A women’s business & lifestyle magazine helping Female Founders grow at their own pace, in their own way.
Proudly ranked #8 in FeedSpot’s Top 50 Women’s Magazines, 2025.
About High Flying Design Magazine
High Flying Design exists for women building businesses and lives in ways that finally feel like their own.
We serve a global community of thoughtful, values-led founders, creatives, consultants, lifestyle entrepreneurs, and women navigating new chapters, reinvention and quiet ambition. Our readers care about clarity, purpose, alignment and sustainable success - not performative hustle or burnout disguised as achievement.
Here, success feels personal. Intentional. Rooted in who you are now, not who you were told to be. High Flying Design blends inspiration, founder stories, grounded lifestyle content, mindset support and thoughtful strategy - because women don’t just need information. They need role models, clarity, and the emotional support that makes the journey feel doable.
Our Editorial Approach
We publish content that supports the whole woman: the business owner, the creative, the dreamer, the strategist, the one building something that matters.
Our work spans:
Female founder stories
Thought leadership & op-eds
Visibility, creativity & brand-building
Mindset support & emotional wellbeing
Lifestyle, balance & intentional living
Money, reflection & purpose
We write for women who want more from their work and their life - with less noise and more meaning.
Who Our Audience Is
Our readers are:
Female founders and solopreneurs
Coaches, creatives, consultants
Beauty, wellness & lifestyle founders
Women navigating pivots and reinvention
Most are 24–45, primarily UK-based with a global reach.
They are values-driven, intentional and committed to growing in a way that honours both ambition and wellbeing.
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What our community says
“I love that you tell the real stories behind entrepreneurship. Too many women only see the highlight reel, and think a hobby and a business are the same thing. High Flying Design shows what’s possible - and what it truly takes.”
— Katharine Sawyer, US Founder
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What Our Community Says
“Interviewing women is such a powerful idea — it helps founders pause, reflect, and recognise how far they’ve already come. We don’t often give ourselves that moment. High Flying Design makes space for it.”
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What our community says
“By sharing the messy middle of business - the real part we rarely talk about - High Flying Design makes founders feel less alone. It helped me cut through the noise and reconnect to the work that truly fulfils me. Growth should feel exciting, not exhausting.”
— Fay, Founder of Socialuxe UK
Meet Our Founder & Editor
Shannon Kate Murray is a digital strategist, Squarespace website designer, and the Found & Editor of High Flying Design.
After helping scale a London-based communications agency into a fast-growing business, Shannon built High Flying Design to create a more grounded, thoughtful space for women building businesses - one that values clarity, sustainability and good judgement over noise or hustle.
Her editorial work is rooted in clear thinking, strong positioning and considered storytelling, with a deep respect for the emotional and strategic realities of running a business. She leads HFD’s editorial direction while shaping content and partnerships that genuinely support women at different stages of growth.
Alongside the magazine, Shannon works privately with founders and small business owners whose businesses are doing well, but whose website or online presence no longer reflects where they’re heading next. Her client work focuses on strategic Squarespace website design, marketing clarity and senior decision support — often acting as a co-pilot as businesses evolve.
The same principles underpin both roles: good judgement, calm direction, and knowing what actually deserves attention.
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Partner with High Flying Design
If you’re a PR agency, founder or brand wanting meaningful visibility, we offer both free editorial submissions and premium sponsored features designed to support women-led businesses.
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We welcome the following for editorial review:
Thought leadership & op-eds
Expert commentary
Industry insights
Female-led business stories
Productivity, mindset & lifestyle pieces
Submission does not guarantee publication.
We select features based on editorial fit, writing quality, value to our readers, and alignment with our quarterly themes.
We do not publish advertorial unless booked as a paid placement.
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Designed for women-led brands, educators and founder-focused businesses seeking thoughtful, editorial-led visibility.
Founder Faves / Product Placement
Curated product placement within High Flying Design edits and guides.
£50–£95Sponsored Expert Insight
Written by our editorial team and published under your byline.£195
Experience & Venue Reviews
Thoughtful editorial reviews of hotels, spas and experiences.
£250–£850Quarterly Partnership
Align your brand with one of our 2026 editorial themes.
From £750/monthEducation & Impact Partners
For publishers, educators, platforms and memberships aligned with our education-led mission and Kurandza partnership.
We work with a limited number of partners to protect editorial integrity. Not all enquiries are accepted.
2026 Quarterly Editorial Themes
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Q1: Rise & Rebuild
The first quarter of the year is all about fresh starts, clarity and intentional planning. Our Q1 content focuses on new beginnings, founder wellbeing, organisation, routines, business foundations and thoughtful goal-setting - the themes that help women reset, reflect and rebuild with purpose.
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Q2: Visibility & Creativity
Spring and early summer are centred on stepping into your next level - creatively, professionally and personally. In Q2 we spotlight brand growth, confidence, storytelling, self-expression and creative expansion.
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Q3: Lifestyle, Balance & Joy
Across summer, we lean into ease, joy and intentional living. Q3 content explores work/life balance, founder wellbeing, slower living, intentional lifestyle design and the importance of rest and reset.
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Q4: Reflection, Money & Meaning
The final quarter brings a more reflective, grounded tone. We focus on financial empowerment, year-in-review reflections, personal milestones, emotional wellbeing, rituals and the meaning behind the goals women set for the year ahead.
High Flying Design is an online women’s business & lifestyle magazine - created to help ambitious female founders grow at their own pace, in their own way.
Proudly ranked #8 in FeedSpot’s Top 50 Women’s Magazines, 2025.
“High Flying Design gives women something rare in business: truth, clarity and permission to grow at their own pace. It highlights the real journey - the messy middle, the doubts, the small wins - and makes founders feel less alone. Your interviews and stories help women reflect, reconnect and remember what’s possible.”
— Voices from our Community
© High Flying Design by Shannon Kate Murray, 2025. Published from Essex, England, UK. Affiliate links are present throughout this site.