Behind the title, a moving wall of Malakai and Maddie's travel photos.
Travel Creator Academy
Six weeks with Maddie and me. Twenty creators. Everything you need to work with brands.
This isn’t just videos, and it isn’t just calls. For six weeks, Maddie and I work with every member personally. I review every piece of work you make, and Maddie checks in with you every week. That’s why there are only 20 seats.
Founder
I’ve built a living from brand work while travelling, and I made most of the mistakes on the way. I teach every live call. I personally review every piece of work every member makes, across the whole cohort: your profile, your media kit, your pitches, your edits. I’ll tell you straight what’s working and what isn’t, and I’m with you for the whole six weeks.
Director of Member Experience
Maddie keeps everyone accountable. She checks in with you every week, gets you unstuck when you stall, and makes sure the work actually gets done. Her job is that every member succeeds.
Your profile, your reel, your three spec ads, your media kit and your pitches. Nothing you make goes unseen.
I teach both calls every week myself. Bring your questions.
We start in Week 0 with my review of your profile, and finish at graduation with your Day 1 next to where you are now.
Real briefs from real clients, shot and edited by me. This is the kind of work the cohort is built to get you.
House of Creatives · the full reel
The showcase film for their website
Short form · 8 reels · tap one to hear it
Two live calls a week: one is the full teaching call, the other is a workshop where members take the hot seat and get their work reviewed on screen. In between, I review what you make and Maddie checks in to make sure everything gets done.
Self-paced, before the first call. Week 0 begins January 4: short videos from me, your setup, and a personal review of your profile before Week 1.
You walk out with
Your setup working, your profile reviewed, and a Day-1 baseline we compare you against in Week 6.
Work out what you make, who it’s for, and say it in one line.
You walk out with
Your profile optimized and ready to build on, as the foundation for the cohort.
Make content with intentionality, with a system you can keep up while you travel.
You walk out with
A 30-day content plan and one finished reel, reviewed live in the workshop later that week.
Make the kind of work brands pay for, before anyone has hired you.
You walk out with
Three finished spec ads, one for each of my three briefs.
Package your work into a kit a brand can say yes to, built live on the call.
You walk out with
A fully designed, aesthetic media kit website and your pitch email templates.
Send real pitches to the right people, and handle what comes back.
You walk out with
50 brands researched, pitched and tracked, plus a contract and an invoice ready to use.
Leave with a system that keeps working after the calls end.
You walk out with
A 90-day plan, your progress revealed, and your next 100 pitches prepared.
No. With no audience and no client work yet, you’ll build sample adverts in Week 3.
A smartphone and wireless mics. Those are the essentials.
No. It’s a live cohort of 20, with two calls a week, and Maddie and I are with you for all six weeks. I review every piece of work you make.
$2,000. You can pay it up front, in two payments of $1,100, or, if you’re in the US, in four interest-free payments through Afterpay or Klarna. Once you’re accepted, you have 7 days to pay and lock in your seat. There are no refunds.
From the written application only. We review applications as they come in, and seats fill in order. Applications close December 20, and everyone hears back by December 23.
Eight short questions, about two minutes. We read every one.
Thanks, we read every application ourselves. If it’s a fit, you’ll hear from us by email.
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Thanks for applying. Since you’re just exploring right now, start with the free stuff on @malakai.barclay, and we’ll let you know when the next cohort opens.
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