Better: The Brand Designer Podcast

About Better: The Brand Designer Podcast

Better: The Brand Designer Podcast, founded by Giselle Field of Wander Design Co. and Jen Davis, was founded on the belief that designers need community. We find that the branding world often feels secretive, competitive, and sometimes just plain old confusing. When we realized that our honest, soul-chat-level convos could potentially help other designers, we realized a podcast was only natural! Better: The Brand Designer Podcast was officially born. Giselle passed away during a climbing trip in Peru in summer of 2020. We encourage all listeners of our podcast to listen to our two Celebrating Giselle episodes. Giselle's adventurous, kind, funny, and supportive presence is missed every day—each and every episode that we record is dedicated to her legacy and her vision for this podcast. It is our honor to continue recording episodes in Giselle's memory and we know that she is with us every time we sit down to record. In winter of 2022, we welcomed Esther Knox-Dekoning from Sereth Design as a new co-host. Esther brought an incredible and fresh perspective to the pod—her transition from agency to design studio as well as her love for web design, sustainability, and world change brought new guests, ideas, and amazing episodes to our listeners. She departed the pod in spring 2023 to dedicate more time to her studio's growth, and will be greatly missed! Now, Jen runs the podcast solo and is beyond excited to continue interviewing guests, having interesting conversations, and sharing the behind-the-scenes of running her design studio.

Publisher

Jen Davis

Category

arts · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Oct 2019

Latest episode

13 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

34 of 273 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   13 Oct 2026

   S14E9: How to Do the Brand Strategy Work AI Can't Touch with Sarah Robb

   Brand strategy coach Sarah Robb shares how independent designers can articulate strategy to clients and why human connection remains vital in the age of AI.

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   S14 E8: Inside 500+ Design Days: The Real System Behind Websites Built in a Day with Bailey Collins

   Host Alex Merced interviews Bailey Collins, designer and owner of Honeywave Creative, about her systems for delivering successful websites in a single design day.

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   29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S14 E7: Before & After: How Picking a Specific Niche Changed My Business with Brooklyn Beckerson

   Host Alex Center interviews Brooklyn Beckerson, founder of Glorybright Studio, about how niching into wellness brands transformed her business and personal life.

Inside a recent episode

S14 E7: Before & After: How Picking a Specific Niche Changed My Business with Brooklyn Beckerson

Published 29 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And I thought it was just postpartum. And I was like, man, I feel like terrible. After I worked with her, I was like, you know what? I'd like to work one-on-one with you and let's try this out. So we ordered like a comprehensive like blood work panel and we did like this really big test and came back and she was like, you have Lyme disease. And I was like, you're kidding me. And, you know, now I've learned so much about that disease in terms of how it's contracted, like that it can even be transferred in utero, which I think is crazy. I never knew that. So it's not just like a tick bite. It could have been my mom was bit by a tick, you know, and it was transferred. […]

Who has been a guest on Better: The Brand Designer Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sarah Robb
• Bailey Collins
• Brooklyn Beckerson
• Emily Bowie
• Kadie Smith

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.6 / 5

61 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

49 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 74 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

94

Social presence

94

YouTube

0

Engagement

90

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