90% OFF FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY
LEARN GRAPHIC DESIGN ONLINE ✏️ BUILD A STAND OUT FOLIO 👉 START YOUR NEW 🤩 DREAM CAREER
Only US$49 for 2 years acCess
(USUALLY US$499. 90% OFF fOR a limited time only)
Risk Free with 30 day money back guarantee
MEET BEN AND VIV 👩🏻🏫 YOUR TEACHERS! 🧑🏼🏫
We know what it takes to become a successful graphic designer and want to give you the skills to start your creative career. We’ve been running our own studio Ben and Viv since 2015, working for clients around the world. We’ve also lectured and taught at an internationally recognised design college and seen countless students go on to do amazing things!
we focus on 🎉 what matters most 🏆
Everything we do at hashtag is industry focused, that’s why we concentrate on getting you building a great portfolio! After all, this is what will get you a job or if you’d prefer, use it to start your own agency or freelance on your own.
✴ Who’s this course for?? 🤔
If you’re looking to break into an exciting new career, work remotely or simply upskill in your current role – we’ve got you covered!
Future
designers
We’ve got you! For those with zero knowledge but plenty of creative spirit and dreams of an exciting new career.
Recent
graduates
Not sure what’s next? Perfect for those looking at levelling up, getting work, going freelance or starting a studio.
Business
owners
Great for those who want to make content and graphic for your business whilst saving money at the same time.
Office
employees
Everyone can benefit from design skills especially when you’re putting together presentations or corporate documents.
Have fun and be creative for a job
🎨
Work from anywhere in the world
🏝️
A high demand industry
📈
Become a freelancer
😎
Get paid top dollar doing what you love
💰
Have fun and be creative for a job 🎨 Work from anywhere in the world 🏝️ A high demand industry 📈 Become a freelancer 😎 Get paid top dollar doing what you love 💰
What you’ll learn 📙
This graphic design course is unlike any other! Instead of overwhelming students with an endless barrage of information, we focus solely on what you need to know and nothing else. Each lecture is packed with practical tips and techniques that you can immediately apply to your own design work.
Technical Skills
We’ll provide you with some of the best tutorials to learn the software you need as a designer! This is includes the most common industry software we use on a daily basis.
Figma • InDesign • Illustrator • Photoshop
Fundamentals & Process
This is the secret sauce, the real knowledge of what it takes and how to to be a designer. You’ll learn industry specific processes so you can tackle your own briefs with the confidence and you’ll never struggle for ideas again!
Idea Generation • Typography • Branding • Principles of Colour • Illustration Techniques • Packaging • Layout & Composition • User Experience (UX) & UI • & more
Practical Briefs & Projects
It’s the part you’re probably most excited about… dive in and create the work you want with over 30 briefs to tackle. Including illustration, editorial design, festival branding. beer packaging… there’s literally something for everyone!
Over 30 briefs across: Branding • Editorial • Packaging • Illustration • Digital • & more
Design Toolkit & Resources
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Over 60 fonts • Mockups and Design Assets • Design Inspiration • Free Design Tools • Free stock photography & video • Creative Job Boards • & more
⚑ Plus what 🥳 matters most
Your own folio
This is the most valuable item to any designer… we’ll show you exactly what a great folio is and how to make one from your best projects!
Industry insight
Secret insider knowledge that will teach you what it takes to get a job, how to start your own agency or make it as a freelancer in the industry.
Access all this for 2 years for only US$49 risk free with our 30 day money back guarantee! (Usually US$499, 90% off for a limited time only)
The ultimate ✏️ graphic design course
Made for those who want to get started and get down to business! Why spend unnecessary time on the things that don’t matter when you could be building your portfolio and get one step closer to making money from what you love.
Industry
relevant
No added bulls@#t. Our course is the filtered knowledge & insights that we’ve learned in over 30 years of combined industry experience.
Finish with
a portfolio
Everything you need to make a standout portfolio. A collection of over 30 briefs ranging from illustration to editorial design to festival branding.
Affordable
value
Put simply, we make design education affordable. We want to see our students thrive not only in design but life so why start with a massive debt.
Learn at
your pace
Buy it once and gain access for 2 years. Whether you want to deep dive for a few months or tackle it over 12 months, the choice is yours.
Made by 🧑🎨 real designers
As soon as I started studying design almost 20 years ago I knew I wanted to share the awesome things I was learning with a greater audience! Many years later, and with a lot of studio experience under my belt I began teaching in the classroom and I was thrilled to be able to pass on my knowledge and help out students who were just like me. With Hashtag, we are able to offer the full package for budding designers – from the design fundamentals to practical tips and how to find work. We’re proud of the work our students produce and we’d love for you to start your design journey with us!
Ben Miners • Co-owner of hashtag.study and Ben and Viv • Award winning designer • Over 15 years industry experience
I really want to make design education accessible to anyone worldwide without huge student debts, and that’s why we created Hashtag. I want to prepare all our students so they can land a great job, start their own agency or begin freelancing. I remember when I was a young designer and how difficult it was going from study to the workplace and all the things I didn’t know so I’m excited about bridging the gap between education and industry!
Vivian Van Balen • Co-owner of hashtag.study and Ben and Viv • Award winning designer • Over 15 years industry experience
WHAT OUR 💬 STUDENTS ARE SAYING
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Rebecca Bligh, Business owner
I’m really loving Hashtag so far! The knowledge I’ve picked up from the design theory section is exactly what I needed to learn. As an eCommerce business owner I need to design a lot of social media posts and EDMs but they never looked as professional as I wanted. Thanks Ben and Viv!
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Daniela Padovany, High School Graduate
I’m enjoying the course a lot! It’s very easy to follow and I’m learning soooo much! I’m currently on a gap year after finishing high school and I wasn’t sure which career path to take so it’s been helpful for me to find out what graphic design is all about without committing to a super expensive university course.
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Lua Porteiro, Illustrator
Illustration is a huge passion of mine and I wanted to add graphic design to my resume to upskill and open up more job opportunities. With Hashtag’s course I’m improving my compositions, falling in love with typography and getting very excited with each new project I work on. I wish I had studied this course earlier!
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Stephanie Pinzon, Design Student
I’m still starting my career and I know that with hashtag I’m learning a lot of new things. In the course I find new briefs, techniques and advice that helps me a lot in my university, and I’m enjoying it a lot. I have a lot of imagination and painting skills and my dream is to become an incredible illustrator.
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Sarah Robson, Marketing Manager
Hashtag.study has been super useful for me as a content creator. Previously I was producing campaigns for my clients using Canva templates but now I have the confidence to design my own and sometimes with Illustrator or Indesign.
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Manuel Otero, Videographer
The course is engaging, informative, and has given me a newfound appreciation for the world of graphic design. If you're looking to enhance your design skills or simply want to learn something new, I highly suggest checking out this course.
Have fun and be creative for a job
🎨
Work from anywhere in the world
🏝️
A high demand industry
📈
Become a freelancer
😎
Get paid top dollar doing what you love
💰
Have fun and be creative for a job 🎨 Work from anywhere in the world 🏝️ A high demand industry 📈 Become a freelancer 😎 Get paid top dollar doing what you love 💰
✓ What does it 🎉 cost
US$49
Usually US$499. 90% off for a limited time only!
For 2 years access (30 day money back guarantee)
We honestly couldn’t have made it any cheaper! Sign up now and get instant access and start making your dream career a reality.
Still not sure? Check out our Full Course Overview or our FAQs
Full Course 📖 Overview
Still not sure if this is the right course for you? Just enter your details below and we’ll send you a detailed course overview, heck we’ll even throw a small list of curated fonts you can use commercially because we’re nice like that!
Where will this course take you?
There’s honestly so much potential, it’s cliche but a design career really does open you to so many opportunities including: Freelancer, start your own studio, design for the music industry, digital designer, UX designer, illustrator, animator, packaging designer, creative director, art director & so much more. All as it takes as a designer is a great folio and the opportunities are endless, thanks to the way our course is developed, there’s plenty of opportunity to create an awesome portfolio!
What will I need to complete this course?
You’ll need a computer and you’ll need access to Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop & Figma. While learning, we recommend you take use of the Free Trials for Adobe. Figma also has a free account you can use which is perfect for your needs!
How does this compare to other courses?
It’s industry relevant, we really think a big part of being a designer is making work and that’s why we give you access to over 30 briefs! Considering a Junior Designer folio is only expected to have around 5-8 projects, you can pick and choose the ones that resonate best with you.
I'm already a designer but I want to refresh my portfolio, will this suit me?
Of course, we’re sure there’s some knowledge in here that you might be unaware of and with our 30+ project briefs, it’ll give you plenty of opportunity to completely transform your folio for the better.
Do you receive a certificate upon completion?
Of course, to receive a certificate of completion, just email info@hashtag.study with 5 completed projects!
Is there a payment plan?
Unfortunately due to the nature of the content, we can’t provide access to the course until we receive full payment.
Is the course refundable?
We’re sure you’ll love our course but if not we offer a 30 day money back guarantee.
How long will this course take?
It really depends on you. With two years access to the course, you can go as quick as you like or if you have less time to commit, take your time. If you can commit plenty of time a week, it could take you as little as three months but those with less spare time might find it takes them 6 to 12 months.
Have fun and be creative for a job
🎨
Work from anywhere in the world
🏝️
A high demand industry
📈
Become a freelancer
😎
Get paid top dollar doing what you love
💰
Have fun and be creative for a job 🎨 Work from anywhere in the world 🏝️ A high demand industry 📈 Become a freelancer 😎 Get paid top dollar doing what you love 💰