The Quickie - Conversations with Designers

Dave Hopkins
daveh.h2c@gmail.com

Booking Overview

The Quickie is a fast, candid design-career podcast where creator Dave Hopkins talks with working graphic designers, illustrators, and creative leaders about process, branding choices, and lessons learned. For PR teams, it’s a strong fit for pitching creative professionals who can share practical insights and behind-the-work perspectives.

Metrics

Episodes: 325

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

YouTube: 10.7k subscribers

Instagram: 15.0k followers

30s Ad: 81 - 102, 60s Ad: 98 - 119

Contact Information

daveh.h2c@gmail.com

Contact Form

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Host

Dave Hopkins - Host of The Quickie - Conversations with Designers. Dave conducts candid, inspiring conversations with graphic designers, illustrators, creative directors, and other creative professionals about ca...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Working professional designers/illustrators/creative directors (freelance or in-house) with a credible track record in branding, visual identity, packaging, illustration, and/or print/UX; ideally with distinctive perspective, a notable career story, or a meaningful project lesson.
Required Achievements:  
Published/recognized branding or packaging projects, Leadership or creative direction experience, In-house experience at notable companies or studios, Strong educational or self-taught design background, A clear 'lesson from the work' narrative (client communication, process failures/successes)

Recent Guest Discussions

Zuza Hicks - Personality-driven Branding, Polish Poster School Influence, Historical Context In Visual Identity, Creative Leadership/art Direction Lessons, Client Communication, And Resurgence Of Print.

Kytana Le - Career Path Into Design, Print/tactile Obsession, Corporate Design Process Challenges, Client/stakeholder Communication, Packaging Design, And Transitioning From Promo Work Into Ux.

Colby Clites - Freelance Journey Highs/lows, Branding/packaging Work, Packaging Mishap Leading To An Unexpected PR Campaign, And Creative Inspiration Habits.

Recent Topics

Graphic-design, Branding, Illustration, Creative-direction, Packaging, Print-design, Visual-identity, Art-direction, Ux-design, Creative-careers

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Quickie - Conversations with Designers
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Episode 293 - Zuza Hicks - Brand Designer - Nicely Made Studio - Sacramento CA

April 08, 2026

Sacramento-based brand identity designer Zuza Hicks of Nicely Made Studio joins Dave for a conversation about personality-driven branding, the unexpected lessons of leading a creative team, and why print is having a serious moment. Zuza brings a genuinely unique perspective to design. She's largely self-taught, holds a master's degree in social policy and journalism, and draws on her life between the US and Poland to create deeply symbolic, character-driven brand work. In this episode: -How t...

Episode 292 - Kytana Le - Illustrator + Designer at Visa

February 25, 2025

Episode Summary: In this episode of The Quickie Podcast, we chat with Vietnamese American illustrator and design generalist Kytana Le. She shares her journey from growing up in a small bayou town in Louisiana to working at Visa, blending her love for illustration, branding, and UX design. We dive into how a high school art class and a Tumblr rabbit hole led her to pursue design, her obsession with print and tactile design, and the challenges of working in a corporate design environment. Kytan...

Episode 291 - Colby Clites - Designer + Illustrator

February 11, 2025

In this episode of The Quickie Podcast, we sit down with graphic designer, illustrator, and creative director Colby Clites. Colby shares his journey from Tampa, Florida, to the mountains of Colorado, where he works in the beverage and food industry, designing packaging and branding for some seriously cool products. We talk about his creative childhood (spoiler: his mom saw his design future before he did), how an Adobe livestream shaped his passion, and the highs and lows of his freelanc...

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