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Client community of Meridian Academy

Built by a community that learns by shipping

Meridian Collective brings together mentors, graduates and students from Meridian Academy to design and build real products for our clients. Follow every project, meet the people behind it and see exactly where your work stands.

12 members building with our clients

Three Meridian members reviewing a product plan together at a shared desk

Project spotlight

In development

Harbor Ledger

For Northcoast Fishers Cooperative

62%
Projects in progress
5
Community members
12
Academy graduates
1,400+
Academy founded
2016

The community

A community, not a contractor

Every project is delivered by a small team of Meridian graduates, guided by a senior mentor from the academy. You get the energy of a product studio with the rigor of a school that has trained product builders since 2016.

We turn great training into real-world impact: products our clients rely on, and careers our members are proud of.

About the community
  • Learn by shipping

    Members grow by building real products for real clients, with every decision reviewed by an experienced mentor.

  • A mentor on every team

    Each project is guided by a senior practitioner from the academy who signs off on design, code and delivery.

  • Work in the open

    Clients can see progress, milestones and the people on their project at any time, right here in the community portal.

  • Craft over shortcuts

    We favor tested, maintainable work, because the products we build need to outlast the cohort that started them.

Students discussing their notes during a workshop at Meridian Academy

Since 2016

The main academy

Meridian Academy

The main academy behind every project

Meridian Academy is our flagship campus, where designers, engineers and data specialists train through intensive, project-based programs taught by working practitioners. Every member of the Collective learned their craft here.

  • Product Design16 weeks
  • Full-Stack Engineering24 weeks
  • Data and AI20 weeks
  • Product Leadership12 weeks
Explore the academy

Know where your project stands, any day of the week

Every project page shows its stage, progress, milestones and the people behind it, kept current by the team doing the work.