Studio Dawn.

Journal

The Studio & Fractional Creative Direction
Aug 2026

From "there's something here" to "this is a brand"

On working with startups, scale-ups and founders on innovation and growth projects — from finding the opportunity to giving it a strategy, a story and a visual world.

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Creative Director for Creatives
Aug 2026

Creative Director for Creatives: your senior brain on the work

Creative Director support for freelancers, founders, studios and independent creatives who usually have to provide that perspective themselves.

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Creative mentoring & coaching
Aug 2026

Creative mentoring & coaching: for when you need someone in your corner

For freelancers, designers and creatives at a pivot point — on how mentoring and coaching sessions actually work, and who they're for.

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When you need more than a freelancer, but less than an agency
Aug 2026

When you need more than a freelancer, but less than an agency

A freelancer brings specialist execution. An agency brings scale. Here's where Studio Dawn and Fractional Creative Direction sit in between.

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What happens when potential becomes visible?
Aug 2026

What happens when potential becomes visible?

Not the glossy, five-year-plan kind of potential — the quieter feeling that there's something here. On the thinking behind Studio Dawn.

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Feel. More.
Aug 2026

Feel. More.

Kimberley's been thinking a lot about feeling — and doing a lot of feeling into feeling.

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It's borderline creepy.
Jul 2026

It's borderline creepy.

I've been building myself a better way to find my dream projects — the ones where Studio Dawn can make the biggest impact.

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Don't ask, don't get.
Jul 2026

Don't ask, don't get.

Putting the call out to the world for Studio Dawn's dream projects and clients — the brands, founders and products Kimberley admires most.

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Ways of working.
Jul 2026

Ways of working.

For businesses, for brands, for the creative humans behind them — how The Studio, Fractional CD, CD for Creatives and Mentoring fit together.

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The way I see things.
Jul 2026

The way I see things.

Before Dawn — the gap between where something is today and what it could become with a little more clarity, confidence or perspective.

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