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HOLISTIC TALENT DEVELOPMENT
FOR STUDIOS


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COACHING & CONSULTING | BOOTCAMPS | COURSES | TRAINING PROGRAMS
DESIGNED FOR VISUAL DEV AND CONCEPT ARTISTS FROM TRAINEE TO NEW DIRECTOR

FOR CUSTOM OPTIONS:
email jessiekatebui@gmail.com


TRAINING PROGRAM | COMMUNICATION WORKFLOWS - NARRATIVE & ART


6 Months, Meets Weekly + Monthly Guest Speaker
Recommended for: Juniors Year 2-3
$12,000+



Improve communication and develop more efficient collaborative workflows between
Narrative and Art/Design departments by helping your teams build deeper
comprehension of both processes. Through a combination of shadowing workshops,
team workflow pitches and breakout groups, both teams will collaboratively work
on a light original story pitch. Workshops are complemented by insights from
producers and artist/writer hybrid individuals, and artist and writer
partnerships.



ROI: Juniors read story documents more thoroughly and interpret correctly to
prevent miscommunication and wasted hours deviating from the story needs.
Minimizing time spent in feedback sessions going over notes that are already
directed in guiding documents. Increased respect between narrative and design
departments to improve efficiency of questions, keep integrity of story intact
to improve quality, and transform wasted hours into time spent on work to meet
production timelines more consistently.


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TRAINING PROGRAM | ARTIST TRAINEE PROGRAM


12 Weeks, Meets Daily + 1:1 Sessions (Opt. Full Service = 56 Weeks)
Recommended for: Entry Level Trainees
$50,000 - $250,000



Leveling up design skills and improving communication between corporate and
creative using original IP development, brand identity creation, and mindset
trainings. Leveraging a blend of storytelling techniques and psychology
approaches to build communication skills, a safe and empowering culture, and
sustainable workflows. Customize with matched studio mentors to facilitate a
full incubator experience.



ROI: Larger group of diverse entry level artists to hire from who can add fresh
nuanced perspective and insights to their vis dev assignments, with story-driven
design portfolios, efficient craft skills and workflows, improved communication
skills, and ability to adapt to studio working environment / collaborative
needs. At a budget friendly junior salary.


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TRAINING PROGRAM | CREW JOURNEYS & CULTURE


6 Months, Meets Weekly + Scheduled 1:1 Sessions
Recommended for: Seniors Year 4-6
$12,000+



Leverage storytelling approaches to develop thoughtful leadership and crew
journeys that motivate and inform your crewing, onboarding, management, and
beyond. Weave in core values and powerful communication approaches to develop an
environment of trust and safety in your team culture that helps you lead with
consistency under pressure.



ROI: More seniors with skill in guiding larger crews at different tiers,
improved planning skills that leveraging familiar storytelling strategies to
help them handle increase of pressure and pace in stride. Lowering the rate of
burnout driven replacements that cause ripples in the morale and lengthen the
production time.


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TRAINING PROGRAM | INCLUSIVE WORKFLOWS FOR BURNOUT PREVENTION


6 Months, Meets Weekly + Monthly Guest Panel
Recommended for: New Directors
$12,000+



Learn more about the common challenges and insightful adaptations of
underrepresented creatives. Workshop specific departmental workflows as a group
to create more inclusive and burnout free solutions, and pitch them to guest
artists from each underrepresented group for feedback. Refine your strategies
and workshop barriers to implementation. With special group panel talks to build
deeper comprehension of their needs and strengths. Inclusivity focuses include:
neurodivergence, mental health struggles, diverse cultural backgrounds,
non-native English speakers, physical disability, and remote workers.



ROI: Increased number of new directors with ability to articulate their
direction style in ways that support diverse crew morale and efficiency. Better
understanding of their impact on the team, improved communication of needs,
opening up more diverse options in selection of crew and decrease bottlenecks
created by poor fit.


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COURSE | STORY MEDIUM: HOLISTIC IP DEVELOPMENT


12 Weeks, Meets Weekly
Recommended for: Seniors Year 1-3
$3,600 - $10,000



An introduction to the “Parallax Method” which uses storytelling and psychology
to draw on your personal story, help you develop and original IP based on an
emotionally autobiographical theme, and channel your creative insights to
improve flow.



ROI: Improved retention of talent with quality original IPs that have more
diverse points of view, and who already have a positive relationship/investment
in the studio. Lowering the cost of scouting new IPs from outside the studio.


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COURSE | THEMATIC ARCS: PITCHING ORIGINAL CONCEPTS


12 Weeks, Meets Weekly
Recommended for: Juniors Year 1
$3,600 - $10,000



Learn how to draw on personal storytelling and psychological archetypes to
inform a variety of authentic thematic arcs and create empowering fictional
concepts. Pitch 9 different art direction concepts to compliment your story
ideas, and develop a set of personal brand assets. Use your insights to develop
your self awareness, nurture self trust, and improve your clarity.



ROI: Juniors who contribute higher quality ideas that connect clearly to the
story. With more efficient presentation skills, ability to combine story
analysis with their specific process needs to solve challenges and self correct,
ability to better assess their bias, and increased ability to separate personal
and professional work to lower the tendency to get “precious”. Speeding up the
production process for their supervisors.


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COURSE | DESIGN LOGIC: GIVING & TAKING FEEDBACK


12 Weeks, Meets Weekly
Recommended for: Mid-Tier Year 1-3
$3,600 - $10,000



Learn how to draw on theme and worldbuilding principles to engineer logic and
powerful subtext into your design solutions. With step-by-step processes to help
you build comprehension and clarity. Use the same logical approach to develop
more considered questions, improving your ability to give actionable feedback
and analyze abstract feedback.



ROI: Mid tier artists with increased efficiency through improving their ability
to give, take, and implement feedback more effectively. Improving team morale,
creating more self managing/correcting artists and decreasing the stress on
production management as a result.


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COURSE | NARRATIVE MAGICK: INSPIRATION IN DAILY LIFE


12 Weeks, Meets Weekly
Recommended for: Mid-Tier Year 4-7
$3,600 - $10,000



Align your life to tap into your inner voice and tackle daily challenges through
storytelling and design. Use your insights to inspire fresh and nuanced
authentic fictional stories, stabilize workflows, and reignite your creative
spark. Helping you access a personal library of inspiration and story ideas that
keeps on growing.



ROI: Improve retention strategies and assessment of the long term fit of
experienced mid-tier artists for future projects through data gathered in the
course. Mitigate the mental health impact from offboarding or role changes to
make it easier to rehire artists who are already trained and a cultural fit in
the future.


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BOOTCAMP | HUMAN-FIRST STORYTELLING IN AN AI WORLD


3 Day Intensive, Sequential or Broken up
Recommended for: Mid-Tier Year 4-7
$3,500 - $5,000



Learn an efficient process for drawing story inspiration from life to drive more
nuanced storytelling. Use it to gain new perspective on the role of creator and
tools and share your thoughts in a facilitated group discussion around the
practical and ethical use of AI to support authentic human stories.



ROI: Improve mid-tier artists reception to changing technologies to increase
adoption for ethical budget friendly production strategies.


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BOOTCAMP | BIAS AWARENESS THROUGH STORYTELLING


3 Day Intensive, Sequential or Broken up
Recommended for: Juniors Year 1
$3,500 - $5,000



Dive into a series of personal story exercises to identify how your personal
motivations and context drive your choices. Explore seeing your story from
another point of view and share insights in a group discussion to troubleshoot
how to lower bias in communication and craft.



ROI: Juniors who have the ability to better assess their bias and use their
background to add nuance to their work, and improved respect for alternate
points of view such as corporate perspectives. Improving communication and
respect to speed up the production process for their supervisors.


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BOOTCAMP | MOTIVATED DESIGN DIRECTION


3 Day Intensive, Sequential or Broken up
Recommended For: Junior Year 2-3
$3,500 - $5,000



Create personal and professional story-driven design concepts that resonate
using intuitive approaches and research techniques. Learn how to weave
psychology into your research approaches to connect with your audiences and
elevate your visual subtext.



ROI: Juniors who understand what to look for in story documents to interpret
theme and plot into art direction and design choices, preventing
miscommunication and wasted hours deviating from the story needs. Keeping
integrity of story intact to improve quality of output.


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BOOTCAMP | WORK FROM HOME PRACTICE


3 Day Intensive, Sequential or Broken up
Recommended for: Seniors Year 1-3
$3,500 - $5,000



Reset your working environment, routines, and workflows using story-driven
strategies. Helping you gain back precious bandwidth and stabilize your
productivity at home. Build on the same approaches by leveraging them to tackle
creative block, help you gain fresh perspective and develop more sustainable
approaches so you can stay in flow state longer.



ROI: Seniors with sustainable productivity and improved self management skills
that counterbalance increased life demands, and distractions working from home.
Increasing bandwidth to juggle new multiple priorities and support juniors and
mid-tier artists efficiently.


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COACHING | HOLISTIC MINDSET


A La Carte 30 min - 1 hour Sessions, Individual or Group
Recommended for: Seniors Year 4-6
$100/Hour



Tackle stubborn mindset challenges and integrate holistic storytelling
approaches into your creative process and daily life. Use your insights to
improve self trust, confidence, deep listening skills, and prevent burnout or
imposter syndrome before they take hold.



ROI: More experienced seniors with who can transition into, and maintain
leadership roles. Improved skill in guiding larger crews, improved business
planning skills, mindset strategies to handle increase of pressure and pace.
Lowering the rate of replacements that cause ripples in the morale and lengthen
the production time.


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COACHING | CREATIVE STRATEGY


A La Carte 30 min - 3 hour Sessions, Individual or Group
Recommended for: Entree Level Trainees
$100/Hour



Leverage storytelling approaches to improve your assertiveness, communication,
boundary setting, and clarify your value and alignment with the studio or
project. Use a combination of storytelling structure and enneagram to improve
your ability to analyze challenging situations and assess a solution that has a
balance of emotional and logical consideration. For example, adding your voice
to an assignment within assignment and project limitations, adjusting to new
responsibilities, navigating conflict between team members, or improving
communication with production.



ROI: Larger group of diverse entry level artists to hire from who can add fresh
nuanced perspective and insights to their vis dev assignments, improved
communication skills, and ability to adapt to studio working environment /
collaborative needs. At a budget friendly junior salary.


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CONSULTING | IP, STORY DEV AND DESIGN


A La Carte 30 min - 3 hour Sessions, Individual or Group
Recommended for: New Directors
$100/Hour



Using Dan Harmon’s story circle and Enneagram I analyze your project to clarify
your story’s theme and structure. Based on the project needs, I provide specific
solutions and iterate options to improve thematic arcs, story concepts,
fictional worlds, characters, art direction, and costume design. Weave your
personal brand story and project narrative together with confidence to elevate
pitching presentations and project marketing concepts.



ROI: New director feel supported to navigate story and design challenges their
first project in a safe, inclusive space. Helping to manage ego challenges while
keeping the production moving. Improving their ability to articulate their
direction style to support crew morale and efficiency. Better understanding of
their impact on the team, improved communication of needs, and effective
selection of support crew to decrease bottlenecks created by poor fit.


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CONSULTING | INCLUSIVE CREATIVE PROCESS


A La Carte 30 min - 1 hour sessions, Individual and Group
Recommended for: Mid-Tier Year 1-3
$100/Hour



Explore your creative process in a non-judgmental space to assess the impact of
your context, personality, and lifestyle on your process. Identify recurring
sources of burnout or creative block and fill knowledge gaps to set more
realistic goals and timelines. Investigate your learning style and lifestyle
needs to co-create customized exercises, and develop step by step approaches to
help you make progress towards your goals.



ROI: Mid tier artists with more customized processes that optimize their
efficiency while improving their ability to give, take, and implement feedback
more effectively. Improving team morale, providing better timeline estimates,
and decreasing bottlenecks, creating more self managing artists and decreasing
the stress on production management as a result.


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"LET'S MAKE THE STRUGGLING CREATIVE A MYTH!"

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