketplace for specialty retailers. (website banners, blog ads, Google ads, eblasts, lookbooks, product design, presentation materials, product research and brand management.) Assessed and coordinated fashion designers and emerging brands from around the world to jury product for the marketplace. Mentored and supervised interns, as well as interviewed/directed inside sales staff.
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Creative Director/Illustrator/Designer
BDI Communications
Naperville, United States
Full service boutique agency creating marketing, advertising and brand management for B2B and B2C clients nationwide Responsibilities: Creative direction, strategy, project management, presentations, proofing, and press checks (concept through completion) of market driven, campaigns and product development utilizing graphic design, illustration, product design and web development for clients nationwide requiring print materials, product design, internet, signage and trade shows. (Partial client list on 2nd page)
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Assistant Communications Manager
Duplex Products Inc.
Sycamore, United States
Leading business forms corporation manufacturing office products through catalog, retail distributors and sales representation Responsibilities: Strategy/conceptualization, project management 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. Beth Berns Buffington 630.904.1407 * b3@buffingtondesign.com www.buffingtondesign.com * www.coroflot.com/BuffingtonDesign_BDI Partial Design Client List Partial Illustration Client List Agility Resources, Inc. Brown Publishing Aurora University Claire's Boutique/ICING Stores Chase Real Estate Design Five, New York Claire's Boutique/ICING stores EK Success Community United Methodist Church Firstline Magazine Copley Hospital Harcourt Publishing Cova Financial Services Houghton Mifflin Publishing Genesis Medical Imaging Inliten (Target, Walmart) Illinois Benedictine University Magna Card, Inc. (Amazon, Party City, Target) Joint Commission Worldwide McDonald's Corporation Keane, Inc. Next Day Art McDonald's Corporation Paris Presents, Inc. (Target, Kohls, JCPenney, Sears, Costco) Merrill Lynch Pet Business Magazine Noblivity Prism Magazine OfficeMax Scholastic Publishing Provena Mercy Center Hospital Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Quaker Oats Company Silver Editions, New York Ramona Marsh OB/GYN practice Smithsonian Magazine
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Client List
Naperville, IL
1991 - 2016 (25 years)
Agility Resources, Inc.
Brown Publishing,
Aurora University
Claire's Boutique/ICING Stores
Chase Real Estate
Design Five, New York
Claire's Boutique/ICING stores
EK Success
Community United Methodist Church
Firstline Magazine
Copley Hospital
Harcourt Publishing
Cova Financial Services
Houghton Mifflin Publishing
Genesis Medical Imaging
Inliten (Target, Walmart)
Illinois Benedictine University
Magna Card, Inc. (Amazon, Party City, Target)
Joint Commission Worldwide
McDonald's Corporation
Next Day Art
Paris Presents, Inc. (Target, Kohls, JCPenney, Sears, Costco)
Merrill Lynch P
Pet Business Magazine
Prism Magazine
OfficeMax
Scholastic Publishing
Provena Mercy Center Hospital
Prinz Ltd.
Scott Foresman Addison Wesley Publishing
Quaker Oats Company
Silver Editions, New York
Ramona Marsh OB/GYN practice
Smithsonian Magazine
Savvy Interiors
Veterinary Economics Magazine
Shepherd Group Commercial Real Estate
Weekly Reader
