Top athletes hire coaches to guide, drive, and offer expertise. Why shouldn’t creatives and businesses do the same? Are you looking to grow your design skills, knowledge, opportunities, or team? If you answered yes, one of our design coaching programs below may be just the right fit.
Reasons why you might consider working with a Design Coach:
studiowink’s Principal Nancy Goulet is offering the following programs to address your needs:
Perfect for the student currently enrolled or just out of school. Sessions are personalized, private, 1-on-1 by Zoom or in-person for 50 minutes on an agreed-upon schedule. Typically, weekly or bi-weekly is recommended though alternate arrangements can be accommodated. In our first session we will outline the student’s goals and create a strategy plan with session action items which may include homework, additional readings or tutorials, and field trips. Nancy will email between sessions to check in on progress and assist with any difficulties. By the end of your coaching term, you will have made strides toward your goal/s or achieved it.
Student Coaching goals may include:
COST
4 Session Package: $450.00
6 Session Package: $650.00
*For singular sessions or if you prefer session by session payment, cost will be $120.00/session.
SCHOLARSHIPS
If you would like to work with Nancy but do not currently have the means, please reach out. Nancy offers a limited number or scholarship slots per year based on need.
This program is ideal for solo designers or designers looking for some extra attention. Sessions are personalized, private, 1-on-1 by Zoom or in-person for 50 minutes on an agreed-upon schedule. Typically, weekly or bi-weekly is recommended though alternate arrangements can be accommodated. In our first session we will outline the professional’s goals and create a strategy plan with expectations. By the end of your coaching term, you will have made strides toward your goal/s or achieved it.
Professional Coaching goals may include:
COST
4 Session Package: $525.00
6 Session Package: $790.00
*For singular sessions or if you prefer session by session payment, cost will be $140.00/session.
SCHOLARSHIPS
If you would like to work with Nancy but do not currently have the means, please reach out. Nancy offers a limited number or scholarship slots per year based on need.
Also, consider consulting your company to see if they might pay for or match the cost of coaching. We can provide any documentation required to help with company payments.
This program is designed for ethical businesses seeking to hire design talent but not sure how to assess it. Looking at a portfolio can be intimidating for hiring managers who aren’t immersed in the creative field. In recent years many have begun assigning hiring homework as a “test” of creative talent. This unscrupulous practice has many negatives including opening the company up to legal disputes. (If you’d like to learn more about the cons of hiring homework, please read my article on the topic published by Communication Arts, the leading magazine for creatives.)
In an effort to provide businesses with support in the creative hiring practices, studiowink Principal Nancy Goulet offers hiring help.
Please note: We are not a recruitment or talent agency.
Talent Coaching includes:
Nancy is a fantastic mentor for our students, providing expert advising and wise counsel to adult students as they seek to launch their careers in professional design. She works closely with individuals and tailors her approach to helping them based on their specific skills, interests, backgrounds, and personalities. Whether students are looking for a one-time individual assessment regarding what kind of design job or workplace might be the best fit; step-by-step coaching through a specific job application and interview process; or a longer-term relationship where they check-in with Nancy as their skills develop and career interests evolve over the course of several years, Nancy brings tremendous energy, care, skill, and a broad-based understanding of the design profession to helping them navigate their entry and/or progression in the field of professional communication design.
Nancy has been such a gift to my confidence as a designer as I’ve entered the professional graphic design world. I spoke with Nancy at various points in my journey, from early on in my certificate program in MassArt, to most recently, when she visited me at work to see me in my new role: Graphic Designer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a job that she encouraged me to apply to, helped prepare my portfolio for, and gave me interview tips for! I am so grateful for her authentic and inspiring support as I found my voice over the last five years.Throughout those five years, Nancy has been available for a conversation whenever I needed her: for advice on my first portfolio website design (which I desperately needed), figuring out what area of design I gravitated towards, updating resumes and cover letters, beginning an internship search, landing my first job before graduating from my program (!), burnout when my program got challenging, even offered advice and assistance when my first job didn’t turn out how I expected and needed to start the job search again . . . all of this to say that Nancy’s design mentorship has been extremely valuable to me, but more than her design insight, Nancy’s professional and life advice is beyond special. Nancy truly cares about her mentees!
From night classes, to freelancing, to a senior designer role, Nancy was able to provide invaluable insights at every stage of my graphic design journey. Nancy has a deep well of experience, from which she can advise on everything from best-practices with clients, to picking the right firm to work for. The graphic design industry is full of complexity, and Nancy’s perspectives have allowed me to navigate it confidently over the last decade.
From a graphic design student to a career as a graphic designer today, Nancy has mentored and guided me along the way with professional advice, critiques and even reviewing potential job positions for me. She has been instrumental to my continued success!
Nancy has been extremely kind and helpful to me. From insightful portfolio reviews to encouraging advice grounded in design experience, she has helped and is still helping me refine myself into a better designer. I am thankful for the relationship we have built throughout our sessions.
Interested in signing up for a Design Coaching program? Contact Nancy today to get started.