Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Jade Renee. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Jade, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Have you been able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen? Was it like that from day one? If not, what were some of the major steps and milestones and do you think you could have sped up the process somehow knowing what you know now?
I’ve been an entrepreneur for over 10 years and I can still remember my last days of working my 9-5 at Nordstrom when I was 19 years old. From day one, I knew I wanted to work at a design or marketing agency but it wasn’t until I was fired from my job that I decided I’d rather be the CEO. After coming to that conclusion, it only took about 7-9 months to make my first $100K as a graphic designer and my life forever changed. I never looked back and decided to go full throttle with owning my own business, doing what I truly love. A major step I took was literally just betting on myself and executing! I didn’t have time to be in my own head about starting a design business because at the time, my bills were due 2 weeks later. Once I saw how easy (yet very mentally hard) it was to simply just execute the vision God had for me, it was up from there. Another major step I took was having the discipline to stay committed to a dream only I could see. Through discipline, execution, passion, confidence and commitment I was able to maintain and sustain a profitable design agency that has worked with well over 3,000 clients. I don’t think I could’ve sped the process up, I truly believe everything happens for a reason and exactly when it needs too. I just thank God that I started and took the leap of faith when I did and as early in life as I did.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I’m Jade Renee, the owner of Luxx Media Group, a digital design agency that offers brand identity, web design and digital marketing design services to high level brands and Fortune 500 companies. I started the agency (formerly known as Infinite Graphix) while in my Junior year of college and by Senior year, I grossed over $100k in revenue. That was the start of a very beautiful journey in entrepreneurship. Since then, Luxx Media has worked with over 3,000 start up companies across the world helping them understand the importance of great branding and a dynamic online presence.
I am beyond proud and grateful for the continued success 10 years later as we started out with a “luxury branding at an affordable price” model and have now pivoted to becoming an agency that focuses more on the clients quality of design rather than being affordable, realizing you cannot put a price on insanely good branding. Because we are at our 10 year mark, we are now expanding from Atlanta to Los Angeles to further build the agency to even bigger heights. Luxx Media will be opening it’s very first headquarters office in LA where we’ll start out hiring around 20 creatives to create magic with.
I’m most proud of my resilience, commitment and dedication to building my dream. Throughout the trials and tribulations over the past 10 years in business, my vision and goals for the agency continues to grow tremendously. I’m more than excited for the next decade to come and I know Luxx Media will continue to be a staple in the design industry. We’ll continue to solve creative problems and be the creative solution for powerhouse brands who are ready to dominate their industry and make a statement through branding.
What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?
The most rewarding part of being a creative is seeing my creative designs come to life! Driving past billboards I’ve designed or storefronts with a logo I’ve created or flyers/business cards everywhere or even a beautiful website that converts to sells for the client! It’s literally the best part of the journey! Seeing something in my mind (or even getting recommendations from clients who know what they want but don’t know how to articulate it creatively) and my clients allowing/trusting me to truly just create is easily the most fulfilling part. I cannot see myself ever doing anything else!
Are there any books, videos or other content that you feel have meaningfully impacted your thinking?
I am an avid book reader and podcast listener! A few books that have dramatically impacted my entrepreneurial journey are tons of self-help books and financial books such as The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Dr. Joseph Murphy, You Are A Badass (all 3 books) by Jen Sincero, The Psychology of Money by by Morgan Housel and every single book written by my favorite author, John C. Maxwell.
A few podcast channels that I listen to often if not daily include The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett, On Purpose with Jay Shetty, Social Proof with David Shands & Donnie Wiggins and The Futur with Chris Do.
These resources alone should help you level up your mindset and kickstart your creative career!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.luxxmedia.co
- Instagram: @iamjaderenee @luxxmedia
- Facebook: @luxxmediagroup
- Twitter: @luxxmedia
Image Credits
Jordyn Ari Photography