Celebelle is a boutique creative and administrative firm that focuses on helping its clients grow their businesses by providing customized support, exceptional customer satisfaction and high-quality content and service.
 
Established in 2010, Celebelle is helmed by partners Janin Otwell and Celeste Shepherd. Janin has 10 years in social media management and content creation as well as 15 years in the commercial photographic printing industry and is also an accomplished photographer, curator, and artist. Celeste specializes in financial and business organization and bookkeeping as well as graphic design. She worked 20 years as a C-Suite executive assistant and administrative manager prior to founding Celebelle.
 
Celebelle works within a variety of industries and often provides more than one type of service to each client. Regularly, clients will hire Celebelle for one project but quickly discover the high level of detail and creativity in our work and ask us to help with additional projects. We take a skilled approach to find out what our client’s need for their business to grow and achieve more. Over 25% of our clients have been with us for 4+ years and Celebelle has enjoyed 10 years of consistent growth with a stellar word-of-mouth reputation.
 
Celebelle can be found at:
Website: www.celebelle.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CelebelleCreativeCo
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janin-otwell/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/celebelle/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celebelle/
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Celeste Shepherd - Founder, Graphic Designer & Administrative Specialist

Celeste Shepherd founded Celebelle in 2010 after 20 successful years working exclusively for high level executives in a variety of industries. 

Celeste utilizes her wealth of experience in bookkeeping, graphic design, project and office management, executive administration, marketing, business development, small business consulting and recruiting to support your business and give you piece of mind that a professional has got your back.

A native of Nashville, Celeste now calls East Nashville home and enjoys spending quality time with her son and her extraordinary boyfriend, volunteering at USN, and exploring Nashville's ever changing landscape.  She is an alumnus of University School of Nashville and holds a B.A. in Economics from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.  ​

To learn more about Celeste, check out her Top 5 Strengths

Janin Otwell - Artist, Social Media Maven & Print Media Guru

Janin Otwell has over 15 years in the commercial photographic printing industry and is an accomplished photographer, curator, and artist.  She brings a unique value for our clients by understanding both the creative and production side of creative services.

"I am passionate about art.  Other people's art, my art, the process of making art, and displaying art. Most of all I love ideas.  I like to brainstorm all day long.  Ideas, ideas, ideas, and more ideas.  Let's talk about it, develop it, draw it, make it."

Janin has given image management and display guidance to such venues as The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Tennessee State Museum, and Vanderbilt University.  From layout to media selection to requisition of materials, labor and installation management, Janin handles intimate and large scale projects.

Haling from Monroe, LA, Janin lives with her two children and husband in East Nashville.  She holds a BFA in Photography from the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design.

To learn more about Janin, check out her Top 5 Strengths

Ben Princehorn - Administrative Professional & Renaissance Man

Ben Princehorn first started working with the Celebelle team in October 2015.  He is a Nashville native and father of 3.  Upon graduating from the University School of Nashville, he attended the University of Tennessee and graduated in 1998 with a business degree. Ben is a seasoned professional with a financial, sales and healthcare operations background.  He worked in custodial banking from 1999-2003, the mortgage industry from 2003-2007, healthcare solutions technologies from 2009-2012, and in healthcare administration capacities from 2012 to present.  Ben assists the Celebelle team in general administrative and bookkeeping capacities.

To learn more about Ben, check out his Top 5 Strengths

 Jeanie Frazier - Senior Bookkeeper

Jeanie brings over 25 years of bookkeeping experience to our clients. She moved to the Nashville Area in 2019 from California where she was the Chief Financial Officer and Co-owner of a consulting company for 25 years. She lives in Manchester with her fiancé and is excited to be a part of Celebelle.

​To learn more about Jeanie, check out her Top 5 Strengths

 Emily Dyer - Creative Content Administrator & SEO Scholar

Emily has been with the Celebelle team since the beginning of 2020. After graduating with a B.A. in Media Studies from Salisbury University of Maryland in 2014, she moved to Nashville with her husband. Emily has a strong background in digital marketing, mixed media and customer service. She loves to contribute her creativity and thoroughness to every Celebelle project. Emily lives in East Nashville with her husband, John and French Bulldogs, Kahlo and Pinto.

​To learn more about Emily, check out Her Top 5 Strengths

 Blake Hare - Social Media and Graphic Design Associate

Blake joined the Celebelle team in August 2021 as a Social Media and Graphic Design Associate. She is a Nashville native with 5 years of marketing and design experience. From Hallmark to small, locally-owned businesses, Blake has had the pleasure of working with a wide variety of projects and teams. She has a strong passion for creative branding, social media content creation, and copywriting.