CAREER COACHING FOR THE CREATIVE ECONOMY’S REAL DRIVERS

Andy Newman has worked as a strategist and coach for CEOs, creative directors, designers, and artists globally.

His superpower is seeing the creative idea before it’s fully formed and moving it forward with bold support.


From struggling to land $500 gigs to leading nine-figure brand strategy, Andy’s supported creatives and visionaries through launches, career shifts, and six-figure drives.


When you’re a seasoned creative leader, you’ve witnessed corporate chaos turn good ideas into radio-safe cuts that don’t work. Creative Taxi is your ride-or-die.

We shift creatives from corporate chaos to creative flow, so you can make your best work yet.

Every ride, this is true:

You’ve got the idea.

We’ve got creative fuel.

Andy Newman

Creative Taxi Ltd.
Founder +
Idea Driver

Meet Andy Newman.
Street-tested and boardroom approved.

🚖 Proven Leader

  • Supported $2.5B+ in artist sales at Big Cartel through brand + content leadership, driving profitable platform growth to $14M+ in ARR

  • Built Art Works, giving $160K+ cash back to creatives and nonprofits during the pandemic

  • Big Cartel named a Forbes Small Giant for prioritizing people over profit

  • Recruited to lead creative strategy at $100M+ ARR startup

  • Returned $50K+ to customers during the holidays to drive positive brand impact

  • Completed the Small Giants Leadership Academy and Goodwill Career Navigating & Coaching Certification

🚖 Results Delivered

  • From $70K night-shift → $90K hybrid, from unheard → HOLY HELL!, from lost in layoffs to happy hunting, career coaching clients arrive with a smile

  • Supported creatives on the road to dream podcast appearances

  • Delivered creative for Red Bull Records, Headspace, Vox Media, Shea Serrano + many more

  • Bylines in The Atlantic, USA Today, Qz + other publications

  • Selected as a pilot team member for a new customer-education role, now a standard in global Apple Stores

  • Mentor and trainer on growing 150+ person retail team

  • Pulled all-nighters to launch iPhone, still showed up with snacks on shoot day

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Creative Taxi delivers career services for purpose-driven creative directors, artists, and teams looking to accelerate creative wins so everyone can create with more heart and purpose.

Need a lift?? Let’s ride! 🚕🫧

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Career Shift

Pricing: $3000 / 6 months

🏁Creative pit stop: in a 1-2 hour deep dive session, we see and hear you, the creative, and discuss your career shift in great detail. If this is an unexpected transition, we’ll give you space to air it out. If you’ve been planning for this change and you’re ready to move, we’ll roll as fast as you. We’ll share laughs, ideas, and you’ll feel creatively re-energized by the end.

🏁 Creative tune-up: Guided by powerful curiosity-based questions, a few practical resources, and bold ideas, we’ll review your portfolio, résumé + positioning to support your goals.

🏁Creative momentum in 30 days: A check-in drives accountability and means you’re more likely to make progress on your goals. We’ll also be available for feedback + async check-ins, voice notes + inspo shares. Creativity (not results) Guaranteed.

🏁Monthly 1-on-1 support: We’ll bring custom coaching plans, creative strategy, and brainstorming partnership around your career goals, long-term aspirations, and challenges as you encounter them. We’ll also just listen when you need to talk.

🏁 And more: Tech upskilling, talent sourcing, and other job search resources available as you go.

1 of 3 Seats Open

Let's Ride

What’s under the hood: 

  • 1:1 coaching with Andy with custom strategy based on your real goals (not prefab curriculum)

  • Async support via voice memo, reviews + check-ins

  • Free invites to workshops + events

  • Nudges + tools delivered when you need them

  • Request a ride and we’ll contact you when a seat opens up

Andy gets artists paid — fast.

He’s rolled with it all, from brick + mortar businesses to nine-figure brand strategy.

Andy brings:

⚠️ Targeted strategy for forward momentum
⚠️ Creative confidence + endless fuel
⚠️ Tools and systems to support your leadership + creative flow

Peace + profit is possible.

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Amanda Morris, Executive Creative Director

“After our very first chat, I told him I walked away feeling more seen, heard, and supported than I had in years. That’s the magic he brings.”

“In a world where creative work is too often undervalued, Andy helps reframe the noise—turning burnout into boundaries, setbacks into fuel, and stress into clarity. He’s passionate about connecting people, sparking community, and reminding us just how important the creative mind really is.”

Alexis Woody, Senior Creative Strategist

“When I was navigating a career transition, I connected with Andy, and I was blown away by his creative energy. His authentic and collaborative coaching style makes him an incredible resource for leaders seeking fresh perspectives and clarity on their next steps.”

⚠️ Lookin’ familiar in the rearview??

  • You’re juggling big ideas with team politics and process gaps

  • Your creative output feels flat, slow, or misaligned

  • You’re the go-to for answers and follow-through, but who is in your corner 

🚧 Frameworks ain’t fixing this.

There’s no “secret system” here, just receipts from someone who’s driven the road you’re on, knows the detours, and only benefits when you do. 🧾

Request a Ride.

Hail Creative Taxi

Previous praise for Andy’s creative leadership:

“A creative powerhouse…I never ceased to be amazed at what Andy and his team were able to accomplish.”
— Julia, Lead UX Designer

“We were highly drawn to his unbelievable portfolio, his observant eye, his artistic style, and his knack for bringing out the best in his subjects.”
– ShipStation.com

How to HAIL CREATIVE TAXI

  1. Request a Ride – Submit your coaching interest form or schedule a free intro chat.

  2. Alignment Review – Andy reviews your challenges, goals + more. Together, co-create your map + set priorities.

  3. Drive – We’ll schedule regular check-ins at a cadence that works for you, provide async feedback, creative fuel + accountability.

  4. Momentum – As we work together, strategy leads to clarity → clarity becomes action → action moves you towards your goal with clear momentum.

Request a Ride

⚠️ If we’re not a fit, we’ll recommend a coach who is. Clarity’s worth it either way. 🚕🫧

 Frequently Asked Questions
📞 You talkin’ to me?!

  • Let’s break it down.

    You’re ready if:
    🏁 You’re a Creative Director, Head of Brand, Design Lead, Senior Strategist, or brand-obsessed founder
    🏁 You’re doing the work and managing the pressure
    🏁 You need meaningful support from someone who’s been where you are

    Not a fit if:
    🕳️ You want done-for-you solutions
    🕳️ You aren’t ready to invest time, headspace, or cash
    🕳️ You’re chasing short-term ROI

  • Yes. Creative Taxi coaching is built for 3 seat containers: heads of brand, execs, emerging creative leaders, and your teams. We ride together. 🚕🫧

  • Creative Taxi’s coaching approach is completely unique, something we call coaching in 3D.

    Andy’s led teams at fast-growing and profitable startups, worked as an executive consultant, and managed creatives across industries. His superpower is the ability to connect the dots and pinpoint the potholes, all while keeping the tunes rolling.

    More than another frameworks and templates program, we’re on a mission to rebuild creative coaching with experience, driving force, and imagination. You’ll receive support and connections for the road ahead through workshops, tools when you need them, and more.

    We exist to accelerate creativity and move your ideas forward. If you’re a creative leader who still gives a damn, you’re in the right place.

    You in?? 🚕🫧