A Practical Approach to Social Design
Created & taught by the designer behind
@ilovecreatives’ social, James Junk
Learn the design workflow to quickly build out social content, create an industry standard portfolio, and how to build retainer clients.
This live bootcamp is structured like a working social design studio. You’ll learn practical, on-the-job workflows, receive 1:1 asynchronous feedback on assignments, and take home resources and documents you can reuse for real social design projects.
❝Social content is where most design work actually lives now. This bootcamp is the course I wish existed earlier. If social design is part of your work, you shouldn’t have to figure it out alone. This course is here to give you structure, confidence, and clear next steps – without overcomplicating it.❞ — James Junk
Who is this for?
I’m a freelance designer.
I create social assets for brands, agencies, or clients. I want to work faster, build repeatable systems, and feel more confident designing within existing brand constraints.
I’m an in-house creative.
I ship high-volume social content on tight timelines. I want better workflows, clearer decision-making, and ways to maintain quality without burning out.
I work in a content-adjacent role.
I’m a social media manager, digital marketer, or project manager who collaborates closely with designers. I want hands-on design skills so I can design, edit, and communicate more effectively.
I’m a beginner-intermediate designer.
I know the basics of design tools and principles, but I want to specialize in social content. I’m looking to sharpen my instincts and understand how social design works in real-world settings.
I’m a brand designer expanding into social.
I’m comfortable with brand systems and identity work, but social content still feels fast and unfamiliar. I want to translate brand thinking into feed-ready design without starting from scratch every time.
I’m a designer stuck in “options mode”.
I can make things look good, but I struggle to decide what’s right. I want to get better at making clear design decisions, explaining my thinking, and moving projects forward with confidence.
Why add social design to your creative skillset?
Of marketers say social media increases brand exposure.
Source: DataSilk
Projected global spend on social media advertising.
Source: Business Insider
Digital creator jobs in the U.S. as of 2024, up from around 200,000 in 2020.
Source: DataSilk
Of social users turn to Instagram to discover products.
Source: DataSilk
What You’ll Learn
📄 Breaking Down Briefs & Starting Without Full Direction
January 21st at 6pm to 8pm PT
How to quickly understand priorities and constraints
Where to start when direction is incomplete or unclear
A repeatable way to move into execution without waiting
👀 Brand Audit for Social Design
January 22nd at 6pm to 8pm PT
How to read brand voice and visuals through a social lens
Translating brand guidelines into feed-ready decisions
Knowing what to follow closely and where flexibility exists
🖌️ Toolkit Building & Infographic Thinking
January 23rd at 6pm to 8pm PT
Building reusable social systems in Figma
Designing modular components for speed and consistency
Applying infographic thinking to social content
🎨 Concepting: On-Brand vs Elevated
January 26th at 6pm to 8pm PT
Designing both on-brand and elevated directions
Understanding when and how to push creatively
Explaining design decisions clearly to clients or teams
🖥️ Versioning, QA & Packaging
January 27th at 6pm to 8pm PT
Versioning social assets efficiently
Quality-checking work before delivery
Packaging social design work for clients and portfolios
Your
Instructor
James Junk @jamesjunk.co is the designer and art director behind ilovecreatives’ social media channels, where he leads the visual direction and execution of content designed specifically for social platforms.
Before ilovecreatives, James was a designer at Impact @impact, a digital media brand with 2.4M+ followers, where he designed award-winning, high-volume organic social content as well as co-branded partnership work with brands including Beyond Meat, KEEN, Strava, Hinge, Climate Power, and more.
His experience spans both organic and paid social design, with previous clients for social ad creative including Bulleit, Rémy Martin, Sundays for Dogs, Buoy, and Jungmaven.
James specializes in social-first design: how to interpret real briefs, design on-brand content at speed, version work for different placements, and ship polished assets without burning out. His approach is practical, process-driven, and rooted in the realities of modern social workflows.
In this bootcamp, James teaches the exact pipeline he uses to design, iterate, and deliver social content at scale—so you can graduate from “making posts” to confidently owning the process end-to-end.
Clients From
Instructor Work
SOC Instructor Work
IMPACT X BEYOND MEAT
IMPACT X ENVIRONMENT
ilovecreatives organic content
ILOVECREATIVES X READYMAG
IMPACT X BLUELAND
IMPACT X MALK
jungmaven organic content
PARKS PROJECT X INTERSECTIONAl environmentalist
ILOVECREATIVES ORGANIC CONTENT
jungmaven organic content
JUNGMAVEN PAID AD
ILOVECREATIVES ORGANIC CONTENT
Schedule
& Price
Jan 21
$499
Enroll by January 19th at 11 AM PT
On the start date, you’ll receive an invite to all 5 bootcamp sessions, and access to shared resources and the student chat. From there, you’ll attend 5 live, instructor-led sessions and complete hands-on exercises between workshops. Sessions are designed to build on each other, so participation is encouraged throughout the full bootcamp! All sessions will be recorded for student access.
Need to spread out the payments? We have a Payment Plan!
Don’t want to miss out?
The bootcamp is happening soon - we will send you reminders and updates.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The bootcamp is for 5 days from January 21 to January 27, 6pm to 8pm PT, excluding weekends.
There will be no live sessions on January 24 (Saturday) and January 25 (Sunday).
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Absolutely. Live sessions are held in the evening from 6pm to 8pm PT. While we recommend joining live for the full experience, there will be recordings available at the end of the bootcamp so you can revisit lessons or catch up if you need flexibility during the week.
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Enrollment closes on January 19th, 11AM Pacific Time. Don’t miss out!
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By the end of the bootcamp, students will have spec work for a brand/client of their choosing, based on their own concept, in the form of three organic social posts and two paid ad variants and sets. Students will also leave with reusable resources, including worksheets, documents, and templates that can be applied to real social design projects after the bootcamp!
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James will give 1:1 written feedback in the assignments you submit. There will be no live 1:1 feedback, but you will get group critique opportunities during the live sessions.
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This really depends on you and how deep you want to go! On average, students can spend about 1–2 hours per day on assignments, depending on your workflow and experience level. Everything is designed to be manageable. Keep in mind that there will only be 2 assignments to submit, so you’re free to spend more or less time depending on your schedule and how polished you want your work to be.
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Yes. Although we recommend joining the live sessions for the full experience, the sessions will be recorded in case you miss a few sessions or need a break. You’ll get access to those recordings at the end of the bootcamp.
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Yes, we have a payment plan for $100 USD for 6 months. You can check that out here.