six weeks to elevate

Elevate is a unique and exciting mentoring programme for brand designers committed to excellence. Through a carefully curated collection of content, group teachings and most importantly, one to one feedback, each participant has produced three stellar portfolio pieces and crucially, elevated their work, their vision, their process and the potential for their business along the way.

This is the fifth Elevate programme I’ve run and it’s been a true joy to once again work with a collective of passionate designers. Some have arrived as experienced brand designers, others have begun from a completely blank slate. All of them have worked hard and achieved exceptional things in a very short space of time.

The journey you’ll see charts their progress across three projects from their initial project right through to their final submission. Nine briefs to choose from, three projects to work on and six rounds of personalised feedback from me, along with group notes that pick up on key process themes has meant that we’ve been able to elevate at an incredible pace.

Each has brought with them a unique level of skill and experience and they finish this class at different levels. There was no prerequisite level for joining and no ‘pass mark’ at the end. Instead, the focus has been on elevating their own work and moving their own unique creativity, vision and skill forwards. By showing up, producing the work and taking on board the feedback, these designers have achieved some incredible things and I’ve created this Journey to celebrate that. ps. If you’d like to join us for the next programme, you can find out more at thebrand-stylist.com/elevate

So let’s say a big Cheers to The Elevate Collective, Class of 2023. Do soak up the creative inspiration on their websites, show them some love on Instagram and put them under consideration for your next branding project. Enjoy!

“THE COURSES AND SEMINARS YOU’VE PUT OUT HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS IN HELPING ME HONE MY STYLE/EYE FOR DESIGN. I KEEP GOING BACK INTO THE COLOUR PSYCHOLOGY FOR BRAND DESIGNERS AND WATCHING VIDEOS FOR THE GOLD NUGGETS OF ADVICE. EACH TIME I RE-WATCH A PRESENTATION, I FIND SOMETHING NEW THAT STICKS OUT TO ME THAT I CAN APPLY TO MY WORK.”

CHRISTINE RESTIVO