Your on-call creative hotline!

Available to all membersStudent, Educator, Emerging, Professional, and Leader. Stuck on a design problem? Need career coaching? Tool tips? Team help? Ask AIGA and we’ll match you with the right pro.

What You Can Ask About

 

Design (the creative side)

  • Branding & Identity — logos, visual systems, brand guidelines
  • Print & Editorial — magazines, books, packaging, typography
  • Digital & Web — websites, responsive design, UX/UI
  • Illustration & Visual Art — custom artwork, characters, hand-drawn graphics
  • Environmental Design — signage, retail/experiential spaces

Leadership & Strategy (the business side)

  • Business Strategy — positioning, value props, go-to-market, pricing models, growth plans, partnerships
  • Freelance & Entrepreneurship — pricing, contracts, client management
  • Project Management — workflow, process, cross-disciplinary collaboration
  • Marketing & Self-Promotion — portfolio building, social strategy
  • Leading Creatives — hiring, coaching, managing teams
  • Financials — money management in creative orgs
  • Legal & Ethics — copyright, IP, ethical considerations
  • Research & Insights — user research methods, testing, trend analysis
  • AI & Automation in Design — practical best practices

Accessibility & DEIA

  • Accessibility — WCAG basics, accessible components/patterns, alt text & captions, inclusive content, accessible events
  • DEIA — inclusive practices, equitable hiring and pipelines, bias-aware research, psychological safety, policy & training
  • Design for Social Impact — sustainability and community-centered design

How it Works

    1. Email your question or request to contact@aigadallas.org.

    2. We’ll review your submission and route it to the AIGA Dallas board member or network expert best suited to help.

    3. You’ll receive a personal follow-up with answers, resources, or next steps.

    4. Have a confidential question? No problem — just indicate that in your submission, and we’ll handle it privately.

Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the braintrust.