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Better: The Brand Designer Podcast

Better: The Brand Designer Podcast

By: Jen Davis
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Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, founded by Giselle Field of Wander Design Co. and Jen Davis, was founded on the belief that designers need community. We find that the branding world often feels secretive, competitive, and sometimes just plain old confusing. When we realized that our honest, soul-chat-level convos could potentially help other designers, we realized a podcast was only natural! Better: The Brand Designer Podcast was officially born.

Giselle passed away during a climbing trip in Peru in summer of 2020. We encourage all listeners of our podcast to listen to our two Celebrating Giselle episodes. Giselle's adventurous, kind, funny, and supportive presence is missed every day—each and every episode that we record is dedicated to her legacy and her vision for this podcast. It is our honor to continue recording episodes in Giselle's memory and we know that she is with us every time we sit down to record.

In winter of 2022, we welcomed Esther Knox-Dekoning from Sereth Design as a new co-host. Esther brought an incredible and fresh perspective to the pod—her transition from agency to design studio as well as her love for web design, sustainability, and world change brought new guests, ideas, and amazing episodes to our listeners. She departed the pod in spring 2023 to dedicate more time to her studio's growth, and will be greatly missed!

Now, Jen runs the podcast solo and is beyond excited to continue interviewing guests, having interesting conversations, and sharing the behind-the-scenes of running her design studio.

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  • From the Archives | S7 E5: The Power of Having Your Ideal Clients Coming to you on Autopilot with Adrienne Johnston

    From the Archives | S7 E5: The Power of Having Your Ideal Clients Coming to you on Autopilot with Adrienne Johnston
    Dec 16 2025

    Enjoy this episode from the archives while we're on our Holiday break! We will be back with season 13 on Jan 13th!


    Adrienne Johnston joins Jen to talk all about how she generates 5+ leads per week WITHOUT doing active content marketing! This was such an interesting and insightful conversation all about using the power of simple, effortless SEO shifts to start capturing leads that may not have been aware of you.


    Guest Name: Adrienne Johnston

    Guest Business Name: Adrienne Johnston

    Guest Website: adriennejohnston.com

    Guest Instagram: @adriennebjohnston


    Links Mentioned:

    Free Resources from Adrienne

    Six-Figure Presentation Designer Course

    Live Virtual Retreat

    Free Masterclass: How to Build a Six-Figure Design Business

    Stupid Simple SEO Course

    Sem Rush

    Ubersuggest

    Ahrefs.com

    Help A Reporter Out (HARO)


    Inbox Question:"Always curious about graduating to bigger clients who can take on more ambitious projects and not living off small projects that feel “good enough” for the client.” - Jackie Antreasian


    Links:

    The Design Minimind - My 1:1 coaching program for designers

    Download my FREE Creative Direction Figma Template (includes 4 audio trainings as well)

    Get 30% off of your HoneyBook subscription - The CRM I use in my studio.*

    Enjoy 1 month of Showit FREE with my code “HelloJune” when you sign up.*

    Earn $100 after you run your first payroll with Gusto, my payroll and compliance software.*

    Get 50% off your first year of Flodesk, my email marketing software.*

    *Some are affiliate links which means I may earn a commission.


    Connect With Us:

    Our Free Facebook Community

    Our Website

    Podcast Instagram

    Hello June Creative Instagram

    The Design Minimind

    Join The Creative Diaries (my email list)


    Tags: designer, design, brand design, brand identity design, design studio, design business, graphic design, brand designer, better podcast, brand designer podcast, logo design, brand identity design
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • S12 E18: Answering Your Inbox Questions

    S12 E18: Answering Your Inbox Questions
    Dec 9 2025

    We’re wrapping up Season 12, which means it’s inbox question time! I’m answering questions submitted by you guys, mainly from those hopping into our podcast Facebook group. And if you’re not a part of the group yet, go join—you can submit your own question, and it might be featured on a future episode!


    Links Mentioned:

    Apply to be a guest!

    Claude Ai

    S5 E14: Iterating on the One Concept Method

    S5 E23: Using Intuition in Your Design Process with Alex McGinness


    Past Inbox Question episodes:

    Season 1

    Season 2

    Season 3

    Season 5

    Season 6

    Season 7

    Season 8

    Season 9

    Season 10

    Season 11


    Past Motherhood & Business Update Episodes:

    S5 E21: 2-Year

    S7 E22: 3-Year

    S10 E6: 4-Year

    S11 E19: 5-Year


    Links:

    The Design Minimind

    FREE Creative Direction Figma Template (includes 4 audio trainings as well)

    Get 30% off of your HoneyBook subscription*

    1 month of Showit FREE with code “HelloJune”*

    Earn $100 after you run your first payroll with Gusto*

    Get 50% off your first year of Flodesk*

    *Some are affiliate links


    Connect With Us:

    Our Free Facebook Community

    Website

    Podcast Instagram

    Hello June Creative Instagram

    The Design Minimind

    Join The Creative Diaries (my email list)


    Tags: designer, brand design, brand identity design, design business, better podcast, brand designer podcast
    Show More Show Less
    43 mins
  • S12 E17: Jen’s 2025 Business Recap: 22 Lessons Learned

    S12 E17: Jen’s 2025 Business Recap: 22 Lessons Learned
    Dec 2 2025

    In this solo episode, I'm recapping my 2025 business year and answering some questions about what worked, lessons learned, and things I'm leaving behind in 2025 and what I am taking into 2026.


    Mentions in Episode:

    My Bookkeeper: Balanced Roots Bookkeeping / @balacnedrootsbookkeeping

    Brand Shoot: Lynette Ortiz Photography / @lynetteortiz.photo

    Shopify Developer: Jenuine Creative / @jenuinecreative

    My Episode with Bethany: The Part-Time Breadwinner: Working Less, Earning More, Living Fully

    My Episode with Marty Neumeier: Diving into Octavo, a Thriller for Designers

    Purchase his book on Amazon: Octavo: A Novel

    Book: Contagious by Jonah Berger


    Links:

    The Design Minimind - Applications for cohort 6 opens Nov 1st, 2026

    Download my FREE Creative Direction Figma Template (includes 4 audio trainings as well)

    Get 30% off of your HoneyBook subscription - The CRM I use in my studio.*

    Enjoy 1 month of Showit FREE with my code “HelloJune” when you sign up.*

    Earn $100 after you run your first payroll with Gusto, my payroll and compliance software.*

    Get 50% off your first year of Flodesk, my email marketing software.*

    *Some are affiliate links which means I may earn a commission.


    Connect With Us:

    Our Free Facebook Community

    Our Website

    Podcast Instagram

    Hello June Creative Instagram

    The Design Minimind

    Join The Creative Diaries (my email list)


    Tags: designer, design, brand design, brand identity design, design studio, design business, graphic design, brand designer, better podcast, brand designer podcast, logo design, brand identity design
    Show More Show Less
    34 mins
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