Red Five Academy – We create working designers.
Cohort One · Classes start Sep 15 · 15 seats

We create working designers■

Real-world training. Expert mentorship. Build the skills, mindset and portfolio to launch your graphic design career, NOW■

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A two-way conversation, not a sales pitch.

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Format
Live Online
Duration
Three-Month Accelerator Course
Cohort Size
Max 15 Students
Starts
September 15
Only 15 Seats Available Per Cohort
Seats Remaining

We cap every cohort at 15 — real critique doesn’t work at 150.

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Can I have a design career in the age of AI?

Yes. And you’ll be better positioned than most designers already working. AI won’t replace you — because AI doesn’t design. It can’t tell you why one layout works and another doesn’t, and it can’t defend a concept to a client. In trained hands, it makes you faster and more targeted: sharper questions at the brief, quicker research, moodboards and ideation, faster production. Here you’ll learn it as a tool, like the software — it multiplies your judgment, and the design is always yours.

Faster, sharper, more profitable
— a better designer, not a replaced one.

AI is in the curriculum from Class 2 — taught by someone who uses it on paying client work every week.

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Schools teach software■ Clients hire thinkers■

A 4-year degree costs a fortune and takes years you don’t have. A diploma still leaves you without real hiring experience behind it. Free tutorials teach you software, not judgment — and nobody’s reviewing your work. There’s a faster, smarter way in. That’s what Red Five Academy is built for.

Design in the platform you already know — Adobe, Figma or Canva. We teach the thinking; the tool is your call.

Ask. Understand. Create. — Red Five Academy

Live feedback is the difference■

Every class is live, capped at 15 students, and taught personally by an agency owner with over 20 years of real client work. No watch-later version — your work gets critiqued in real time, every single class (your cohort’s recordings stay available for reference). And from Week 5, the classroom becomes an agency: The Red Five Studio™ — real briefs, real budgets, real (difficult) clients.

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Your Mentor

Taught personally by Michael Marsland-Root — a branding agency owner and university instructor with over 20 years in the industry. Running his own agency and working with clients has taught him exactly what gets a portfolio noticed.

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Michael Marsland-Root — Red Five Academy

Admissions

How it works■

01

Choose

Book a call, or enrol straight away.

02

Talk

A 20-minute two-way conversation.

03

Enrol

Full payment of $3,950 secures your seat.

Every enquiry answered within 24 hours.

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Common Questions

Things people ask■

  • No. The Accelerator is built to take you from zero to a professional portfolio. If you already know the software but can’t get hired, you’re in the right place too; we fix the part that’s actually blocking you.
  • No, AI won’t replace designers — but it’s already replacing designers who only do production. AI can’t tell you why one layout works and another doesn’t, it can’t ask a client the right questions, and it can’t defend a concept in a meeting. AI can help good designers become great ones. It is now a fundamental tool all designers must know in order to be competitive and create better design. We’ll show you how.
  • Live. Every session is taught personally on Zoom — you ask questions, you get answers, and your work gets critiqued in real time. Your cohort’s recordings are available for reference throughout the program.
  • Tuition is $3,950 CAD — one flat rate for every student. Payment plans are available. Full payment secures your seat. Attend the first two classes; if it isn’t for you, full refund.
  • If you have four years and the money for a degree, take the degree. But most people asking this question don’t have four years — they have a job, bills that don’t pause, and a decision to make now. That’s who this is built for.
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15 seats■
Starts Sept 15■
Your move■

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