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The course has been a real game-changer! I came out of it with a new skill set and confidence in my ability to build websites. I loved how the course was super approachable and gamified. It kept me engaged and interested in continuing on my web design journey. The course is such a good entry point into web design! All of the lessons are fun and Puno makes everything so easy to understand.

This course really stretched me. When I signed up, I thought "hey! this is going to be a breeze " - I even took a week off of work to go through it. But quickly I found out this was going to be a steep learning curve for me! I was surprised very quickly on how much there was to learn and pick up through the resource centre and the TAs. I learnt how to bring wireframes to life, which was so fun!

The best part of the course was getting to interact with Joellen. Her feedback was super helpful! I used the course to help prepare me to have a conversation with my boss (basically pitching my SMM services to him), which I now feel I can have given all of the decks I put together throughout the course.

The Social Media Manager Course helped launch my career pivot. I was able to secure a freelance social media gig because of the projects I worked on during this course, and that was my ultimate goal! I can’t thank Joellen enough for all her help and feedback—I felt supported every step of the way. With her witty banter and charismatic nature, she also made the lessons so fun. This was the most entertaining course I’ve ever taken and it laid down a great foundation for my transition into the social media field.

This is a fantastic course that is well worth the investment. It is far and away the most professional, thorough, and helpful course that I've taken. The quality of ilovecreatives is truly unmatched. Aside from how much I learned, I was routinely just blown away at how impressive the presentation is. This was more put together than some of my college courses!!! And it sure didn't cost as much as those!! Megumi is an incredible educator. They are extremely talented and knowledgeable, and a resource that you will feel insanely lucky to have in your corner. And on top of that, they are entertaining and a lovely, calming presence-- exactly the vibe you want when learning a tricky new platform!

The fact that it's very interactive, in the sense that you have a project to follow and in each video you learn something new in bite-sized pieces and, by the end of it, you have an actual website created!! Also love having Discord and access to the teacher. That is invaluable!

Besides everything about the course looking sick 🔥🔥🔥 and Puno's charm, wisdom and charisma, I also loved that the course add a whole module on Freelancing. Plus this is such a cool, inspiring and supporting community to be part of 💘

I love how the course helped me prioritize and simplify what to focus on first, next, and finally - in the right order to get my money situation together. While passive income and investing sound sexy (you'll learn all about that in this course, too) what I really needed do was pay off debt and increase income first. ilovecreatives makes financial literacy fun, cool, and easy to understand.

I literally loved everything. From the amazing video lessons with funny meme's and cool music and design to the notion workbook that really helps and of course the incredible support from Megumi and Yewande in Discord the whole course is a absolutely perfect and 100% worth it to start your career as a Shopify Developer. It is perfect to understand Shopify and jumpstart your motivation to develop also several other skills outside of this course. I quickly learned in Web Development that you basically never ever can't stop learning and improving your skillset and this course it definitely the one for developing your Shopify Developer Skill.

The Video Creator Course made the creative process super intuitive, way less intimidating, and fun. I became so much more confident in my content creation skills and ability to come up with ideas and iterate on them. My dad got the course for me for my birthday, knowing that I was interested in flexing my creativity. I didn't expect the course to be so engaging and jam packed with knowledge and resources.

Completing this course has given me the practical knowledge I was seeking, and I now feel more confident in my abilities and what I can contribute as a digital marketer. I feel like I gained the most personal insight during the Digital Audit section of the course. It helped me better understand the process and revealed how I can effectively assess and enhance the digital presence of the brand I work for, as well as potential future clients. It was exciting to see how much value I can bring in this area.

I enjoyed completing the assignments because they helped me put the course material into context. Tasha and Caitland have been incredibly generous with their constructive feedback and sharing useful resources. One of the highlights was finally being able to create a cohesive portfolio. Learning about other students' experiences on the Discord community is also inspiring and motivating.

I'm currently volunteering at and I just got a freelance marketing project through this org's President (super serendipitously and it was because I had made such an amazing strategy deck!!). So I just wanted to thank you for passing down your wisdom and knowledge and literally changing lives.

The digital audit and strategy sections made me realize how much knowledge and skillset I already have to offer. The toolkit section was the most valuable as I learned a lot of new skills on how to run ads. The resource section has amazing tools to help organize the information, which I was previously confused about how to present effectively.

The course is easy to follow, has incredible resources and you will learn a ton! I prefer this course to the Brainstation course I took (and paid more for).

I loved the opportunity to receive real, thoughtful feedback from Mindy and Sarah throughout the course. Their feedback allowed me to incrementally uplevel my designs and come away with a finished product I was really proud of. They're also the sweetest and it was so fun working with them as instructors after having collaborated with them previously as a client. <3

I loved the opportunity to receive real, thoughtful feedback from Mindy and Sarah throughout the course. Their feedback allowed me to incrementally uplevel my designs and come away with a finished product I was really proud of. They're also the sweetest and it was so fun working with them as instructors after having collaborated with them previously as a client. <3

Honestly, this course was exactly what I needed to jumpstart my freelance web design business. It gave me an incredible foundation, and I’m so excited to see where things go from here! I used to worry that the web design market was too saturated and that no one would want to work with me. But after diving in fully, I realized the opposite is true. If you invest the time and focus (it takes a lot!) into this course, it will pay off, and there will be people eager to work with you. Don’t be afraid to put your design work out there and keep practicing your skills—what you might see as 'meh' could be a huge 'wow' to someone else. And most importantly, remember to be kind to yourself!

I loved the connection to web designers all around the world, the supportive community in Discord! People were always helping each other out with code snippets and giving each other feedback. I found Puno and the course teachers's feedback so valuable as well, I felt that I grew so much as a designer through their ample help.

I've taken many design-related courses, and this one stands out as the best by far. It's an incredibly useful skill to have, and even if you don't become a Squarespace web designer, you'll gain valuable insights into navigating challenges without frustration and learning how to activate your creative vision and turn it into something real. These skills are applicable not only in various creative careers but also in life in general. I'm genuinely so glad that I took this course and highly recommend it to anyone who's interested.

This course was genuinely healing work. Going to be so real, there were moments where I wanted to give up, give in, and toss off my little fantasy web design top hat. However, I did not. I learned first that I was not alone; I had a whole community of people on the Discord channel who had either figured it out or were willing to help. There were also times when I wanted to challenge myself and see if I could figure it out on my own. Spoiler alert: I did! Let me tell you, those breakthrough moments boosted my self-confidence.

During the course, I gained extensive knowledge about Squarespace, web design, freelancing, and, unexpectedly, myself. I realized I had been imposing unnecessary constraints on my growth as a designer and as a person. Working in a job with rigid expectations and processes had inadvertently led me to box myself in. This course helped me break free from those limitations and explore new possibilities. It also inspired me to take the graphic design course to explore more and lean into this creative side of myself.

My skill set is more aligned toward analytics and research rather than creative writing. I had the most fun researching brands I had an interest in, doing a deep dive into their promotional materials, determining a tone of voice, and analyzing them more than creating copy for them. I also figured out my own personal TOV which gave me more insight into myself. I used this opportunity as a means of being more creative and expressive.

There are many favourite things I can highlight about this course. Working through the assignments and coming out with a portfolio I can actually use to gain clients. Gaining skills and knowledge of what goes into a real life copywriting brief. Getting actionable feedback from Caitland and Tasha. Both ladies being on hand to answer my silly questions 😁

It has been great to actually have proper knowledge about the store object, the product object, the collection object, to really learn about all of these, technically, what is available to be manipulated, to what extent can we manipulate it. I had a good time looking into the theme “Spoons” because Megumi has a custom font selector written in there. The basic Dawn doesn’t have that customization. It has been great for me to look into the code and to see how Megumi implemented the custom code into the theme settings. That has been great to really see what are the possibilities to offer to clients.

This course opened my eyes to what's possible for me as a designer and freelancer. I never thought I could become a web designer because my background isn't in art or design, but I learned that's simply not true. If you're on the fence, ask yourself if you'd rather stay in the comfort of where you are or if you're tired of daydreaming about where you could be.

My confidence in my taste as a designer has skyrocketed! I also feel so, so confident navigating around Squarespace. I can now look at a gorgeous Squarespace site and have a pretty solid idea of how the designer built it (whether that be with custom code or using sneaky block settings!). This course is a GAME-CHANGER.

I was finally able to learn and understand CSS. With the course, it was less overwhelming than learning by myself. The lessons were simple, easy to follow and fun! Now I find CSS and code fun to play with!

When I started to receive constructive and positive feedback from my teachers it was incredibly validating and made me think "wow, I think I can actually do this!". Once I got that confidence I was surprised how inspired and motivated I was to keep going.

Developing writing for a consistent fictional client was really fun and helped to give a lot of structure to the exercises in the course. I've actually been able to structure a portfolio, land clients, and fulfill briefs thanks to the Creative Copywriting Course.

My favorite thing about the course is getting direct 1:1 critiques and time with Puno and the team is the best thing by far. So many of us work in a vacuum - either with ourselves or clients. Getting that friendly and structured 3rd party to weigh in is immeasurable.