Designed to
Scale
A holistic, high touch mastermind for brand and website designers to intentionally scale your business.
Mastermind
The next Cohort Starts Feb 2025 - apply now to save your spot
Think about where you are right now…
You’re making money and are so close to hitting the big months that beginner designer you wanted so badly. Things aren’t technically terrible, but they also aren’t easy or fun.
And you don’t know where to focus your energy to keep growing consistently and without sacrificing more of your life to your work.
You’re overworked and drowning in client requests.
Stuck in the weeds of revisions and trying to make everyone happy.
And you’re metaphorically plugging holes in a sinking ship every day because, even though you’re making money, nothing is smooth sailing.
You’ve made so much progress in terms of revenue, but you want more. You want to live too.
More freedom and flexibility in your business, and by extension, your life outside of work.
More intention in how you run things day-to-day.
And higher profit margins because everything is working well.
Designing a business to scale means setting a strong foundation that allows you to grow and achieve your goals—whether that’s building out a team, creating passive offers, or going on to build something else. Because your design studio isn’t your end game.
Too many coaches will tell you that you need to struggle and fail many times over before you can get to the good part. The part where you’re confident in the work you’re doing and easily blowing past your income goals month after month.
But that’s not true. All you really need is a clear, high-level roadmap from someone who’s where you want to get to.
Most people get the definition of "scaling" wrong.
Its time for you to grow from frantic second-guesser to self-assured next-level studio owner.
You get to choose what scaling looks like to you…
And that doesn’t mean you need to immediately hire 10 people. Designed to Scale clients are the most driven women who accomplish amazing things while working together.
You totally could do this too…
Increase your annual revenue $50k+ within 6 months.
Hit $55k months in your design studio.
Take back your calendar and cut down hours.
Book $12k+ projects, average $15k months and higher, and finally reach $300k years.
Grow a dream team that’s perfect for you, not some arbitrary size.
Leverage your design studio growth to create additional revenue streams.
Build personal brands and be known as an authority in their niche.
Take months off for their wedding and honeymoon, while their business continues to run.
Yes, those are real wins from designers who were exactly where you are.
"Olivia helped me go from six figures to multiple six figures"
Brooke M., Nari Creative
Because a profitable, sustainable design studio can fuel all the other things on your bucket list.
Designed to
Scale
Is just the start.
Designed to Scale is just
the start.
Apply Now →
The women who join Designed to Scale want more
than an online business.
I built this program to provide the mentorship I wish I had when I was scaling Current to where it is now. I wanted to learn from someone who not only built a multi-6-figure design studio that was actually profitable, but had other revenue streams and businesses beyond that.
It’s a good start, but you have a big-picture vision that’s so far beyond the digital nomad life that others are selling on TikTok these days. You want to live life on your own terms and intentionally create an entire career that aligns with that dream.
Disclaimer: This is not a self-paced course or a 30-person, generic training. It’s an intimate incubator that will give you personalized support not just from me, but other high-level designers and curated guest experts. I hand-select everyone who joins with the intention of pulling together a group that can work through highs and lows together.
Working with Olivia has been a game changer for me and my business! On top of being a good friend, Olivia is a great designer, entrepreneur, and mentor! What makes Olivia so special as a coach is the level of knowledge and expertise she has in running a design business! She is so well-read and researched and she takes all of her learnings and distills them down into tangible mastermind workshops and trainings. On top of that she checks in and holds you accountable to reaching your goals! Olivia helped me clean up and simplify my business all while expanding my revenue and growing my team. Thank you Olivia for all of the support you have provided for me and my business!!! :)
Ali, Amari Creative
"Olivia helped me clean up and simplify my business all while expanding my revenue & growing my team"
"Working with Olivia in Designed to Scale was honestly the best thing I did for my business. I hadn't had my business for very long when I started working with Olivia, but I knew that I wanted to have everything set-up for my success from the beginning. Not only did she allow me to dream the big dreams for my business, but she also provided me with the tools that I needed to accomplish those dreams. Olivia helped me create a new service suite for my business and hone in on what I actually care about and love doing in my business, not just what everyone else is doing.
Emily, Crymes Design Co.
"Working with Olivia inside Designed to Scale was honestly the best thing I did for my business."
Speaking from experience,
Hit multiple 5-figure monthly revenue goals while not working yourself into the ground.
Elevate your studio’s brand to align with the high-level clients you want to work with.
Develop confidence and step into your CEO mindset and get out of your own way.
Diversify revenue streams to expand your business instead of maxing out with 1:1 offers.
elevated support
is the thing
that's missing if you want to...
Speaking from experience, elevated support is the thing that's missing if you want to...
And each cohort is chosen by application only and capped at a maximum of 10 women, so I can curate a community that will inspire and motivate you every single day.
Meet
your Mentor
Olivia Austin
I’m a brand designer turned design agency owner and the multi-passionate entrepreneur behind Current Design Studio and Behind the Design Podcast. I mentor ambitious brand design entrepreneurs (like you!) as they build sustainable studios that become the foundation for their dream lives.
It’s my firm belief that business is human, and every day can be a good day if we build our lives to prioritize joy and purpose. My mission is to help you break through glass ceilings, ditch the endless hustle, and approach business with purpose and intention.
You’re multi-passionate and know that your design studio has the potential to fuel your entire career.
I know from experience that growing an agency is one of the hardest business models to scale. You’re busy with client work, but struggle to focus on growing the studio itself. Inside Designed to Scale, we work through core pillars to overcome this challenge.
"Olivia is the best mentor I could have asked for. Working with her, as well as being part of a group of inspiring and successful women truly helped me develop my business and my mindset. Olivia is super professional but also really approachable, and fun to work with. She never holds back and shares everything about her business very openly (successes and vulnerabilities) which makes it easy to learn from. I'm really grateful for all the support I got from Olivia, who felt like a mentor and a friend".
Laura, Withlau Studio
February
Month One
Life & Business Vision, Goal Setting
Group Call one:
Intro & Kick-off
Group Call two:
Time mastery & KPI's
- 12 month business blueprint
- Custom business audit
- Goals & KPI's broken down by year, quarter & month
- Aligned brand positioning, messaging & mission with your big vision
- Visualization practices & daily habits to implement
- 7 figure mindset & next-level self
March
Month Two
Services, Pricing & Sales
- Existing services audit
- Pricing audit
- Services & pricing foundation
- Lead generation & client acquisition
- Lead, discovery call & proposal workflow
- High-end proposals
- Monthly recurring revenue
Group Call one:
Scalable Services & Pricing SOlidification, profitability
Group Call two:
Lead gen & client acquisition workflow
April
Month Three
Marketing & Client Acquisition
- Data-driven marketing
- Simplified marketing strategies
- Email marketing
- Pinterest marketing
- Backend selling consistently
- Social media marketing
- Facebook / IG ads
Group Call one:
Omnipresent marketing strategy
Group Call two:
Guest expert, savannah Benefield
May
Month Four
Systems & Processes to Scale
- Internal operations audit
- Implementing scalable systems
- Invoicing systems
- Enhance your client process
- Remove yourself from day to day
- First steps to hiring/delegation
Group Call one:
Entire business Internal operations
Group Call two:
Guest expert, Ellie Rogers
JUne
Month Five
Hiring, Internal Org & Business Development
- Making your first or 5th hire
- Team trajectory for the next 1-3 years
- How to hire
- Team leadership
- Ongoing business development
- How to delegation
- Leadership mindset
Group Call one:
Your position & internal hierarchy
Group Call two:
Guest expert, Brooke Molinari
July
Month six
High Performance Habits & Implementation
- Your next level self
- High-performance habits
- Schedule mastery
- Staying in your genius zone
- Networking & connections
- Wealth building
- Maximizing your potential
Group Call one:
High-performance habits
Group Call two:
Guest expert, Hannah Nieves
While we have a theme for each month, because no two studios are the same, inside DTS we do not follow a specific blueprint.
- Goal Setting
- Vision Planning
- Yearly Projects + Planning
- Wealth Building
- Investing
- Client Process
- Systems + Processes
- Lead generation
- Client Experience
- Productivity
- Work/life Harmony
- Wellness + Mindset
- Personal Development
- Diversifying Revenue
- Personal Branding
- Your Offer Suite
- PR + Media
- Guest Speaking
- Marketing Strategy
- Social Media
- & more!
Additional topics, trainings & discussions we'll have (psst...nothing is off-limits!)
"Everything Olivia has taught has helped me so much in confidently showing up for my business. All the women in DTS are amazing and it's so cool how we've been given the same tools, yet we each are taking our businesses in different directions. That's the beauty of Designed to Scale, it's not just one way, it's really geared specifically towards you and your goals".
Rachael, Studio Foray
You deserve individualized
It varies wildly depending on your business goals and what you actually want from life.
That’s why Designed to Scale is not only a high-touch program—and the only way to work with me 1:1—but also an intimate mastermind of like-minded designers supporting and inspiring each others’ growth.
Together, we’ll craft a custom, holistic combination of coaching, group support, and biz tools that’ll help you scale your studio in a way that fits (and elevates) your life.
Support.
Scale (your way) without stressing about the details, and save time implementing with personalized support.
What's included:
2, 90 minute intensive calls with Olivia to audit your business, and set business and lifestyle goals.
A custom, 12-month business blueprint including projections and milestones to achieve those goals.
2 monthly group calls that aren’t just about business. We do hot-seat coaching, wellness and mindset conversations, and have guest experts on that month's topic.
Unlimited Voxer support Monday–Friday to support you in whatever you're currently working through.
Training from guest experts on topics you ask for—from building a PR machine to mindset mastery.
Lifetime access to an on-demand training library with our monthly call recordings and training sessions.
Inspiration from incredible, like-minded abundance-focused designers—no comparison or competition—via Voxer group support.
Access to any templates in my template shop and my signature course, Studio Growth Accelerator.
Scale (your way) without stressing about the details, and save time implementing with personalized support.
Apply for a seat in the next cohort if you check yes to...
You’ve tried cookie-cutter business advice before, and you know your goals are too big to leave them up to half-baked coaching from mentors who made their money through coaching—not actually building a 6-figure studio.
You know that your purpose in life isn’t to work all day every day, but actually LIVE too. You’re excited to carve out a path that allows both business success and personal fulfillment.
You’re more than ready for consistent $10–20K months that don’t feel like drinking from a firehose—but rather like value-aligned work. The kind that makes you feel energized and fuels the rest of your life.
You know you need a high-level, custom profit-focused plan, and you recognize the value in learning from someone who has built the business model you want for yourself.
You’re missing a community, and you want one that you know will keep you feeling both inspired and supported.
"I've been a part of Designed to Scale since January 2021 and not continuing DTS is literally just not an option for me. My brain doesn't compute the concept of not working with Olivia.... I find that much value in what she's offering. I'll see you in September!"
Brooke, Nari Creative
Designed to Scale is the dream team to help you manifest your high-level self and studio.
I know that this caliber of support and custom guidance will help you blow through that self-made ceiling. I’ve done it myself, and I’ve seen it happen with the women who’ve gone through the program before you.
I’m a big believer that the universe will show you where you need to go. If you’ve been feeling a push for more, consider this your sign to take a leap.
