Justin Hargrave

I have been in rooms full of creatives and felt absolutely alone. I have also been in a cramped kitchen at the end of a long creative retreat, snacking on whatever was left over from the vendor of the day, laughing until my stomach hurt with people I had only known for a couple hours, and felt completely, inexplicably, connected. The first room was a networking event, and the second was something else… something that takes longer to build and is harder to explain. Once you’ve felt it, you...

Draft Club didn’t start with a business plan, a strategic vision, a road map - it started with feelings that most creatives know better than they would like to admit. Assembling your career with no roadmap. Showing up to an “industry event” and leaving feeling more alone than when you walked in. Having a question about contracts, or pricing, or what to do when a client ghosts you, and not having a single person in your life who gets it enough to give you a real answer. Draft Club exists...