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Build a freelance design practice that pays you consistently

Structured mentorship with successful freelance designers. A clear track, real accountability, and a mentor who’s navigated the same challenges you’re facing.
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3 Months

median time to first consistent income for launch track mentees

78%

of stabilize track mentees land a retainer client within 4 months

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tracks for different design career situations and goals

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vetted, practising freelance design studio owners and as mentors

Sound Familiar?

You can design. The business side is what's breaking you.

Feast or famine is exhausting

Great months followed by silent months. You don’t know where your next client is coming from, and the anxiety is taking over your creative energy. You want to build consistency while freelancing.

You can't figure out how to get clients

You’ve tried cold outreach, social media, referrals, Upwork, Fiverr — nothing is consistent. You’re doing everything the freelance gurus say and it’s still not working for you specifically.

You've plateaued and can't break through

You have clients, but you’re stuck at the same income level. You know something needs to change — your pricing, your positioning, your offer — but you don’t know which lever to pull.

Your mentorship track

Choose the track that matches where you are right now

Every mentee starts on one of four tracks built around real freelance situations — not generic business advice. Your mentor makes every session personal to you.
Milestone: 2 paying clients at once

Launch Your Freelance Career

For designers starting from zero who need their first consistent clients.
  • Define your niche, ideal client, service offer, and rate
  • Build outreach infrastructure and first prospect list
  • Land first paid project — proposal, contract, invoice
  • Reach two concurrent clients simultaneously
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Milestone: 3 months no gap

Get Consistent Freelance Clients

For designers with good months and bad months who need predictable income.
  • Audit 12 months of income and map the source of every dry spell
  • Build one always-on pipeline channel that works while you're busy
  • Land at least one retainer or anchor client for recurring base income
  • Three consecutive months with no income gap
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Milestone: target MRR for 2 months straight

Scale Your Freelance Practice

For designers who have clients but have hit a plateau they can’t break through.
  • Diagnose the root cause: positioning, pricing, pipeline, or capacity
  • Address the one constraint holding revenue back
  • Hit target monthly revenue consistently for 2 months
  • Establish the new revenue floor as a permanent baseline
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Milestone: 60 days stable in new mode

From Full-Time to Freelance

For designers transitioning from full-time employee to being a freelance designer.

  • Get clear on direction and what the target state looks like concretely
  • Build the bridge plan with a real timeline and no income gap
  • Execute the transition — notice given or first client signed
  • 60 days stable in the new arrangement
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The feast or famine problem

Most freelance designers struggle with the same pattern. Here's why generic advice doesn't fix it.

The feast-or-famine cycle isn’t a motivation problem or a skills problem. It’s a systems problem — and every freelancer’s system looks different. What works for one person’s client pipeline actively doesn’t work for another’s. Generic freelance courses give you the same advice regardless of whether your problem is positioning, pricing, pipeline generation, or capacity management. Mentorship identifies your specific constraint and addresses that — not the average freelancer’s constraint.

Typical freelance income before structured mentorship

Sound familiar? The pattern repeats until the underlying system changes.

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How every session works

A structured rhythm that runs every session, on every track

The framework is consistent. What happens inside it is entirely personal to you.

1

Opens every session

Commitment check-in

What did you say you’d do? Did it happen? What got in the way? Five minutes of real accountability.

2

Middle of session

Live coaching

Whatever is alive for you right now — a decision, a difficult conversation, work to review. Fully personalized.

3

Closes every session

Commitment capture

What specifically will you do before next session? Your mentor writes it down. It becomes the next check-in.

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Between sessions

Async touchpoint

A voice note, a Loom, a short message on Slack. Keeps momentum between calls if you have questions.

↻ This rhythm repeats every session. The track provides direction. The rhythm provides structure.

Signature Feature

A Growth Map to Document Your Progress

This is the central system behind the mentorship—not just a nice extra. Every session, decision, key takeaway, and milestone is captured in a shared document between you and your mentor.

1

Your progress, made visible

Instead of relying on memory or scattered notes, you can clearly see what changed, what improved, and what you are working toward.

2

Continuity across sessions

Each session builds on the last. Your mentor has context, and you always know what has already been decided and what comes next.

3

A record you can use later

For working designers, this can support promotions or job transitions. For freelancers, it becomes a record of business decisions, wins, and patterns.

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What most mentorship miss

Most marketplaces offer access to mentors. This gives you a structured system for making that guidance actually compound over time.

Why Our Mentorship Program Is Different

Not all mentorship is the same

Features
Other Programs
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Structured tracks
  • ✗ Ad hoc
  • ✓ 4 defined tracks
Milestone check-ins
  • ✗ Varies by mentors
  • ✓ Every session
Growth Map document
  • ✗ No
  • ✓ Built together
Vetted mentors
  • ✗ Varies or self-listed
  • ✓ School-vetted
cost
  • $200–480/mo
  • From $249/mo

What Students Say

I thought I just needed more experience to become a lead, but it turned out I was missing how to actually show leadership.The sessions were very practical. We talked through real situations at work and what I should actually say or do differently. Over a few months, I started getting more ownership and eventually moved into a lead role.

Christine Mitchell

Senior Designer to Design Manager

I’d been thinking about freelancing for a year and never actually started. It just felt really overwhelming. This forced me to take action. I’m so glad I found the mentorship program. Each session gave me something concrete to do, and I actually did it.
Landed my first client in about a month and a couple more after that.

Katie Dunleavy

Corporate Designer Transitioning to Freelance

I had been at my job for a few years, but I wasn’t getting promoted year after year, and I didn’t know why. My mentor and I focused a lot on how I present my work, communicate decisions, and specifically, what my company looks for in terms of promotion.
Small changes but they made a difference. Got promoted the next cycle.

Yoni Friedman

UI/UX Designer Looking for Promotion

Your Mentors

Learn from Experienced Designers Who Know How to Guide Progress

Arnold Kotra

Freelance Brand & Visual Designer

  • France
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Ashley May

Designer + Developer + Studio Owner

  • Michigan, USA
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Jenni Renas

Visual Designer

  • Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Celio Pires

Freelance UI/UX Product Designer

  • Lisbon, Portugal
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Nelcy Nunez

Freelance UI/UX Designer

  • Madrid, Spain
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Shannen Sapar

Freelance Product Designer

  • Davao, Philipphines
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Not Ready to Commit Yet?

Start with a Mentorship Clarity Session

Get expert feedback, clarity on your next steps, and a feel for how our structured mentorship works in one focused session

60-minute 1:1 session

A focused call with one of our mentors based on your current situation and goals.

Personalized feedback

Get direct guidance, recommendations, and clear next steps you can act on immediately.

Track + plan recommendation

We’ll help you determine the best mentorship direction for your needs.

Fee credited if you join

If you join an ongoing mentorship plan within 7 days, your session fee is credited toward your first month.

$99

One-Time Session

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Pricing

Choose Your Plan

All plans include a structured mentorship track, a shared Growth Map, and guidance tailored to your situation. The difference is the level of support and frequency of sessions.

Light

$249/month

Choose billing:

$249/m — Monthly

$219/m — 3 months (Save $30/m) *

$209/m — 6 months — Best Value (Save $40/m)*
  • • 2 mentorship sessions per month
  • • One structured mentorship track
  • • Shared Growth Map with ongoing updates
  • • Async support between sessions

*Note: 3-month plans are billed every 3 months and 6-month plans are billed every 6 month. 

Core

Best Value

$399/month

Choose billing:

$399/m — Monthly

$349/m — 3 months (Save $50/mo) *

$319/m — 6 months — Best Value (Save $80/m) *
  • • 4 mentorships sessions per month
  • • One structured mentorship track
  • • Shared Growth Map with ongoing updates
  • • Async support between sessions

*Note: 3-month plans are billed every 3 months and 6-month plans are billed every 6 month. 

Intensive

$699/month

Choose billing:

$699/m — Monthly

$649/m — 3 months (Save $50/mo)*

$629/m — 6 months — Best Value (Save $70/m) *
  • • 8 mentorship sessions per month
  • • One structured mentorship track
  • • Shared Growth Map with ongoing updates
  • • Async support between sessions
  • • More in-depth feedback and accountability
  • • Best for growth sprints

*Note: 3-month plans are billed every 3 months and 6-month plans are billed every 6 month. 

FAQs

Those platforms focus on access to mentors. This mentorship is structured around a clear system, consistent sessions, and a Growth Map that tracks your progress over time. The goal is not just advice—it’s sustained progress.
No. You’ll choose (and refine) your track after joining. Your mentor will help you determine the best direction based on your goals and current situation.
Most students stay for 3–6 months to see meaningful progress. This allows time for feedback, iteration, and measurable improvement.
You’ll have async access to your mentor for updates and quick questions. This helps maintain momentum instead of waiting until the next session.
Yes. Your mentorship can evolve as your goals change. The structure stays consistent, but your focus can shift.
That’s completely fine. Part of the mentorship is helping you clarify your direction. Many students start with uncertainty and gain clarity through the process.
Yes. You can start with a one-time Mentorship Clarity Session to get expert feedback, experience the structure, and decide whether ongoing mentorship is the right fit.
Yes. If you join an ongoing mentorship plan within 7 days, the session fee will be credited toward your first month.
Yes. You can pause or cancel anytime. Longer commitments offer better pricing, but you’re not locked into something that doesn’t work for you.
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