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David is a graphic designer and art director with 20+ years of experience across agencies, freelancing, and more.

David Phillips

Freelance Branding and Visual Designer

Can help with: Portfolio feedback, Career advice, Getting work, Dealing with clients, Managing finances as a freelancer

Price: $45+

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Brian is a Lead Creative Recruiter who has been immersed the digital, interaction, graphic design, marketing and advertising industries since 2006.

Brian Young

Lead Creative Recruiter, Creative Circle

Can help with: Portfolio development and refinement, Landing a creative job, Career development,Interview preparation, Resume refinement, Freelancing, Networking

Price: $40+

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Abe is a UX & UI designer with over 10 years of experience designing for web and mobile.

Abe Serrano

Founder and Design Director, Water UX

Can help with: Design and UX Fundamentals, Portfolio reviews, Career guidance, Technical questions, Industry insights, Productivity tips

Price: $35+

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Ashley is a copywriter and journalist who has worked in-house for tech companies big and small.

Ashley Hefnawy

Freelance Copywriter

Can help with: Getting started in writing, Technical questions, Critiques of student work, Freelancing Tips, Industry + Career Guidance, Concept fundamentals

Price: $25+

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Ari is Co-founder of Branding and Marketing studio Chykalophia.

Ari Krzyzek

Chief Designer, Chykalophia

Can help with: Visual design basics, Brand identity design, Entering digital/UI design, Project feedback, Portfolio review, Building your own design studio/company, Design career path/professions

Price: $45+

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Leo is a developer and project manager who has made apps for invoicing, time tracking, faxing, real-estate, advertising and more.

Leo Tucker

Developer, CrawfordWorks

Can help with: Getting started in web development, Making a webpage or app, Making web-apps Getting a job as a software developer

Price: $25+

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Wells is a San Francisco based product designer currently running product and design at Envoy.

Wells Riley

Head of Product + Design, Envoy

Can help with: Learning to code, Prototyping, Building digital products, Design management, Freelancing, Portfolio critiques

Price: $45+

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Jen Gurecki is the co-founder and CEO of Coalition Snow, the world’s first ski and snowboard company specifically for women.

Jen Gurecki

CEO, Coalition Snow

Can help with: How to build a brand, How to build a profitable business, How to monetize your creativity, Sales goals and financial projections, Social media, and Marketing

Price: $35+

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Toby is a Brooklyn-based Product Designer working in Ed Tech at Grovo.

Toby Silverman

Product Designer, Grovo

Portfolio Critique, Interview Prep, Sketch, Prototyping

Price: $40+

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Bradley is a Product Designer with experience in print design, UI/UX and product design.

Bradley Gabr-Ryn

Lead Designer, New Lion

Can help with: Product design, Starting a design career, Improving as a designer, Freelancing, Networking

Price: $35+

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Anthony is a RISD grad and Director of Product Design at the NYC startup Handshake.

Anthony Faria

Director of Product Design, Handshake

Can help with: Career development, Career Goals and how to achieve them, Portfolio building, Interviewing skills

Price: $50+

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Jordan is a full-stack developer based in Toronto, Canada with a passion for teaching others to code.

Jordan Deutsch

Co-founder, Up at Five

Can help with: Entering web development, Freelancing / starting your own web development business, Moving into full stack development

Price: $35+

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Chris is a Product Designer, Front-end Developer, and Entrepreneur who runs product design agency Homies.io.

Chris Pruijsen

Co-founder + CEO, homies.io

Can help with: Moving from the business side to product management + engineering, Freelance lifestyle, Portfolio reviews, Freelancing tips

Price: $40+

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Peggy is an award-winning letterer and illustrator who has worked as a freelance artist for over 10 years, specializing in lettering, calligraphy, and branding.

Peggy Dean

Freelance Letterer and Illustrator

Can help with: Illustration and lettering fundamentals, technical questions, artistic coaching, building your brand, portfolio critiques, freelance tips, career guidance

Price: $50+

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Björgvin is an audio engineer, musician and entrepreneur who helps clients build online businesses and improve their music.

Bjorgvin Benediktsson

Founder and CEO, Audio Issues

Can help with: Creating a content strategy for your brand, Improving your music production, Building an online brand

Price: $75+

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Trudy is a passionate back-end developer who co-founded design studio Up At Five and is an active member of the development community.

Trudy MacNabb

Full-stack Engineer + CTO, Up at Five

Can help with: Technical questions, Freelancing Tips, Industry + Career Guidance, Concept fundamentals and overviews

Price: $35+

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Kaci is a seasoned and accomplished illustrator/graphic designer with over ten years of experience in character conception and illustration.

Kaci Obrero

Freelance Illustrator + Graphic Designer

Can help with: Character design, Portfolio reviews, Finding your style, Technical questions, Freelancing tips, Concept fundamentals

Price: $25+

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Rachel is a fashion designer and entrepreneur who owns Re/Dress NYC.

Rachel Kacenjar

Owner & Art Director, Re/Dress

Can help with: Starting and growing a fashion business, Entrepreneurship, E-commerce, Fashion design

Price: $40+

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Nathan is an entrepreneur and audio engineer/producer with over 20 years of experience in the industry.

Nathan Lively

Founder + Audio Engineer, Sound Design Live

Can help with: Career building in the audio industry, Sound system design and optimization, Critiques of student work, Audio engineering fundamentals

Price: $50+

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Nathan is an author, blogger, and content strategist with over 14 years of experience in the industry. He was formerly a literary agent and has since worked in the tech and finance industries.

Nathan Bransford

Independent Author and Content Strategist

Can help with: Writing, plot development, finding an agent, navigating the publishing process, writing critiques, finding jobs

Price: $45+

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Edaqa is a multidisciplinary freelance developer with over 20 years of experience doing extensive programming in a variety of languages.

Edaqa Mortoray

Programmer, EverSystems

Can help with: Software architecture, Testing strategy, UI/UX programming, Privacy and security, Debugging techniques

Price: $35+

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Michael is the co-founder and CEO of MyClean, a full service cleaning company with annual revenue of $9m+

Michael Scharf

Co-founder and CEO, MyClean

Can help with: Growth hacking, Entrepreneurship, Scaling, E-commerce

Price: $75+

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Alexandra is a Designer and Art Director who first worked for Equinox before moving on to focus on luxury, lifestyle and fashion brands at Time Inc.

Alexandra Bisono

Art Director, Time Inc.

Can help with: Portfolio critiques, UX / UI + Design fundamentals, Typography questions, industry + career guidance, resume review, branding and marketing

Price: $30+

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Courtney is a designer who runs En Route Workshop, which focuses on brand development and brand identity design for small businesses.

Courtney Eliseo

Designer and Founder, En Route Workshop

Can help with: Brand Identity Design + Brand Development, Typography, Logo design, Freelancing + Self-Employment

Price: $50+

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Claudia is a Business Coach who helps Designers and Creatives earn the money and success they deserve.

Claudia Mayer

Business Coach + Owner, Coaching by Claudia

Branding, Finding your niche, Growing your business, Vision and strategy, Pitching, Pricing, Client negotiations, Closing deals, Organizational development, How to structure your creative business, Career Direction

Price: $50+

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Kara is a freelance journalist and playwright who has worked as a senior editor at Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Billboard, and Tasting Table.

Kara Cutruzzula

Independent Journalist and Playwright

Pitching editors, Navigating freelance life, Networking tastefully, Tackling long-term writing projects, Changing industries, Increasing productivity

Price: $30+

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Adam is a freelance senior copywriter who has worked for large, mid-sized and small ad agencies, in-house for brand teams and with tech startups.

Adam Sherbell

Freelance Associate Creative Director + Copywriter

Can help with: Advertising questions, freelance life, copywriting, portfolio development, career approach and goals

Price: $40+

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Nick is a painter and designer with over 6 years of experience in the television industry. He currently works as a visual development artist for Disney Interactive.

Nicholas Kennedy

Visual Development Artist, Disney Interactive

Can help with: Portfolio management, color theory, perspective, composition, critique, industry + career guidance

Price: $50+

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Martin is a creative copywriter who has worked for almost ten years as a creative copywriter, at agencies big and small.

Martin Fleming

Creative Copywriter at VCCP London

Can help with: Advertising/Branding Industry, Creativity + Writing, Scriptwriting, Portfolio Reviews, Career Advice

Price: $25+

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Nadia is a freelance editor, writer, and maker of things who has produced content for companies like VICE, YouTube, and Vodafone.

Nadia Saccardo

Freelance Writer and Editor

Can help with: Freelance writing and editing, publishing + launching magazines, proofreading, interview prep, writing for brands, pitching, managing teams

Price: $30+

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Jeremy is a freelance illustrator and designer from Sydney who has worked with agencies and now runs his own studio.

Jeremy Mura

Freelance Illustrator and Designer

Can help with: Design + Illustration tips, Graphic Design fundamentals, career guidance, creative Entrepreneurship, selling digital products, personal branding

Price: $35+

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Rab is a designer and photographer from Scotland, UK who has over 6 years experience working as a web designer and freelance photographer.

Rab Fyfe

Design Team Lead, CitiNOW

Can help with: Technical questions, freelancing tips + getting clients, industry + career guidance

Price: $40+

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John is a designer, photographer, and entrepreneur who has spent the last 14 years working as a freelancer, in-house designer, and entrepreneur.

John Shaver

Founder, Design Panoply

Can help with: Photoshop and Illustrator basics, Photography post-processing in Lightroom, design and photography business, becoming successful as a freelancer

Price: $60+

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Rich is a cross-disciplinary designer, illustrator, animator, and developer who runs a studio out of Amsterdam.

Rich Armstrong

Founder + Product Designer, Studio Armstrong

Can help with: Product Design and UX Design, Interaction design, Animation, technical questions, critiques, freelancing tips

Price: $35+

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Francesca is a cross-disciplinary Photographer, Product Designer, and Art Director living in Berlin and working for Outfittery.

Francesca Gilibert

Senior Product Designer, Outfittery

Can help with: UX + Product Design fundamentals, career questions, portfolio critiques, technical questions

Price: $40+

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Tim is an independent Photographer who began his creative journey 8 years ago and has gne on to do work for brands like Mercedes-Benz, Nike, and Apple.

Tim Landis

Freelance Photographer

Can help with: Preparing, composing, editing, portfolio critiques, getting clients, building your brand, industry + career guidance, Photography fundamentals

Price: $40+

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Sydney is a Designer, Illustrator, and co-founder of RookieUp who has spent time in-house, at startups, branding and creative agencies, and freelancing.

Sydney Ligouri

Co-founder RookieUp

Can help with: Getting started in freelancing, building a client list, portfolio critiques, industry + career guidance, illustration fundamentals

Price: $30+

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Phil is a Designer who runs his own studio in NYC, with a focus on branding and identity, environmental design, advertising, and illustration.

Phil Johnson

Freelance Visual Designer

Can help with: Technical troubleshooting, portfolio critiques, making the transition to freelance, concept development, industry + career guidance, Design fundamentals

Price: $25+

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Mike is a freelance visual designer with 8 years of experience working in-house and agency-side with a clients ranging from national brands to small startups.

Mike Casebolt

Freelance Visual Designer and Illustrator

Can help with: Technical questions, concepting, portfolio reviews, freelance tips, career guidance, design, typography, and illustration fundamentals

Price: $35+

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Maria is a freelance photographer who has toured with DJ’s like Skrillex and A-Trak, in addition to working closely with brands like Red Bull and Vice.

Maria Jose Govea

Freelance Photographer

Can help with: Portfolio reviews, freelance tips, getting into the music scene, photography fundamentals, social media strategy

Price: $50+

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Luis is a Graphic Designer working at Squarespace, where he has focused on advertising, branding, and web design.

Luis Gonzalez

Designer, Squarespace

Can help with: Career goals, understanding design trends and common practices, concepting and execution, freelancing tips, portfolio critiques

Price: $25+

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KaL is a UX/UI designer with 15+ years experience specializing in Mac and iOS software product creation.

Kal Michael

Independent UI and UX Designer

Can help with: iOS and Mac design, Design and UX strategy, portfolio critiques, freelance tips, career guidance + resume reviews

Price: $40+

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Jessica is a freelance illustrator who has spent 5+ years working for clients like Target, QVC, and L’Oreal.

Jessica Durrant

Freelance Illustrator

Can help with: Getting started in freelancing, building a client list, portfolio critiques, industry + career guidance, Illustration fundamentals

Price: $20+

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Jamie is a Designer who runs her own agency, helping create incredible identities, branding, and logos for clients in various industries.

Jamie Starcevich

Owner and Designer, Spruce Rd.

Can help with: Portfolio critiques, getting into freelancing + getting clients, industry + career guidance, design and branding fundamentals

Price: $45+

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Heath is an Art Director and UX designer with over 20 years of experience in the creative world working for clients like Audible and Vogue.

Heath Brockwell

Art Director and UX Designer, Hinesighted.com

Can help with: Design and UX fundamentals, portfolio reviews, career guidance + advancing at work, industry insight

Price: $30+

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Geremy is a senior design engineer at Noun Project and previously worked at an agency doing branding and interface design for brands around the world.

Geremy Mumenthaler

Senior Design Engineer, Noun Project

Can help with: Design fundamentals and product strategy, technical questions, portfolio critiques, freelance tips, industry + career guidance

Price: $30+

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Evan is a Web Designer and Illustrator who has spent 20 years working for brands, agencies, as a freelancer, and running his own studio.

Evan Eckard

Senior Web Designer, Study.com

Can help with: Operating a freelance business, building a portfolio, promoting yourself to potential clients, technical questions, career guidance, design fundamentals

Price: $25+

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Evan is a self-taught and self-employed Motion Graphics and Visual Effects Designer who has worked for clients like Fossil to Coca Cola for over a decade.

Evan Abrams

Freelance Motion Graphics and VFX Designer

Can help with: Design fundamentals, Motion Graphics consultation, technical questions, portfolio critiques, freelance tips, industry + career guidance

Price: $45+

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Danny is a self-taught multidisciplinary UX Designer, Front-end Developer, and Entrepreneur who is passionate about building products and user experiences.

Danny Florian

Freelance UX Designer and Developer

Can help with: UX and Web Development fundamentals, technical questions, portfolio critiques, freelance tips, career guidance and interview prep

Price: $45+

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Danielle is a Visual UX Designer who began her career as a Systems Engineer before becoming a UX and Product Designer for Audible.

Danielle Eastberg

Visual UX Designer, Audible

Can help with: Design layout, designing for mobile, technical questions, portfolio critiques, career transition, Design and UX fundamentals

Price: $40+

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Cody is a Photographer and Designer who runs a creative studio in NYC, doing work for clients like Sweetgreen and Make Studio.

Cody Min

Photographer and Owner, Astronaut Monastery

Can help with: technical questions (photoshop, etc.), portfolio critiques, freelance tips, digital photography fundamentals

Price: $30+

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Christian is a Photographer and Designer who has worked as a full-time freelancer, in-house, and at agencies and now runs his own studio.

Christian Rudman

Photographer and Owner, Kindred Fold

Can help with: Freelance tips, starting a studio, branding and marketing, technical questions, portfolio critiques, photography fundamentals, film photography

Price: $40+

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Bryan is a Senior UX Designer who has worked in print design, branding, and UX/UI and strategy for boutique studios, large agencies, and tech companies.

Bryan Mamaril

Senior UX Designer, Microsoft – Windows

Can help with: Portfolio review and interview prep, moving from print to digital, freelance tips, understanding the tech industry, UX and Design fundamentals

Price: $35+

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AJ is a self-taught Designer, Front-end Developer and Educator who has worked as a freelancer, an in-house designer/programmer, and global agencies.

AJ Burt

Front End Engineer & Interaction Designer, Neoreef

Can help with: UX / UI + Front-end fundamentals, portfolio critiques, freelance tips, career guidance, technical questions

Price: $49+

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