Like it or not, some variety of design work has landed in your lap. Whether you’re a founder, marketer, social media manager, or diligent side-gigger, this course teaches the principles and basics of design so that you can create more confidently.
Learn the Fundamentals
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Gain Confidence
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Create with Ease
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Get Hands-on Practice
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Learn the Fundamentals ✳︎ Gain Confidence ✳︎ Create with Ease ✳︎ Get Hands-on Practice ✳︎
I’m Hannah, your real-life designer friend
With a degree in Advertising and Graphic Design, a decade of experience working as a designer, and college-level teaching experience, I’ve put my cursor in a lot of different areas of design.
When I started my own brand design studio and started working with independent businesses, I realized that I was only covering half of the brand equation.
A functional, cohesive brand needs both intentional creation and mindful implementation.
The reality is, many businesses don’t have the bandwidth to have an actual designer on staff, so they kick those tasks to their marketers, social media managers, sales team, or an intern. For smaller businesses, this frequently means the implementation falls to the founder themselves.
I was heartbroken (so dramatic) to see beautiful brands created and then botched in implementation.
But it’s not your fault!
No one is born with exceptional skills at communication design. It’s something we all have to learn. Yes, even designers.
This is great news because it means you can absolutely learn it.
It’s even better news because I’ve found a way to teach it.
THE FULL-DAY WORKSHOP
The full-length course is hands-on, software-agnostic, and covers everything you need to know to create materials confidently, including:
Digital literacy
File types
Resolution
Following brand standards
Color
Typography
Hierarchy
Alignment
Layout
Plus two hands-on projects with a brand
Q&A
Inquire about pricing, customizations for internal teams, and travel below.
THE ONE-HOUR FREEBIE
The one-hour course covers the quick and dirty basics to sharpen design skills and know-how, including:
Following brand standards
Hierarchy
Layout
Alignment
Q&A
Why free?
Mostly because we hate seeing terrible designs in the world and hear a lot of people talk about not knowing what their doing. We think this is information anyone touching visual work should know.
Transparently, we also don’t love cold calling anyone for branding services but enjoy meeting potential clients, partners, or cool people doing cool things. When we can, we’ll bring the freebie to you. If at the end of it, you want to invest in design work or a full-day workshop, we’d love that but there’s no sales pitch or pressure involved.
“Fast and fun - I learned a ton! Hannah's design for nondesigners course introduces fundamental design concepts through the eyes of a brand designer.”
-a nondesigner
“This course was perfect. It felt like i understood the 101 of principles of design which is incredibly helpful!”
-a nondesigner
“A great way for an in-house marketing professional to learn the most vital skills to manage a brand and create content that communicates their message effectively.”
-a nondesigner
“This course is great for literally anyone, no matter how much experience. The insights are so helpful and will definitely be put to use in my job!”
-a nondesigner
“This course supports non-designers in learning design principles that can support making your work feel intentional, thoughtful, and well articulated/created. I feel like I have some bumpers on while bowling!”
-a nondesigner
“Hannah helps you understand design basics to be able to create successful, simple design choices with confidence.”
-a nondesigner
Bring Design for Nondesigners to your space, accelerator, business hub, or team.
Fill out the form with details or email hannah@brackishcreative.com and we’ll be in touch soon.
If you’re inquiring about a full-day workshop, we’ll be in touch to schedule a call to talk more details.
We accept free 1-hour workshops on a case-by-case basis (pending travel, scheduling, and market).