Creative Project Management
Over a decade of corporate experience, ready to help you shine
Hiya, fellow creative type! It's me, your friendly chaos coordinator!
Creative project management is the first step you need to get your creative goals headed in the right direction. I've always juggled my art career with a full-time position; when I says I get shit done, I mean it!
I've worked with national brands, local organizations (CIAF's 100 Tiny Things, for example), and individual artists on projects spanning every shape and size. I'm excited to share what I've learned with you, from prioritizing milestones to demystifying spreadsheets.
Outsource your executive function
Deadlines are your friends
Big projects can be overwhelming. We'll work together to break them down into bite-sized pieces with realistic schedules, check-ins, and vent sessions as needed.
Tap my brain to help build your workflow backwards from the due date. We'll workout what's realistic AND pad it with contingency time.
Overcome spreadsheet anxiety
If the tiny cells feel like a jail sentence for your brain, let me fill that out for you. Need a budget sheet? I've got a template. No time to input data? Let me fill that out for you.
We'll review your sheet together over coffee and you'll leave with a spreadsheet your accountant dad would be proud of.
Like a gym buddy, but less sweaty
If due dates smother you with worry instead of lighting a fire under your butt, I'm here for you.
Set up just the right amount of texts or emails to keep you on track. Just like the gym, it's easier to show up if you know someone is waiting for you and cheering you on.
Testimonials
"Cat Babbie was an absolute lifesaver when it came to managing the budget for the TAOH Outdoor Gallery project. As an artist, delving into the intricacies of spreadsheets and project management can feel like navigating through a maze blindfolded. Thankfully, Cat's expertise and patience were invaluable in helping me make sense of it all.
Her ability to organize and clarify some of the more opaque intricacies of the process transformed what felt like an overwhelming task into a manageable and even enjoyable process. With Cat's guidance, I was able to navigate through the complexities of streamlining our budget with ease, allowing me to focus more on my artistic vision rather than getting bogged down in administrative details.
I'm incredibly grateful for Cat's assistance and would highly recommend her to anyone in need of project management or spreadsheet help. Her skillful navigation of my project’s needs truly made all the difference, and I couldn't have done it without her."
“I reached out to Cat Babbie for help on a large project that required three different communities
coming together over a period of six months, and included a variety of moving parts from funding, to community and business partners, and volunteer coordination.
I’m capable of going from A to B, but there were so many pieces to the puzzle, I couldn’t see what B was. I was having a lot of difficulty figuring out the sequence of events and how they needed to occur in order to be done efficiently and effectively. Cat helped me zoom out, and organize a timeline with manageable steps to follow. Her services were vital to the creation and fulfillment of this project.
It was so helpful to have an outside perspective to see things from another angle. Our brains work completely differently, but combined, we made something quite beautiful. What would’ve taken me an entire day to figure out, she put together in an hour. I’m super grateful and couldn't recommend her more."
"In addition to being a joy to talk to about anything that is creative, Cat was able to help propel the direction of my project by providing specific resources, websites and materials that would capture the vision and provide the necessary logistical features that my project needed."
"Sometimes I get overwhelmed and stuck on tiny details. I can plan and design a 900 sq ft mural, but I can’t send an email that needs to be sent to kick off the project. It feels like a literal wall with no way around or over it. When I run into these moments, I reach out to Cat to help me see that I can just walk around that wall. Or, better yet, that the wall isn't’ really there at all."