The proof and the playbook for female founders.
Most founder publications cover the women who have already made it. High Flying Design covers the women in the middle of making it. Honest stories from founders mid-build, alongside real advice from the ones a few steps ahead.
Proudly ranked #8 in FeedSpot's Top 50 Women's Magazines, 2025 & 2026.
WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE
WHAT YOU'LL FIND HERE
Four columns, written by founders themselves. For the woman who runs her own business and has nobody around her who properly understands what that's like, the woman who hasn't started yet but is beginning to think she might, and the woman who has read the books and listened to the podcasts and still feels behind. If that's you, you're in the right place.
BUSINESS
Written by founders who've done it themselves
fOUNDER STORIES
Real interviews with women building real businesses
MINDSET
For the internal side of building a business
LIFESTYLE
For the life you’re building alongside it
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Meet Shannon Kate Murray, founder & Editor of High Flying Design
A first-class fashion journalism graduate from the University for the Creative Arts, Shannon spent her twenties building a career in marketing. She moved from a call centre operator to leading the marketing function across three insurance brands within two years, before joining London thought-leadership consultancy ThoughtLDR, where she rose from PR Executive to Assistant Director of Marketing & Operations over four and a half years.
Alongside her marketing career, she launched her own Squarespace web design studio in 2020. She still designs websites today, working with a small number of established small businesses across beauty, health and wellness, weddings, and lifestyle, often staying on as their retained digital partner long after launch.
Shannon launched High Flying Design as an online magazine for female founders in 2025. She also contributes regularly to Over The Edge magazine, and appears in Blatella Film’s 2026 documentary about redefining the Essex Girl stereotype.
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The List Every Female Founder Is Making (But Never Writes Down)
There's a list most founders never write down. It's less things I want and more things I need. Rest without guilt. Clients who show up. The kind of week where the coffee is still hot when you drink it.