Unlock Creative

MISSION: Unlock Creative is a social enterprise whose mission is to nurture, grow, and sustain Black creative leadership. We work strategically to hold human connection and design systems and structures where Black people and people of color thrive personally and professionally within organizations and independently. We center joy, love, racial, and cultural equity in all our programs and services. ABOUT Unlock Creative Coaching & Management Solutions aims to further develop Black leadership in the creative and nonprofit sectors by enhancing organizations and building the capacity and know-how of current and future leaders in the field. Unlock Creative provides generous, compassionate, and focused coaching to emerging and mid-level creatives, as well as high-quality management of projects in the creative and nonprofit sector in an ethical, values-based manner. We center joy, happiness, racial, and cultural equity while also delivering hyper-customized and strategic solutions to our clients. We serve the field broadly with a range of clients and believe that to create work environments and systems where Black people and people of color thrive, the creative sector must have equitable practices. We prioritize the service of Black-led and people of color organizations or organizations that are strategically working to design systems and programs where Black people thrive. We believe that Black Lives are Beautiful and Black Lives Matter. VALUES We value authenticity, honesty, and love. We value a work culture that is kind, compassionate, and joyful. We value striving for the utmost quality of work product. We value maintaining a balance of process and work output. We value communicating with respect to one another, even when it’s a challenge. We value honoring each other’s humanity at all times. We value offering grace and forgiveness. We value knowing when to let go.