Portrait of a woman with red curly hair, blue eyes, and a septum piercing; wearing a black sleeveless top and earrings, showing a tattoo on her upper arm.

Calm, thoughtful operations for creative businesses ready to grow, without the burnout.

Structure that supports your creativity, not stifles it.

I help creative founders and small teams build calm, scalable operations so their business can grow without chaos or burnout. Through COO:Create, I bring clarity, structure, and strategy that supports both your creativity and your capacity.

Sky with clouds

My approach

How I Work

I don’t drop in generic systems and disappear. I work alongside you to understand how your business actually runs, then build operations that fit YOU.

Your ideas

Your energy

Your bottlenecks

Your goals

This is thoughtful, embedded support. Not one-size-fits-all templates.

Real structure that makes your business easier to run.

My Ethos

I believe burnout isn’t the price of growth.
I believe structure should create freedom, not friction.
I believe creative businesses deserve operations that support their values, energy, and long-term vision.

My Values

At the heart of my work is calm, clarity, and sustainability. I value intentional growth over rushed scaling, thoughtful leadership over firefighting, and building businesses that are strong on the inside, not just impressive on the outside.

__________________________________________

This isn’t about turning you into a corporate machine.
It’s about creating a business that feels lighter to run, clearer to lead, and strong enough to grow, while protecting your creativity, your energy, and your life outside of work.

I build operations that work with your creativity, not against it.

Sky with clouds, light blue sky background
Matches and lettered beads spelling out 'STOP BURNOUT' on pink and blue background, with black and white matchstick heads.
Scrabble tiles spelling out the word "ORDER" with additional tiles spelling "CHAOS" on a white surface.

You love what you do, but running the business side doesn’t always love you back.

You started your business because you’re full of ideas and creativity, not because you wanted to spend your days managing chaos. But between client work, admin, and endless decisions, the joy has started to feel like hard work.

You’re spinning too many plates, struggling to stay organised, and your creativity feels buried under the weight of it all. The stress builds, the spark fades, and growth feels out of reach.

You don’t need to do it all alone. I help bring calm, clarity, and structure so you can get back to what you do best, creating, leading, and growing your vision with confidence.

Does this sound like you?

 

Remote First. In-Person Optional

I’m located in Edinburgh.

Not in Edinburgh and want to connect in person?

In-Person working can be agreed as pack of your package.

Offerings

  • Single white eight pointed star

    The Creative Blueprint

  • Three eight pointed stars white in different sizes

    The Growth Edit

  • Six 4 pointed stars in various sizes

    The Studio Partner

  • Four 12 pointed white stars

    COO-in-Residence

Meet the Founder

  • A woman with wavy red hair tattoos and pierced lips wearing a black top, taking a photo in a room with framed gaming artwork on the wall behind her.

    Rachel Bishop

    COO & Creative Founder

Let’s chat about growing your business