Designing Your Freelance Business
4.9
(22 ratings)
3 Weeks
·Cohort-based Course
Learn how to start and sustain a successful and fulfilling freelance practice.
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Course overview
Join the freelance life!
The top 3 things freelancers worry about most involve (1) finding work to make money, (2) keeping organized with operations, and (3) setting boundaries and attaining balance. From working with over 90 clients throughout the past 8 years, I've experimented with and refined my tools, systems, and practices. After our time together, you'll not only have foundational systems and processes to run your business by design but to ENJOY being a business owner.
✦ Explore your core values and the why behind starting your business
✦ Showcase your services to attract right-fit clients and source projects
✦ Better understand biz setup requirements, taxes, and insurance
✦ Differentiate between pricing models and how to determine what to charge
✦ Design the client experience through all touchpoints: biz dev, to proposals, to onboarding, to handoff, to invoicing
✦ Get tools and templates to keep your business organized
✦ Manage your time and design sustainable rituals for the average day, week, month, and year
A one-size-fits-all career is a fallacy. By thinking like a designer I gained the creative confidence to experiment with different ways of working and start my own business. You can too.
This course is designed for:
01
Aspiring freelancers who want to gain the confidence to go out on their own so they can quit their 9-to-6 job
02
Active solopreneurs struggling with inefficient systems and overwhelm who want to design more intentional processes
03
Design/Tech industry professionals who worry about finding work and want to attract the right clients for their consulting services
What you'll get out of this course
Confidence in building your business
Stop worrying if you're doing it right. Get a solid foundation to launch (or improve) your biz practices by joining me LIVE to receive behind the scenes process, guidance, and actionable next steps to build as we go.
Templates made for personalization
Not only will you be able to see visual examples in practice, but receive access to customizable Notion workbook templates and frameworks, designed exclusively for this course (and curated from experimentation with over 90 clients!)
Access to LIVE coaching
We'll meet live in 3 sessions over the duration of the course for hands-on workshopping. Plus get coaching during office hours so you feel completely supported in making the jump into freelance life.
A cohort community of freelancers
Aspiring freelancers often wonder, will it be lonely? In this course you’ll be able to build relationships with other peers who want to carve their own path too. PLUS get access to the Freelance for Life community to keep connected with each other, resources and jobs!
This course includes
6 interactive live sessions
Lifetime access to course materials
16 in-depth lessons
Direct access to instructor
9 projects to apply learnings
Guided feedback & reflection
Private community of peers
Course certificate upon completion
Maven Satisfaction Guarantee
This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.
Designing Your Freelance Business
Course syllabus
Week 1
Jul 15—Jul 21
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jul
16
Workshop 1
Workshop 1
Tue, Jul 16, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
- Jul
19
Tea Time - Office Hours
Tea Time - Office Hours
Fri, Jul 19, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Week 2
Jul 22—Jul 28
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jul
23
Workshop 2
Workshop 2
Tue, Jul 23, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
- Jul
26
Tea Time - Office Hours
Tea Time - Office Hours
Fri, Jul 26, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Week 3
Jul 29—Aug 2
Week dates are set to instructor's time zoneEvents
- Jul
30
Workshop 3
Workshop 3
Tue, Jul 30, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM UTC
- Aug
2
Course Wrap Up
Course Wrap Up
Fri, Aug 2, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM UTC
Post-Course
Modules
- The freelance communityThe freelance community1 Lesson
- MAKING IT TOO LEGIT TO QUITMAKING IT TOO LEGIT TO QUIT4 Lessons • 3 Projects
- DESIGNING YOUR PROCESS & THE CLIENT EXPERIENCEDESIGNING YOUR PROCESS & THE CLIENT EXPERIENCE5 Lessons • 3 Projects
- PROTOTYPING FOR BALANCE & BOUNDARIESPROTOTYPING FOR BALANCE & BOUNDARIES4 Lessons • 3 Projects
Bonus
Modules
- ExtrasExtras2 Lessons
4.9
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What students are saying
Get a workbook of customizable templates
You'll receive an exclusive workbook with access to checklists, scripts, templates, and more!
Teaching from experience
Sarah Jutras
Independent Product Designer & Business Owner
Sarah Jutras (she/her) has spent the past 14 years leading design for consumer products. She has served as a design director, educator & mentor, business coach, and maker (designing over 20 apps that shipped to the App Store). With experience both working in-house as a design leader (at PayPal, Modcloth, Detour, Chairish) and consulting agency side (with IDEO, Industry Global, Deloitte), Sarah made the leap into freelance, founding Huzzah Studio, where she now provides creative strategy and UX/UI expertise to a wide-range of clients.
As a multidimensional designer, Sarah has evolved in her craft as a UX/UI designer, strategist, and intentional business owner. She shares her passion for creating meaningful experiences and helping others find a new way of working. Her Maven course is the compilation of what she has learned after 7 years in business, and what she wish she would've known when first starting out as a freelancer.
When she’s not in her sunny studio, Sarah is trying new baking recipes, dining at San Francisco’s tastiest restaurants, or traveling the world (sometimes by motorcycle).
Your Biz Setup Checklist
Ready to go freelance but not sure where to start?
This free template is designed to help you plan for both necessary (and ideal) steps in setting up and launching a successful freelance practice.
Get a better holistic view into what to expect with:
- Registration
- Launching
- Pricing
- Routine business practices
And join the next class cohort to dig into this in even more detail!
Get your free checklist
Learning is better with cohorts
Active hands-on learning
This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects
Interactive and project-based
You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams
Learn with a cohort of peers
Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you
Frequently asked questions
I'm already freelancing, is this for me?
Can non-designers take this course?
What happens if I can’t make a live session?
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A one-size-fits-all career is a fallacy. Business as usual is bunk. Join the freelance life by Designing Your Freelance Business.
A one-size-fits-all career is a fallacy. Business as usual is bunk. Join the freelance life by Designing Your Freelance Business.