🧃 A Monthly Membership
Ongoing training + community for church creative leaders
$99/month · Cancel anytime · Replays included
Your role got bigger. The training for it didn’t.
At some point, being good at making things isn’t the whole job anymore.
Now you’re giving feedback. Directing other creatives. Working with pastors, project managers, and ministries.
And somewhere in the middle of all of that…figuring out how to lead people + work you were never taught how to lead.
The good news is, you don’t have to figure it out alone.
💌 Weekly Insight
🧠 Leadership Training
🤝 Personalized Support
🎯 Strategic Creativity
🧩 Creative Process
🧰 Practical Tools
Built from 14+ years directing real creative work
I'm Karielys Acevedo. I've spent my career designing, directing creative teams and building systems for the process behind the work. The Director's Room is where I teach what I've learned.
What Changes
Stop guessing your way through the parts of the job no one taught you
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Make Confident Creative Decisions
Anchor decisions on strategy and outcome instead of preference.
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Give Clear Feedback
Learn how to explain what isn’t working, why it isn’t working, and how your direction will actually help.
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Direct People With Confidence
Learn how your role as leader moves the team + work forward, even when you don’t have all the answers.
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Lead Projects With Structure
Create clearer expectations, roles, handoffs, and next steps for optimized team collaboration.
Without the right training,
the same challenges keep showing up
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Doubting Creative Decisions
Risk questioning your judgment and struggling to explain why one direction works better than another.
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Team Confusion
Unable to explain feedback clearly leaving your team confused about what to do next.
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Leading Without Confidence
Stay questioning your ability to lead people and projects.
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Messy Projects
Keep dealing with unclear expectations and last-minute changes that slow you down.
$99/month · Cancel anytime · Replays included
Your creative leadership grows because the work keeps growing
🤝 Ongoing Training
One day you’re figuring out how to give better feedback. The next you’re directing merch or being handed a project you’ve never done before.
Every month, we take a real creative leadership problem and learn how to solve it together.
You get the teaching, tools, conversations, and support to keep growing as your role grows.
Everything you need to keep developing your craft + leadership
When you join, you’ll get immediate access to your member space where workshops, replays, and TradeTools™ live
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Live Monthly Trainings
90-minute trainings with Q&A built around the real projects, decisions, and leadership moments church creatives are navigating.
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TradeTools™
Every workshop comes with practical resources designed to help you apply what you learned.
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Private Community
Bring your questions, tensions, and unfinished projects. The Director’s Room gives you a place to ask for help and learn alongside other church creatives doing similar work.
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The Workshop Archive
Miss a workshop? Need help with something your team is dealing with right now? Every training and replay lives inside your member dashboard so you can learn when you need it.
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From talented creative
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to trusted creative leader
How It Works
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01 Join the Room
Get access to the community, workshop archive and member resources.
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02 Learn + Apply
Attend the monthly training and use the TradeTools™ on your actual projects.
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03 Keep Growing
Bring your questions, work and leadership challenges into the community as your role grows.
You shouldn’t have to lead creative work alone
One of the hardest parts about doing creative work in the Church is that you can easily become the person carrying it alone. Inside The Director’s Room, you’re around people who get it.
Make Day
Share what you’re making. Bring the WIP, project, direction, or idea you’re currently working through.
Wins
Share what you’re proud of. A conversation that went better. A decision you finally made. A process you applied.
Hotline
Stuck? Bring the problem, team question, creative decision, or situation you need another set of eyes on.
Community Wins
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“Before Hazy, I was trying to figure everything out on my own. After the workshop and resources, I have much clearer direction and waste way less time…it’s like having a mentor when you need it most.”
- John Cruz
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“This has been a game changer for my team. My team loves structure and I hold things inside my head. This has brought so much clarity! So many good tips here I can add to my process.”
- Amanda Rowe
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Definitely learning and find it valuable getting your insight on being a creative director. Honestly the knowledge is something I don’t get at work and it shows that it can affect the success of not only my own life but the business as well.
Alejandro Gutierrez
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“Our session was so helpful, clear, and supportive. I left with a direct path for my project and a plan to organize my notes and communicate next steps. I feel encouraged to move forward and I’m excited to book more mentorship sessions in the future.”
- Natalie Profetto
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“Karielys was insightful, knowledgeable, and supportive. I was free to ask any questions, and her response spoke from experience. I walked away with a few nuggets on how to apply it to my situation.”
- Ben Recinos
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“The mentorship was very informative and practical…easy to apply right away. I walked away with simple steps to improve my systems and get aligned with my creative goals. I’d recommend this to anyone who wants clarity and structure in their work.”
- Erika Souders
2026 Teaching Calendar
90 minute workshops
Live Teaching + Live Q&A
TradeTools™ included
June
Tuesday, June 2
7:00PM EST
Knowing If You’re Right: How to Trust Your Creative Direction
Build confidence in your creative decisions by learning how to measure ideas against vision, goals, audience, and project needs instead of guessing or waiting for everyone to agree.
July
Tuesday, July 7
7:00PM EST
Directing: Merch Projects
Learn how to guide merch concepts, references, messaging, design direction, and final decisions so the product feels clear, intentional, and aligned with the brand.
This workshop includes technical training. Software is required.
August
Monday, August 10
7:00PM EST
Working with Project Managers
Learn how to collaborate with project managers by understanding their role in the creative department, how they help organize timelines, details, and communication, and how the Creative Director and PM can work together to clarify expectations, protect the creative process, and keep projects moving without confusion or last-minute chaos.
September
Tuesday, September 8
7:00PM EST
Working with the Marketing Department
Learn how creative and marketing can work together through clear roles, shared goals, and better communication. We’ll cover what each department is responsible for, how marketing can support the creative process, and how to turn strategy, campaigns, and audience needs into stronger creative direction.
October
Friday, October 9
1:00PM EST
Leading Through Feedback
Learn how to guide revisions, respond to stakeholder notes, protect the strongest parts of the work, and make better decisions without starting over every time feedback comes in.
November
Friday, November 13
1:00PM EST
Improving Collaboration: Build Creative Rhythm with Your Team
Learn how to create clearer communication, better handoffs, stronger expectations, and healthier rhythms so your team can work together with less friction and more trust.
December
Friday, December 11
1:00PM EST
Directing: Book Publishing
Learn how to direct a book project through vision, structure, design direction, content flow, technical design setup, file preparation, approvals, and production so the final piece feels cohesive, well-built, and ready for print.
This workshop includes technical training. Software is required.
2027 calendar coming soon
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“Definitely learning and find it valuable getting her insight on being a creative director. Honestly the knowledge is something I don’t get at work and it shows that it can affect the success of not only my own life but the business as well.”
- Alejandro Gutierrez
Your Guide
Karielys Acevedo
Karielys (aka KARY) runs her own design studio, where she applies these frameworks to client projects and team workflows every day. Through her studio she has consulted a wide range of brands and creative teams. She has spent years leading creative teams at VOUS Church and other organizations. Her greatest joy is seeing makers grow into confident leaders. She created HAZY to share the tools and processes that make that possible.
I apply what I teach to my own work
Different clients, different deliverables, same approach. That’s why this works beyond one kind of project.
Brand Identity for Bayfront Park Management Trust
Packaging Design for IMUSA Kitchen Supply
Brand Identity for VOUSCon
Book Design for Zach Windahl
Brand & Environmental Design for Divine Design
Campaign Direction for VOUS Church
FAQ
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Replays are included inside your dashboard for every workshop.
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Not primarily. We’re focused on leading concept, direction, messaging, and team/project communication. However, there might be workshops that do teach specific design skills, like setting up a techpack for a merch project.
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The Creative Director Blueprint teaches the fundamentals of creative direction. Learn more here.
The Director’s Room gives you ongoing training for the projects, decisions, and leadership moments that come next.
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TradeTools™ are practical resources to help you apply what you’re learning.
They may include worksheets, checklists, templates, guides, prompts, or simple frameworks you can use with your team and projects.
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Yes. The Director’s Room can be submitted as professional development or ongoing education for your creative role.
If your church invests in leadership, staff development, or ministry training, this membership can fit under that kind of budget.
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Yes. You can cancel your monthly membership anytime.
Your access will continue through the end of your current billing period.
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Not exactly. This is ongoing training. A course usually has a clear beginning and end. The Director’s Room is built to help you keep developing as your role, team, and projects continue to grow.