Santiago Says helps emerging artists choose a focused career direction, build proof for it, and reach the right people without giving up the art to become a salesperson.
Everyone has a different starting point. Not sure which is yours?
Book a FREE discovery call to find out.
A practical, no-pressure conversation about your next best move.
90-day private coaching
Become the obvious choice for the
creative opportunity you want next.
For the artist who is tired of doing a little of everything and wants a focused plan for one studio role or one freelance service.
Choose one primary path:
Studio Track: Build a focused portfolio direction, tailored career materials, and a relationship plan around the studios and people connected to the role you want.
Freelance Track: Define one target buyer, one clear service, client-relevant proof, and a relationship plan around people who can hire or refer you.
You leave with:
Best for artists ready for high-touch support and a complete career system.
6-Week Art Sprint
Finish one project that will get you noticed.
For artists who know what they want next but need one strong, relevant project that proves they are ready for it. You leave with:
Best for artists whose portfolio is close, but not yet clear enough.
30-day relationship-building sprint
Build real professional familiarity without acting fake.
For studio-track artists who feel invisible and do not know who to contact, what to say, or how to network without feeling transactional. You leave with:
Best for artists who want to stop collecting random connections and start building a relevant circle.
Portfolio + Positioning Diagnostic
Find out why your work is not getting you the right opportunity.
For artists with a portfolio, reel, LinkedIn, or website who are getting little response and cannot tell whether the problem is their work, focus, presentation, or positioning. You leave with:
Best for artists who are tired of wasting time and want to stop guessing what to keep, remove, fix, or build next.
Build Business Backbone in 30 days
Build the business foundation your art career has been missing.
For artists who need structure, feedback, community, and a lower-cost place to build a practical plan before investing in higher-touch coaching. You leave with:
Stop trying to show everything. Choose one target role or freelance direction, then get a clear plan for what to keep, cut, revise, and build.
Turn a portfolio that “lacks focus” into one that makes your value easier to understand, through relevant work, stronger presentation, and direct feedback along the way.
Build genuine professional relationships without begging for work or pretending to be a salesperson. Know who to contact, what to share, and how to keep the conversation going.
The market is difficult, and no honest coach can promise you a studio opening. But waiting for the market to improve is not your only option.
You can control how clearly you position your skills, what your portfolio proves, who sees your work, and whether you depend on job listings alone. Learning practical business skills helps you turn your art into a clear service, find people who need it, price and scope your work, and start conversations without becoming a pushy salesperson.
Yes. The first step is not forcing a permanent decision. It is choosing the most useful primary direction for the next stage of your career so your portfolio and actions stop pulling in five directions at once.
No. You need enough existing work to assess what can be kept, cut, revised, or used as a starting point. If your clearest next step is finishing one strong piece, Polish Portfolio Proof may be the better fit.
Sometimes tools matter, but more software is not automatically the answer. We begin with the opportunity you want and identify the portfolio proof, workflow, and skills that most directly support it.
Yes. You do not need to become loud, slick, or transactional. The goal is to become familiar to a small number of relevant people by sharing work, asking thoughtful questions, and building real professional conversations.
You will still need to do the work, but you should not have to spend every evening guessing what to work on.
We agree on focused weekly priorities based on your available time. The process is designed to reduce unnecessary projects, random tutorials, repeated portfolio rebuilds, and applications that do not fit your direction.
No. More activity without a clear signal is probably not what you need.
The goal is to choose a relevant opportunity, build better evidence for it, and develop a small professional circle around that direction. You do not need to collect random connections, send awkward job requests, or pretend to be someone you are not.
That is a fair concern. You do not need another library of art lessons telling you what you could do.
Our coaching work starts by connecting the two sides that are often taught separately: strengthening the art that proves what you can do and building the practical business skills that help the right studios or clients understand your value.
From there, we create a system you can actually sustain, focused priorities, direct feedback, realistic deadlines, stronger career assets, and a human way to talk about your work.
The goal is to help you build a career around your art without burning out or losing the artist you worked so hard to become.
No. Santiago Says is coaching and career guidance, not job placement. We help you create clearer proof, stronger materials, a focused direction, and a responsible relationship-building plan. We cannot guarantee that another person or company will hire you.
Santiago Says cannot promise that another person will hire you, reply, or purchase your services. Anyone making that decision controls part of the outcome.
What can be promised is a clear process, direct feedback, agreed milestones, and support completing the career assets and actions included in your chosen coaching program.
Creative Income Club and the focused sprints exist for different readiness levels and budgets. A discovery call can help identify the smallest useful next step rather than pushing you into a program that is not right for you.
The call is a conversation about where you are stuck, what you want next, and which obstacle appears to be costing you the most time.
We will determine whether one of the Santiago Says services fits your situation and budget.
If you are tired of hearing nothing back, unsure what your portfolio is proving, or ready to build a career path that does not require abandoning your creative identity, let’s find the next right move.
Take the free Career Compass Scorecard to discover which path fits you and what to strengthen next.
