Ben Burns & Stephanie Owens

Maker Division

Arts EN ↓ 3 episodes

Maker Division is a podcast for designers, illustrators, photographers, filmmakers, and makers building businesses they love — without burning out, selling out, or pretending we have it figured out. Hosted by Ben Burns and Stephanie Owens, two creatives who've spent the last decade-plus in the trenches: freelancing for scraps, growing studios from zero, leading creative teams, and learning the hard lessons that nobody talks about at design conferences. Each episode brings honest conversations about pricing, positioning, portfolios, lead generation, client work, hiring, and the messy middle of...

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Ben Burns & Stephanie Owens

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Some creative work sells itself. Some needs a story | Ep 03 10.07.2026 43:50

Not every project needs a case study or a cap deck. Some of your best work just needs to be seen. Ben and Steph break down the three ways creatives show their work to clients: the lookbook, the capabilities deck, and the case study. When each one wins, when it costs you the job, and why it all comes down to who's hiring you and what they're really buying. Two very different careers, one shared con...

The Solo Studio | Ep 02 23.06.2026 50:12

FREE WORKSHOP: Design Your Lookbook Join us this Tuesday for a free workshop, Design Your Lookbook , taught by Stephanie Owens: https://makerdivision.myflodesk.com/lookbook This episode is brought to you by Maker Division , our community for creatives building real businesses around their craft. https://makerdivision.com Ben Burns and Stephanie Owens kick off a conversation they've been circling f...

Starting before you're ready | Episode 01 08.05.2026 1:09:53

Welcome to the first episode of the Maker Division podcast. Ben Burns and Stephanie Owens decided to start a podcast on Friday and hit record on Tuesday — which makes "starting before you're ready" the only honest topic for episode one. In this conversation, they get into why creatives stall out: the baggage we drag into new projects, the fear of being seen, the websites that don't need to exist y...