COACH · PROFESSOR · SPEAKER · ENTREPRENEUR
Build a Profitable Interior Design Business, The Right Way.
Whether you're still in your 9-to-5 or newly on your own, the Employee to Designer™ Framework gives you the system to attract clients, price with confidence, and grow with intention.
"She gave me a real business — not a hustle."
FULL-SERVICE DESIGNER, ATLANTA
15+
YEARS IN CORPORATE MARKETING
100+
DESIGN PROS COACHED
14
SEATS PER COHORT
Leading with you.
MEET MONIQUE NICOLE
Coach. Professor. Speaker. Entrepreneur.
"Whether you’re leaving your 9-to-5 or growing the studio you’ve already started, I help you build a profitable design business — and a life you love."
Monique Nicole has made the leap herself. After 15+ years working in corporate marketing & advertising with brands like Yahoo!, Microsoft, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Omnicom Group, she left to build her own interior decorating business. Then she turned what she learned into the Employee to Designer™ Framework. Today, as a marketing professor, business coach, speaker, and entrepreneur, she teaches designers the part design school skipped: The Business of Interior Design.
Business Coach
Keynote Speaker
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Entrepreneur
15+ YEARS IN CORPORATE MARKETING
Yahoo!
Microsoft
Universal Music Group
Sony Music
Omnicom Group
I believe the business behind the work should be taught, not left for you to figure out alone.
MONIQUE NICOLE
THE SIGNATURE METHODOLOGY
The 4-Phase Framework™
The proven pathway Monique Nicole created for interior designers and decorators, whether you’re still in your 9-to-5 or a few years into your business. Build, grow, and scale a profitable design business, starting exactly where you are.
THE FRAMEWORK BEHIND EMPLOYEE TO DESIGNER™ AND THE DESIGNER’S CIRCLE™
01
Transition
Move from employee mindset to business owner, with a foundation, offer, and pricing that hold up.
Who it’s for: Still employed or just made the leap.
02
Build
Install the systems, contracts, and client process that make the work repeatable instead of reactive.
Who it’s for: Launched, but still piecing it together.
03
Grow
Raise your minimums, market with intention, and attract the projects you actually want.
Who it’s for: Getting clients, ready for consistency and higher minimums.
04
Scale
Build a team, lead as CEO, and create profit that no longer depends on your hours.
Who it’s for: Ready for a team and CEO-level profit.
EMPLOYEE TO DESIGNER™
The Designer's Circle™
One program. Every phase.
The flagship program within Employee to Designer™, combining the full four-phase curriculum with the broader Circle experience, all in one place.
ENROLLMENT OPENS JANUARY
WHAT'S INCLUDED
4-Phase Employee to Designer Curriculum
Transition, Build, Grow, and Scale, sequenced, with a placement assessment so you begin in the right place.
12 Months of Community & Live Coaching
Private member community, bi-monthly live coaching, and monthly trainings all year long.
Bonus: AI Content Engine™
The complete course for marketing your design business without living on social media.
Quarterly CEO Intensives
Live working sessions to plan, price, and lead like the CEO of your firm.
Luxury Escape Retreat
July 29 - August 1, 2027 Puerto Plata escape retreat with first-access booking.
THE ESCAPE RETREAT
Freedom to enjoy the life you've built.
An intimate, elevated experience for designers who are done doing it alone, a celebration of growth, connection, and community in a setting that matches the business you're building.
Puerto Plata
July 2027
Limited seats
CLIENT STORIES
The work behind the beautiful work.
"Since going through the Employee to Designer Emerge Program, I have greater confidence, better back-office workflow, and understand how to effectively price the value I bring."
Nici F.
SIMPLICITE INTERIORS
"I was recently told I was the most expensive in my area. I just nodded. I now have a new office, two employees, 10 active projects and am balancing being a mom."
Jennifer
INTERIOR DECORATOR
"I have learned how to apply so many things to my business model like marketing automation, developing signature design packages, building my install team, and more!"
Katherine
HOME STAGER
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