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Designing Your Freelance Business

9.9

(9 ratings)

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3 Weeks

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Cohort-based Course

Learn how to start and sustain a successful and fulfilling freelance practice.

Hosted by

Sarah Jutras

Bay Area UX Lead with 14+ years industry experience, business owner since 2016

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 7 years, I've experimented with and refined my tools, systems, and practices. After our short 2-weeks together, you'll have systems and processes to run your business and the foundational tools and techniques 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

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Active solopreneurs struggling with inefficient systems and overwhelm who want to design more intentional processes

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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!

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Join an upcoming cohort

Designing Your Freelance Business

Cohort 3

$499 USD

Dates

Oct 23—Nov 11, 2023

Payment Deadline

Oct 19, 2023

Teaching from experience

Sarah Jutras

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).

Course schedule

15 hours over 3 weeks
  • Exclusive video content

    1 - 2 hours per week

    Recorded lessons of lecture and demo walkthroughs that you can watch on your own time and return to at any point in the journey of launching or running your business.

  • Weekly projects

    1 - 2 hours per week

    Specific course assignments will help you get hands on with building your business and your operating procedures. You'll be able to leverage coaching and peer feedback from the cohort community to help you progress.

  • Live workshopping

    Wednesdays @ 4pm - 5pm PST

    Our live time together is spent on live review, interactive workshopping, and group critiques.

    • Workshop 1: Weds 10/25
    • Workshop 2: Weds 11/1
    • Workshop 3: Weds 11/8
  • Additional "Tea Time" office hours

    Fridays @ 3:00pm PST

    Take a break in your day and join me in my afternoon office hours for small group coaching and additional guidance on your projects.

Course syllabus

01

Doing work differently

  • Define your values, why freelance?
  • Identify your unique service offering to better connect to the right clients
  • Setting expectations on expected challenges of freelance and what to watch out for

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Making it too legit to quit

  • Get checklists on how to setup your business with necessary registration, insurance, and taxes
  • Differentiate between pricing models
  • Calculate your rate structures by outlining your ideal income and budget

03

Designing the client experience

  • Discover practices and recommended tools for running an organized business
  • Construct the client experience through all touchpoints: biz dev, to proposals, to onboarding, to handoff, to invoicing
  • Practice role play with a biz dev call!

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Prototyping balance and boundaries

  • Tip to manage your workload and burnout
  • Build practices for sustainability
  • Design your time and day to day practices through personal rituals

Get a workbook of customizable templates

You'll receive an exclusive workbook with access to checklists, scripts, templates, and more!
You'll receive an exclusive workbook with access to checklists, scripts, templates, and more!

9.9

(9 ratings)

Join us in the freelance life

        I loved this course! I've been freelancing for a while, but this is definitely the course I didn't know I needed, I learned so much! I'm excited to work on my onboarding experience, get more organized with my business and also be able to improve my communication with clients.
Janet Gonzales

Janet Gonzales

Freelance UX Designer
        Sarah is an exceptional instructor whose expertise shines through in the clear and relatable way she presents her material...Regardless of whether you're a seasoned freelancer or just exploring the idea, this course is an absolute must-do. Trust me, you won't regret it!
Ryan N.

Ryan N.

Senior Product Designer
        I came to Sarah's workshop in the very early stages of jumping back into freelance design work. In just 5 days, she provided a wealth of guidance, advice, and resources. Her detailed templates take the guesswork out of setting up a workflow for running a business without burning out. By the end of the week, I had a much better sense of direction!
Rebecca H.

Rebecca H.

UX Designer
        This course is a must for any designer who is considering freelance, but is not sure how to make the leap...I came away with so many ideas for my own business, as well as a clear path forward for how to approach my goals and dreams. Freelance is not one-size-fits-all, and so Sarah gave us each personalized advice based on our concerns and goals...
Lucy D.

Lucy D.

Lead Product Designer
        Huzzah Studio's freelancing course was an amazing primer into every aspect I need to organize my freelance business and hit the ground running. The sessions were jam-packed with info and breakout sessions with plenty of info to take home and digest.
Poppy Lynch

Poppy Lynch

Freelance Videographer & Photographer
        I’ve taken design courses from Sarah before and she’s just as incredible a teacher and mentor at helping you set up your freelance practice / business. This course makes what can seem abstractly scary actually doable. Sarah’s class gave me the confidence to be able to say, I CAN do this when I’m ready and I know what I’ll need to do to get started.
Sara G.

Sara G.

Lead Design Researcher

Learning is better with cohorts

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

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Join an upcoming cohort

Designing Your Freelance Business

Cohort 3

$499 USD

Dates

Oct 23—Nov 11, 2023

Payment Deadline

Oct 19, 2023

Frequently asked questions

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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.

$499 USD

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3 Weeks