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Jay Digital · Mentorship

Learn the work.Build the business.

One-on-one mentorship with Jay, an independent digital artist who also runs the business behind the work. Bring a skill, a body of work, or a company, and we work on it together.

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Chapter 01

Sit Down With Someone Who Does the Work

You get a working creative, not a lecturer. I work across Brand Systems & Identity, Web & Software Builds, Custom Tools & AI Automation, and Direction & Consultation, and I run the business behind it: quotes, contracts, payments, and clients. Mentorship is me looking at your real work and your real decisions.

  • Bring a piece of work and get honest, specific feedback
  • Talk through a decision you are stuck on
  • Build one skill at a time with someone who uses it every day
  • Ask the business questions nobody teaches creatives

Chapter 02

What We Can Work On

Pick one lane or mix them. Most people start with the craft and find they need the business side too.

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Graphics and Branding

Logos, identity, layout, and the design habits that make work look finished. Bring a project and we improve it together.

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Video

Shooting, editing, and color. How to take footage from a pile of clips to something people watch to the end.

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Websites

Building and launching your own site, from structure and code to getting it in front of people.

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Music

Writing, recording, producing, and releasing. Turning ideas in a session into finished tracks.

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Business Structure

Choosing how to set up your business, registering it, keeping personal and business money apart, and handling the paperwork of working for clients. I share how I set up mine. For legal and tax decisions you will want a licensed professional.

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Marketing

Finding the people who need what you make: positioning, social media, a portfolio that sells, and turning attention into inquiries.

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Entrepreneurship

Pricing your work, quoting it, getting paid, and deciding what to say yes and no to. How to turn a skill into a business.

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Direction and Consultation

Taking a project from a vague idea to a clear plan, and making the calls along the way. Useful when you can see the goal and not yet the steps.

DRAG OR USE THE ARROWS
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Chapter 03

Who It Is For

You are building skills, a body of work, or a business in a creative or digital field, and you want someone who does this work to look at yours. It fits whether you are starting out or already working and stuck on one part of it.

  • Creatives building skills or a portfolio
  • Freelancers and small studios ready to price and sell their work
  • People starting a business in a creative or digital field
  • Anyone working who is stuck on one part of it
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Chapter 04

Prefer a Room?

I also host workshops for groups. Some are scheduled and open for RSVP. Others are still in planning, and you can register your interest while the date and location are decided.

Want to work together?

Send a Message

Say what you are working on and what you want from mentorship. It goes straight to Jay, and you get a copy of what you send.

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