RCA Masterclass: Building a Globally Successful Creative Business

Posted by Royal College of Art – Executive Education

Providing unparalleled access to globally successful creative entrepreneurs, artists and designers, this short course at the World’s No 1 University for art and design is your gateway to build your business, markets and team.

This new experiential short course based in London has been designed for people who work or want to work in creative businesses. The three-day course will give unique insider access to the processes behind some of today’s brightest creative minds. They will share how they successfully initiate, drive and manage creative projects and businesses.

It is structured around three core themes:

  • building a business
  • developing new markets
  • growing and developing a team.

In an exclusive small-group setting, you will receive and reflect on new ways to re-evaluate, improve and expand your capabilities, plus address some of the daily practical issues that need to be answered for a business to grow.

Guest contributors for the 2025 programme are as follows:

  • Patrik Schumacher, Principal, Zaha Hadid Architects.
  • Jack Godfrey Wood, Founder of Heirloom
  • Paul Hitchman, Global COO of AWAL
  • Mika Kanayama, founder of Muzu Design,
  • Eva Guerra, Strategic Design and Service Experience Consultant.
  • Rosey Blackmore, Licensing and Merchandise Director, Tate.
  • Sam Bompas, Co-founder of creative studio Bompas & Parr.
  • Chelsea Chen, Co-Founder Emotech, award-winning AI entrepreneur pioneering markets in the Middle
  • East and CMO of Unesco AI Center.
  • Daljit Singh, Head of Brand at Exactly.ai. The world’s first ai marketplace that puts creators at the forefront.
  • Clara Gaggero Westaway, Co-founder and creative director of Special Projects
  • Virginia Gardiner, Chief Executive Officer, Loowatt Ltd
  • Elizabeth Firbank, Rag and Bone Man Ltd
  • Nicolas Rebolledo Bustamante, Senior Tutor, RCA Service Design MA
  • Louis Alderson-Bythell, Lecturer, RCA School of Design

The course is delivered during the London Design Festival 13–21 September 2025, an excellent opportunity to find more about designers from across the globe and London’s position as a powerhouse for the creative industries.

Apply for your 2025 place now. 

Date

Wed, 17 Sep 2025, 08:30 - Fri, 19 Sep 2025, 17:00

Location

RCA Battersea Campus,
City of London

RCA Battersea Campus

Price

£2450

Royal College of Art – Executive Education

Short courses at the RCA are offered throughout the year to provide unparalleled opportunities for participants to access its world-leading teaching, researchers & practitioners.

We offer a growing portfolio of online Short Courses and Executive Masterclasses that include workshops, summer schools and masterclasses for individuals and organisations.

Our courses are designed to address the professional and personal development goals of our participants in subject areas that include: design thinking, contemporary art, curating, design, architecture, service design, interior design and visual communication.

Courses develop personal and professional networks. We attract a global mix of participants and have welcomed over 64 different nationalities since transitioning to online delivery.

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