PMN Academy · Track 05 of 6 · Inside Designers Studios

Turn creative briefs into visual systems

Branding  ·  A PodMedia Network Academy track

Analyze briefs. Build visual systems. Present creative work. AI assisted. Experience a real design studio workflow from brief to presentation, and leave with a complete portfolio-ready campaign.

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Analyze ···· Create ···· Generate
5 Phases
Studio Workflow
70 / 30
Hands-on / Lecture
Track 05
Of 6 Disciplines
AI Assisted
Every phase
What it is

Inside Designers Studios

A real design studio workflow, taught end to end: analyze a creative brief, build a visual direction, construct a mini design system, produce a full campaign, and pitch it like a professional. Run across two creative scenarios — a Product Campaign Launch and an Event Campaign Launch — with AI woven into every stage, from research to asset generation.

Dates & pricing — coming soon
The curriculum

Five studio phases. One workflow.

From brief to presentation — the same pipeline a real design studio runs on.

01

Understand — from brief to direction

Input: a one-page creative brief summary from the client. Output: competitors, references and the key message. Tools: Gemini, GPT.

02

Explore — build the visual direction

Output: one Visual Direction Board — moodboard, color palette, typography reference, imagery / photography style, and shapes. Tools: Pinterest, Behance, Cosmos.

03

Build — a consistent visual system

Output: a mini design system — grid, spacing, typography, primary and secondary colors, layout style, graphic elements, icons and image treatments. This phase leans more than it applies.

04

Design — create the campaign assets

Output: a complete campaign — naming and logo, poster, digital assets (story / posts), stage and side screens, printing assets (rollup, flyer, brochure), giveaways, and stationery assets.

05

Present — pitch it like a professional

Output: a single presentation carrying brief, direction, system and campaign — ready to walk a client through, start to finish.

Creative scenarios

Two campaigns to run the workflow on

Every phase is practiced against a real creative scenario, not a hypothetical.

Product Campaign Launch

Take a product brief from analysis to a full launch campaign — naming, identity, poster and digital assets included.

Event Campaign Launch

Build the visual system for a live event — stage and screen assets, printed collateral, and give-aways included.

Why this track

Design like a studio, not a freelancer

A real studio workflow

Understand, Explore, Build, Design, Present — the same five phases a working design studio runs a brief through, not a lecture-only theory pass.

AI at every stage

From brief analysis with Gemini and GPT to generated campaign assets — AI is part of the workflow, not a bolt-on.

70% hands-on

Mostly building, not sitting through slides — 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, so you leave with a finished, portfolio-ready campaign.

Before you join

Who it's for & what you leave with

● Who it's for

  • Graphic and visual designers wanting a repeatable studio process
  • Brand and marketing managers who brief designers and need to judge the work
  • Founders and creators building a brand identity from scratch
  • Agency and in-house teams who want a shared design system, not one-off files

● What you leave with

  • A creative brief you can actually analyze — competitors, references, key message
  • A clear, defined visual direction and a mini design system
  • A complete set of campaign-ready design assets, adapted across formats
  • The confidence to present brief, direction, system and campaign as one pitch
  • AI folded into every stage of the design workflow, not just image generation
Project kit: you receive the client brief and fill out a working worksheet — the same intake a studio uses before a project starts.
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