Higher Digital runs hands-on Canva and AI marketing workshops for businesses, community groups and councils across Melbourne and regional Victoria. Sessions are taught by Jess MacDonald, a marketer with 18 years' experience, and everyone leaves with finished work, not just notes.
Marketing educator // Bachelor of Business (La Trobe) // 18 years of marketing, sales and design // Certified Wix icon-level designer //
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Good news. None of this needs a design degree. It needs a couple of hours and someone to show you the shortcuts.
Get noticed for the right reasons,
without losing your evenings to it.
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Every session is hands-on. You make something real in the room, and you leave with cheat sheets for next time.
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Good news. None of this needs a design degree. It needs a couple of hours and someone to show you the shortcuts.
New courses in the works
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One-on-one training sessions
Power hours
Want a more customised solution or session specifally tailored to your busness? Bring your own Canva, AI or website problem and we'll fix it together. You'll leave knowing how to do it next time.
Every power hour includes a look at your work beforehand and a written action list afterwards.
No GST added. Online, or in person in Mansfield.
1 hour
$180.
A quick fix or a fresh pair of eyes.
2 hours
$330.
Bigger jobs, like a brand kit or a website tidy-up.
Full day
$840 (6 hours)
Training, planning, strategy, you name it.
Why learn with me?
Real work, straight answers.
You leave with real work. Every session ends with something finished: a flyer, a brand kit, a month of posts. Not a notebook full of things to try later.
Taught by a working marketer. I design websites and marketing for businesses and community groups across regional Victoria. What I teach, I use on my own business and my client's first.
Straight answers about AI. I use it every week, and I'll tell you where it helps and where it costs you customers. No hype, no affiliate links.
Patient with beginners. Plenty of people arrive saying they're "not a computer person". That's exactly who these sessions are built for.
FAQs
Questions I often get asked
Higher Digital runs Canva and AI marketing workshops in Mansfield and across regional Victoria. They're taught by Jess MacDonald, a marketer with 18 years' experience, for small businesses, community groups, councils and government teams.
Yes. Workshops can run as a series across several towns, with attendance and outcome reporting for your records.
No. Canva 101 works on a free account. Some features in Beyond the basics, like brand kits and automatic resizing, need Canva Pro. You'll learn workarounds if you're not ready to upgrade.
No. If you can type an email, you can do this session.
A laptop, a charger and your logins. For Canva sessions, bring your logo and a few of your own photos. You'll get the full list when you book.
Yes. Private sessions run across regional Victoria, and power hours can be held online.
Absolutely. Websites, design and marketing are what I do the rest of the week. See website packages