Nicole Pikulin

(she/her)

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Nicole spent over 15 years in design leadership, including roles at Spotify, Refinery29, and Squarespace. She built Render because she kept watching talented design leaders, including herself, mistake burnout for a personal failure instead of what it actually was: leading from the wrong energy, not the wrong skills.

She is ICF ACC credentialed, iPEC trained, and certified in the Energy Leadership Index (ELI), the framework at the center of her coaching practice.

Render isn't a side project layered on top of a design career. It's the other half of the same work: helping people find the energy that's actually theirs, whether that's in a room she's managing or a session she's coaching.

Credentials list

  • ICF ACC (Associate Certified Coach)

  • iPEC certified

  • Energy Leadership Index (ELI) Master Practitioner

  • 15+ years design leadership across Spotify, Refinery29, and Squarespace

Coaching Credentials

ICF Associate Certified Coach badge with blue and orange design, featuring the ICF logo and text indicating certification level and standards.
Certificate for iPEC Coaching Fundamentals program.
Certificate badge for ELI Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner, issued by iPEC Coaching.
iPEC Coaching Certified Professional Coach badge with blue background and white text.
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