Design Consulting and Business Mentoring

Through design consulting and mentoring, I help creatives and visionaries bring clarity, depth and tangible form to their ideas and businesses. 

My intention is to help co-create work that is aligned, sustainable and meaningful.

I have over fifteen years experience working with creative entrepreneurs, businesses, community groups, artists and visionaries who strive to live and work with integrity, contributing meaningfully to our world.

Feel free to get in touch to book in for a free connection call (15-30mins).

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My Approach and Values

  1. Encouragement

  2. Empathy & Compassionate presence

  3. Thoughtful questioning

  4. Active listening

  5. Respect for the depth of the imagination, symbols and the unconscious

  6. Socially engaged and feminist design practice

  7. Collaboration and co-creation

  8. Offering of insights

  9. Clear and creative thinking

  10. Curiosity and enjoyment

My Background and Qualifications

I see my work as a strong and vibrant cross-pollinating ecosystem. I bring a balanced approach of deep imaginative exploration with a rigorous structured process — helping you bring form, clarity and a sense of tangibility to your ideas, offerings and business. My work draws on my rich background in:

  • Graphic design & visual identity expertise (Bachelor of Design, NCAD)

  • Business & Entrepreneurship (MSc, TU Dublin)

  • Jungian-informed creative process frameworks (Jungian Psychology with Art Therapy, LSAD)

  • GCE and a socially engaged design & art practice (Creativity & Change, MTU Crawford)

  • Facilitating participatory creative processes and workshops

  • Yoga teaching (200-Hour YTT) and practice, bringing an embodied, mindful and sensory approach to projects

  • Reading and Research: I love to read and draw on multiple formal and informal writings and books that bring depth, relevance and meaning to projects

Testimonials

  • Steph has a real gift for bringing out the true essence of your business through thoughtful brand strategy and design. She gently peels back the layers of your work so you can reconnect to the core purpose of what you offer. From there, she translates that essence into colour, imagery, and design in a way that feels aligned and authentic. Working with Steph, elevates your brand visually as well as deepens your clarity and strengthens the connection with your audience. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to bring their business to the next level and while staying true to who they are.

    Robbie S, Body and Wisdom

  • Steph truly listens to understand. It feels very enlivening to connect with someone on that level who wants to help you discover the answers to your questions about direction, mission, strategy, branding and all the other myriad of things that starting and growing your own creative business brings. I highly recommend her to anyone looking to tease out their ideas and creative process.

    Elizabeth Fingleton, founder of Obeo

  • Steph Sheahan’s design work on our incredible book - What If We Were Brilliant? made a long-held dream of the Brilliant Ballybunion project tangible. Through her thoughtful, beautiful design, she captured the heart of our journey over the past two years, turning our shared vision into something we can hold, share, and be proud of.

    Gráinne Toomey, Manager of Brilliant Ballybunion

  • The simplicity and beauty of this book is absolutely profound. We need a book to remind us of how important ideas are. It really is an absolutely beautiful book….it gave me hope.

    President Catherine Connolly, speaking at the launch of the book, “What if we were Brilliant?”

Ways of working with me

Branding, Graphic & Website Design

Business/Creative Mentoring