Design Recharge

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/284 Have you had a dream but thought it was a long shot? Have you been fascinated with Disney or a company like it your whole life? Have you pursued a specific job for more than a year? Do you hustle? Are you working a full time job and still putting in 10–20 hours a week on your side project, or improving your skills? This week we will find out what it takes for one man with a dream of working at Disney. Jason (Jay) Ratner does work at Disney and has worked there for eight years. He interned there though their college program and fell in love with the place and the people. But he doesn’t come home and put his skills away, he gets them back out and continues to pursue Disney in different ways that are outside of his regular job duties. Follow Jason at: Instagram: @JayRatner81 https://www.instagram.com/JayRatner81 Twitter: @JayRatner https://www.twitter.com/JayRatner Site: jratnerdesign.com _____________________________ Follow DESIGN RECHARGE: Our website

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/283 How do you learn? What tools and resources have you used to get you further? What happens when you get into a subject and decide you don't like it? What do you do when you need to pivot to move ahead? Episode 283. Airs Wednesday, January 16 at 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT. Things happen, things happen we don't plan for. What do you do when life's water balloon explodes inside your house? This week we had to pivot and we will be doing our episode with Adam Grason soon I promise. But we had to reschedule. I thought what a good time to do a meet-up again. When a few of us (max 100) pop online and talk about a topic. Since last week's episode, I have been thinking about how we pivot as we are finding new things we want to learn. Want to talk about that and other ways and resources you have found to learn? There is a lot more to this post. Want to read it? Go here if you do. www.rechargingyou.com/283 _____________________________ Follow DESIGN RECHARGE: Our

Do you constantly feel like there is always a new program, platform, service, or tool you need to learn and utilize? Do you fee like struggle to keep up with the updates, new services and / or programs on the market? Do you have a education plan built into your yearly How do you decide where to go to learn? Do you know where to find deals? Do you know how to find trusted, industry leaders who are teaching the subjects you need to learn? Do you have these learning goals connected directly to new client work or being more marketable for applying for a new job? Episode 282. Aired Wednesday, January 9, 2019. This week I am happy to share a little tid-bit of some of the online learning I have done. And why I have chosen some of these courses. I have also found some deals and want to share those with you and when those deals come out so you can plan for them for next year. Follow DESIGN RECHARGE: Our website: www.rechargingyou.com Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/282/ Connect on Instagram & T

Find full show notes at: https://rechargingyou.com/britt-davis/ What would you do to get the career you want? What sacrifices would you make to obtain a better job in the field you want to work in? How does an industrial design background help a graphic designer? Have you ever wanted to work in the sports and entertainment industry, but didn’t know how to get your foot in the door? Do you want to work in a niche industry you have always dreamed of, but don't know what the first steps should be? Do you want to know how to make connections in the design industry? Do you love nostalgia and want to know how to incorporate it into your design? Episode 281. Aired Wednesday, January 2, 2019. This week I am excited to introduce you to Britt Davis, Britt is the Senior Designer at AMB Sports and Entertainment. This in-house agency works with the Atlanta Falcons and the Professional Soccer team in Atlanta. But that is not all she does for them. This in-house agency has a lot of hats and there are a lot of way

Are your passion and your career aligned? Do you ever wish your side hustle was your full-time gig? Do you want to know how to make products? Are you interested in teaching workshops? Are you looking for other streams of revenue? Episode 280. Aired Wednesday, December 12, 2018. This week I am excited to introduce you to Nathalie Kalbach, a mixed-media artist illustrator, creator of Creative JumpStart, author, writer, and entrepreneur. Nathalie has taught workshops all over the world, and creates products for the craft industry. I first heard of Nathalie because of a product I bought that she is the mastermind behind, called Creative JumpStart. It is a video series during the month of January where she coordinates artists, products, and a theme for the ENTIRE month. It serves as a creative inspiration and for me has showed me new artists and new processes of making art. I have purchased it every year since them and LOVED every minute of January because of it. Nathalie started off her career as a paralegal.

Does your inner voice regularly berate you? Do you have a hard time turning that monster inside your head off? Do you say things to yourself that you would never say to a friend? This week we are going to be talking to my friend Alicja Colon, who is a designer turned photographer and illustrator. She is a mom of three and a wife. Her faith is a critical part of her life and her freelance business. She worked for many years with Focus Lab in Savannah and in September of this year went out on her own. This week I am excited to introduce you to Alicja Colon, a paper artist illustrator, designer, and photographer. Alicja has taught workshops, given talks at conferences. She also has a podcast called Manual Focus. On top of all that she is a wife and mom of three, and in September she quit her full time gig to go out on her own. Talk about wearing a lot of hats! Alicja will tell you her biggest struggle has been her negative self-talk. This episode will dig into how she has been able to wrangle the inner-voice

Multiple income streams, Growing your income with various streams of revenue generation, Working full time from home, working full time with your spouse, working as a freelance illustrator, building partnerships, reaching out to past clients Could you or would you move across country multiple times to advance your career? Could you work from home everyday? Could you run a business with your spouse? Do you want to expand your income revenue streams? Maybe you answered YES to some of these, or maybe you answered Heck No, to some of them. This episode will prove beneficial to any entrepreneur trying to make it as a freelancer and understand better how to market your skills and talents. Because that is exactly what Brad does. THE DESIGN RECHARGE SHOW: Brad Woodard // Bold, Brave Moves Episode 278. Aired Wednesday, November 28 at 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT This week I am excited to introduce you to Brad Woodard, a retro-inspired illustrator and designer that I have admired for a long time. I finally got to meet

Episode 277. Aired Wednesday, November 21, 2018. First off I want to tell you how thankful I am for you. Thankful you are reading this, thankful you take time to spend with me listening to the show each week. I want to tell you about the Change Cycle that Martha Beck talks about in her book, Finding Your Own North Star. I started this book when Oprah had a daily daytime talk show. HA HA. Talk about a slow reader. In January I started my sabbatical, but it did not start off in the way I had thought. I was really sick and unable to do any work for the first 3 weeks. Seeing the good in this situation was difficult, but I definitely found it. I finished the book two weeks ago. I also read, Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic in the month of October. This was another one that revolutionized the way I was thinking. This week I am excited to share what I have been learning with you. It is crazy and fun and I feel like it will be more real when I get to share it with you. The taking action step is hard, the dreaming

How to find an artist rep. Finding an agent for your art. Characteristics to look for in an agent for your illustration work. Illustrators with agents. Asking for help. Learning how to ask for help. Single parenting and working as a freelancer. Freelancing with a toddler. Freelance illustrator, knowing what to create for your portfolio. Finding an agent in Europe. European artists rep. What to include in your contracts, what to avoid in your contracts. Episode 276. Aired Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Have you always wondered the advantages to having an art agent? Well look no further as I interview illustrator, Angela Navarra this week. Want to find out how personal projects have affected Angela's work, tune in live on Wednesday. Do you struggle with being a parent and working from home? This week I am excited to finish the conversation with Angela Navarra. She has had experience working with multiple agents and getting work on her own, as well as understands how to navigate through contracts with agent

Lettering as an outlet, saying yes more, niching down, finding your niche industry, Lettering as a healer, Using instagram to humanize yourself, digitizing your artwork, growing your design and lettering business What do you do when something massive hits your family? Mye De Leon turned to her creative community and they rallied around her and supported her like you will not believe. How does she run a business with three kids from across the globe, when most of her clients are in America? You will find out how in this episode. THE DESIGN RECHARGE SHOW: Mye De Leon // Lettering, Creative Community, & Growing Your Business Episode 275. Aired on November 7, 2018. Talk about talented and driven, this week's guest is both. Mye De Leon doesn't do anything halfway, she is a mom of three and has clients all over the world, teaches lettering workshops, and is part of the lettering and scrapbooking communities. This episode will dig into how she manages her time and creativity, juggling between client project

Have you ever struggled with getting your client to go with the bold move, or try something different that is edgy or makes them uncomfortable? Have you ever wondered how other designers have been able to do this again and again? What role does personality play in your ability to obtain and keep clients? How much trust do you have to build with a client before they let feel comfortable with the visual direction you are taking their company? Episode 273. Aired Wednesday, October 31, 2018. This week I am pumped to interview the founder of Gardner Design and the Creator of Logo Lounge, Bill Gardner. Bill has been able to build trust with his clients and through his knowledge of the industry has been able to produce work that is fun and is sometimes outside of the client's comfort zone again and again. This week we will touch on some of the strengths that Bill possesses which have acted like superpowers throughout the years. Bill is an excellent speaker, he is funny, smart, creative, authentic, and warm. He

Working freelance into your 40 hour work week. Finding time to freelance with a full time job. Making connections with people in the industry. Being known for something. Being known for being dependable and delivering quality work, quickly. Easy to work with Do you have a full time job, want to freelance, but aren't sure how to do both? Do you wonder how you can possibly meet clients AND be at work at the same time? Right you can't. But find out how my guest this week is able to freelance and hold down an art director position full time. . Do you struggle with finding Time to unwind and destress? . This week I am so stoked to finally interview my friend, Kevin Greene. We have an unusual meeting story that we will share with you. Which really explains why I love Kevin so much. He is friendly, dependable, funny, a great conversationalist, great with people, AND SUPER TALENTED as a designer and illustrator. . This week we will touch on some of reasons why Kevin is able to juggle so much and how he recharges.

Episode 272. Aired Wednesday, October 3, 2018. This week we will be continuing the conversation with my friend, Scott Soeder. Scott has combined his passion for music and illustration into a passion project that lead him to doing work for his favorite band, 311. Last time we didn't even get to talk about this, or how SCBWI (Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) has played a part in his career. Scott won the SCBWI Grand Prize in 2016 and won it again in 2018. In the last interview with Scott which can be found here: https://rechargingyou.com/2018/04/02/scott-soeder-blending-interests-to-find-your-niche/ I wanted to dive into his process and his marketing strategy, which we will do for sure this time around. Follow Scott at: Follow Scott at: Web: scottsoeder.com Twitter: @scottsoederart FB: Facebook.com/scottmakesart Insta: Instagram.com/scottsoeder dribbble: dribbble.com/scottsoeder Recharging You helps freelancing creatives find and utilize their strengths and guides them how to grow th

Recent Graduates. Changing paths. Taking a path in your career, heading for design. Emerging Designers, AIGA, AIGA Mobile, Working in Design, Moving up in desigin, Finding your place in the design industry. Work Life early in your career as a designer. Moving to a new city and what you need to know. Standing up for what you think should be done, even if you are new or young in the field. Creative career opportunities. EMERGE + AIGA Mobile // Scaling Your Design Career // WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE Episode 271. Aired September 26, 2018 @ 6pm CT / 4pm PT. I am teaming up with AIGA Mobile during the Emerge Month, where AIGA focuses on Emerging Designers. That means designers who have been working for 0–5 years. (Out of school or someone who has recently entered the design industry.) AIGA Mobile + Design Recharge Live and IN-PERSON! AIGA Mobile presents a special episode of Design Recharge to celebrate EMERGE awareness week! During this episode host diane gibbs will interview Jeffy Thomas (CUTT INK STUDIO), Phim

Alternate Income Streams. Using your gifts on different platforms. Finding revenue streams through relationships and friendships. Get connected to many designers and illustrators. Passive Income for designers. Trying your hand with patreon. Launching courses through Patreon, a subscription based model. Getting connected within an industry. Episode 270. Aired September 26, 2018. This week I am excited to have my good friend Dustin Lee back on the show. Dustin and I have been friends for years and I have seen his business grow and change. I think it is due to his always trying to improve and his connectivity within the industry. He spends a lot of virtual time with other people and listening to what they need, then creates products to fill those needs. He also is on the popular weekly podcast, The Honest Designers Show, and talks to other entrepreneurs in the industry. I love this podcast! @honestdesigners One of those projects was a course he launched a few years ago called Passive Income for designers. He

Josh Lewis The power of personal projects. Side projects that lead to client work. Time and time again Josh has created personal projects and they have led to client work. Be patient, grow, create great work, and know that the clients will come. Marketing strategies for freelance illustrators. Episode 269. Aired September 19, 2018. This week I am excited to introduce you to my friend Josh Lewis. I got to meet him and hear his story at Creative South this past year. Again, I love going to conferences for the simple reason that you get to hear more and spend time with people you admire. You might be thinking, what you do you mean, "hear more." When face-to-face (virtually or physically) you are able to give people more of your time as opposed to commenting on a post or typing a private message. When I meet with people in-person or online I get to know them better, I hear their struggles and how they have made it through the tough patches. Josh will share some of these things with us this week. Josh was wo

When is it time to let something go? Time to try a new style, new approach, new area of concentration? When do you know it's time to move on? Growth means having to let somethings go and release your grasp on things that have made you money in the past but are not producing fruit now. New areas of income streams. More effort in focused areas or spreading out til you find a new focus area. Don't put all your efforts into one area, spread out and have at least seven income streams. Staying flexible, being fruitful, letting things go that used to be precious and produce fruit but are no longer producing. Episode 268. Aired September 7, 2018. We may or may not have a show tomorrow. Now we are dealing with a Tropical Storm / Hurricane. His name is Gordon. Right now it is really just windy. We have already lost a lot of limbs. So many of our trees are pecan trees and they are really brittle and they are really loaded with leaves and pecans. It got me thinking, how similar our creative process when we are trying

Episode 267 Have you ever been in a place of growth and it is so uncomfortable you just want OUT? As you know when you fight it, it gets worse, right? Why do we do that? Why do we avoid the uncomfortable so much, that we can make ourselves sick. We make others around us, tired of being around us because we just don't want to face something. AVOID AVOID AVOID I would like to think of myself as a Gritty Girl. But lately, my inner voice has been desiring Easy Street! I want the gold but don't want to pan for it. That doesn't make sense when you are looking at it from the outside. There are no get rich quick schemes. There is work and lots of it. But our work, the work we "get" to do is pretty fun. So why have I made parts of it so scary in my mind. I think of it like a ride at an amusement park. For so many years the only ride I was tall enough to ride was the swings. I was in 8th grade before I could ride a roller coaster. And I almost didn't ride it, thank GOD for peer pressure. Had it been up to me, I d

Episode 265. Aired August 22, 2018 This week I am excited to introduce Beth Stafford and Jeremy Slagle. Beth is a designer and author, who wrote the Chin-up Chinchilla children's book. And Jeremy is a designer and illustrator who had always wanted to illustrate a children's book. They way they met and the way this book was perfectly crafted together by God is pretty amazing. Their story will give you hope especially if you have had the dream of a either writing or illustrating a children's book on your bucket list. Then on top of it all, they launched a kickstarter (launched on Aug 15th, 2018) and in 24 hours they were 66% funded. In 48 hours they were 88% funded. In six days they were 100% funded. This is AMAZING. And I want to know how they did all of it. I hope you will join us for this insider look into creating, finding an illustrator, and launching a killer kickstarter campaign to publish an incredible children's book. SIGN UP and join us LIVE, delivered each week directly to your inbox: or go t

Episode 65 Aired Thursday, Oct 10, 2013. For any designers who want to know how to better market yourself or use these prompts to help a client. Robin Landa shares strategies, prompts, and exercises from her new book. Looking to design your brand and all the things that go with that? Look no further. How important is your personal brand? Are you job hunting? Are you starting a new business? If you answered YES, then your brand is extremely important. This week's guest is Robin Landa, author of the book, Build Your Own Brand. Robin will share with us what makes this book so different and in my eyes so helpful and fantastic. This week I am pumped to interview Robin Landa as she answers questions about her new book, Build Your Own Brand. For more tips on growing your design business, the design process, and creativity energizers, stay tuned each week. I am here for you and happy to help! Can't wait for the interview? The book is incredible, Build Your Own Brand. It is chocked full of exercises, strategies,