I am excited to be  joining the lovely Patricia van den Akker of The Design Trust for a session on How to Prepare for Success in the Creative Industries.  I will be focusing on how […]

What an amazing publication week for Power Up Your Creativity! To celebrate here’s an extract from the introduction: “In this book I’ve reflected upon my career from the past decade and from teaching thousands of […]

I was recently asked to write an article for Creativepool, a wonderful website & network for people in the creative industries. You can check out my article Branching out: 6 ways to diversify your creative income stream here. […]

I recently shared the below on Instagram:     It’s so easy for someone to say this, but they didn’t do it did they? It’s brave & courageous to put something out into the world, so […]

This was inspired by YOU my wonderful community so THANK YOU! Power Up Your Creativity once started as scribbled notes after my 1:1 coaching sessions & after powerful conversations with my Make it in Design […]

It’s such an odd feeling to be able to say that I’m now ‘award-winning’! I was recently lucky enough to win the Most Renowned Art Director Award at the 2022 UK Enterprise Awards. You can […]

Just a letter from me to you today. When it gets tough, please don’t forget to recognise your worth. Certain things don’t define us & keep doing you (I’m telling myself that too). Even amongst […]

A little ramble for today as I’ve been going through lots of new changes recently & it’s made me quite reflective. Let me know your thoughts. Life can be amazingly beautiful & equally incredibly tough. […]

Recently over on Instagram we did a series called: what makes a design sell? We picked four of Rachael’s most popular designs & did a deep dive into what made them sell so well & […]

Rachael recently had a lovely live session where she takes you through a journey of how she discovered magical, creative inspiration through travel & fell in love with Cuba! In the replay Rachael will show you how […]

  Aaaaand we’re back with some more fab top tips! Thank you all so much for the kind feedback we’ve received so far. Today we’re sharing some wonderful tips on how to feel more creatively […]

  We had such lovely feedback about our last top tips email so we’re back today with some more lovely advice for your creative portfolio!     1. Variety – it doesn’t mean you have to […]

  Rachael’s recent fun live session was full of so many creative ideas, community support & questions that really drew on Rachael’s extensive experience working in industry. So in case you missed it, we’ve summarised below her […]