who we are |
  Classic Blue Design and Marketing is a four-person team with more than 10 years of combined design
and marketing experience.
Derek Ippensen, worked for two of the world’s oldest and largest classical music publishing companies, prior to joining with his wife, Jennifer, to form Classic Blue Design and Marketing. He was the Marketing Director at C. F. Peters Corporation and the Marketing Manager at Boosey & Hawkes, Inc., both in New York City. During that time he won Paul Revere Awards for Graphic Excellence for the cover design of Book of Rags by Elena Kats-Chernin (2003) and String Quartet No. 3 by Alberto Ginastera (2004). Derek is always excited about utilizing his experiences and talents to help clients reach new levels of success. Jennifer Ippensen has design, marketing and editing experiences that range from educational recruitment to theatrical program layout and script editing. Through years of directing theatre productions, she has developed the conceptual skills and visual eye to assist clients with all their design and marketing needs. Shawn Ippensen graduated Summa Cum Laude from Wayne State College with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics. Shawn is a website designer and custom application programmer at Classic Blue, and believes anything is possible. Vicki Ippensen has sixteen years of desktop publishing experience, including the production of high school
newspapers, yearbooks and many other publications. She has won three Cornhusker Awards from the Nebraska High
School Press Association for yearbooks at Dodge High School. She enjoys a lifelong passion for photography and
has captured thousands of moments in time. Vicki enthusiastically uses her talents to serve the needs of Classic
Blue clients. |
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