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Testimonials

"I like to refer to my design career as 'Before' and 'After' Shillington Masterclass. The designer 'Before' was stuck as a corporate, in-house designer with limited creative opportunities. The 'After' designer is thriving with his new, improved portfolio and new position as Senior Designer in a digital design agency, working on some of Australia's leading brands."

Brendan Imer

"Shillington Masterclass has changed the way I think about design and creativity completely and has made me much more confident in selling myself and my work. A few short months after completing the course I was hired as a Mid-weight Designer at a leading web design company, where I am doing branding and user interface design."

Kim Norbury

"Shillington Masterclass enabled me to break out of a design rut. By the end of the course I had a portfolio that I was really proud of and a clear direction in which to take my career. Within a couple of months of finishing I had been offered a position in the Environments team at Frost*. The course was just the kick-start my career needed."

Charlie Bromley

In the first day of Shillington Masterclass alone I learnt design principles I had never learnt in 8 years in the industry, (nor my 4 year design degree prior). Understanding these principles was the catalyst for not only improving my own design skills significantly, but also fantastic tools to use when Art Directing other designers.
Overall the course was both challenging and inspirational.

Amanda Glover

"I chose to do this course in order to improve and update my skills, seek inspiration and creative nurturing. I feel that I have improved significantly from doing the course, particularly in idea generation and development.

The most valuable section of the course is refining your portfolio. I feel my work has now been taken to a new level of professionalism. Overall, a wonderful course! I especially enjoyed the feedback, organisation and professionalism of the teachers. Well done guys!"

Tamara Washington

"I'm really glad to have had the opportunity to do the Masterclass - not only for the spruced up portfolio, but also for the refreshed headspace and the friendships with other designers."

Robyn Johnstone

"Before enrolling in the Masterclass I was working as a multimedia designer making e-learning resources for students studying in the hospitality and food and beverage industry. After two years of working in this position I felt I had plateaued and really wanted to build upon my basic graphic design skills in order to complement my experience as a multimedia designer. When I got the Masterclass email I thought it sounded like just what I was looking for.

Over the course my work has become more refined. I think things through more thoroughly and I am constantly questioning my thought process behind my design. The critiques given by the tutors were invaluable and Simone, Tony and Anita are super-friendly and approachable and always happy to give advice.

As well as all this, I came out of the course with a professional looking portfolio to show to prospective clients/employers and great advice from the tutors for job searching as a designer. In the end I think the time and money invested in the course was well spent!"

Ruth Friedlander

"Overall, everyone at Shillington put in a huge effort and I really appreciated it - I loved the course and got alot out of it. It's a big commitment, but a great investment in myself and my creative future."

Sophie Van Gunsteren

"I feel that I definitely improved in all aspects of design through doing the course. From the very first lesson where we reviewed design principles, I began remembering rules from previous studies but put them into practice in a new and more focused way. Each brief forced me to break the design down into different elements, focus on each one individually and by the end, I felt I was adding all the building blocks together to create the final piece."

Friedel Meyer-Ebert

"Having worked mainly as a photo retoucher and finished artist, I did this course in order to improve my design skills and to open up my mind to think more laterally. My skills have definitely improved through all areas of design. The key area I feel this course has really addressed is my confidence. I now feel a lot more reassured that I am capable of designing.

I would recommend this course to anyone from junior to mid-weight They will gain a great deal from the teachers, who have a wealth of knowledge and experience."

Matthew Forbes

"I chose to do the course to gain confidence and refresh what I had learnt in the Shillington Cert IV course. After two and a half years in my first job I felt I had lost confidence and motivation and needed something to give me more purpose as far as the direction my career was heading.

During the course I really started to blow-off the cobwebs as far as having my own ideas and making creative decisions was concerned. My design skills have definitely improved in terms of the process and I feel I have loosened up a lot. I am more open minded to ideas that I would have otherwise ignored or abandoned.

I would strongly recommend it to people in a similar position to me, a few years out of study and in need of a refresher or confidence boost. It is also great to meet other people in the same boat and learn about what they all do in their different jobs and gauge whereabouts you are in the scheme of things.

I can now happily move forward in my design career without any doubt."

Jessica Honey