you help others elevate
It’s time to uplevel your own design business
What if you could get guidance from an experienced designer who understands exactly where you’re at?
Do you love design, but not the headaches and stress of running your design business? I offer 1-1 consults tailored especially to your specific design business painpoints.
Individualized from a designer who gets it.
What if running a business didn’t have to be so hard? What if you had more time to enjoy thinking about creative work — and to enjoy actually living your life, spending time with your family, your friends, and yourself?
Imagine if you had a business you could actually step away from — and your client projects would not totally halt. What if you could close your laptop at the end of the day feeling confident that you had the information you needed from clients, your team was on track, and you could come back into your office the next day not to tame chaos, but to create in calm — freed up to focus on selling and on actually designing.
I understand.
I know what it’s like to be stretched thin, overbooked yet underpaid, wearing every single hat, with dozens of tabs open in your brain, just hoping you remember to send that reminder or that file to your client or team member.
Are you ready for your life and business to change?
Are you getting burnt out in your design business?
Do this sound like you?
You’re wasting time emailing back and forth with clients, but don’t know how to streamline.
You don’t feel confident enforcing your business policies (or don’t even really have them!)
Your big design projects and launches somehow always end up bottlenecking.
You’re trying to wear all the hats — but have no idea how to outsource more.
“The training call helped me bring more confidence into my logo design skills.”
— Melissa Cross
I’ve been there.
There was a time I thought about quitting my business.
I loved the design work, but it seemed like delegating work only created more work. I felt capped out as a solopreneur with the work I could take on, but hiring a team I could trust felt too overwhelming. I had zero project management tools, task lists, or idea where to start. I no longer loved what I did.
I realized I needed to create a job for myself I actually wanted.
1-1 Consulting
Get cohesive
In these calls, we can cover individualized topics like how to streamline your client process, how to outsource to a team and mange projects, how to schedule projects smoothly and onboard with ease.
Individualized
a safe space
We will start with where you’re at right now. I will listen to your challenges, review your current materials and relevant client situations, and create a safe, confidential space to share.
Candid
what worked and didn’t
I will share openly about what I have found works (and doesn’t!). I’ve been a designer for 13 years, and had my business since 2013. I’ve navigated many challenges and tried many different approaches.
Flexible
you choose the topics
The sessions are flexible and we can hone in on the topics you want to dive into. I have done consulting sessions with designers on everything from digitizing a logo to calculating your website profit margin.
Tangible
Tools to implement
I share my own process you can make your own with templates for timeframes, email scripts, and boilerplates. This is an action-item style mentoring session, with tangible tools you can implement.
Streamline and polish your business.
Where you’re at and where you want to go.
Be able to take a vacation and have your business keep running.
Be freed up to focus on the creative work you love.
Streamline your systems for smooth running projects.
Feel confident your projects and team are on track.
Let’s get started
Pick your session(s)
You have the option for one 90-minute session or a 3-month container with Voxer access.
Schedule your call
You’ll receive a scheduling link to book your video call session at your convenience.
Complete your prep work
I will create you customized questions based on your goals to make the most of our time together.
“Kathryn is a supportive, clear coach who only wants you to succeed.”
— Rebecca Jeanson
Imagine it
Where would you be next year if you took the time to set up your business in a way that actually works for you?
You can prioritize your clients and your own happiness.
“Consulting with Kathryn was such a game changer for me. Thank you again for the wealth of information you shared with me. I still refer to our notes frequently!”
— Amanda Csakan
“Kathryn's Design Credit System is pretty genius. That really helped along with the language she uses with her clients in explaining her packages and pricing.”
— Emily wells
“I now feel confident in my skills and my designs have improved — I’m able to create designs that are more custom, which has enabled me to charge a higher price point.”
— Letitia Ranieri
90-minute consulting call
Customized homework
1 90-minute video call
Recording and call transcription
Tools and boilerplates discussed on the call
1 payment of $750
3-month container
Customized homework
3 60-minute video calls
Recording and call transcriptions
Tools and boilerplates discussed on the call
Unlimited Voxer support
3 payments of $650
1 payment of $1750 - SAVE 10%
You can select the takeaways.
Pick the topic(s) and sessions you want to focus on.
Examples of takeaways from past client sessions:
Templates of the exact email scripts I use to navigate (and prevent) client situations.
Sample project timeframes and detailed task lists with examples of what to delegate.
The sales questions I use in every call, and our proposal and pricing method to increase client revenue.
Onboarding sequence email scripts and forms.
Policies and procedures and how to stick to your scope and boundaries.
“Kathryn helped me realize that good design can’t be rushed, but to take your time and put your all into it.”
— Letitia Ranieri
