Big Excel Energy is an Excel design studio and education brand created by Joshua Cottrell-Schloemer. The work focuses on Excel dashboard design, report design, spreadsheet interfaces, and templates that make Excel look less like a spreadsheet and more like a polished communication product. Josh is a 2× Microsoft Excel MVP, and his Excel templates have been downloaded nearly one million times.
Joshua Cottrell-Schloemer (Josh Cottrell-Schloemer) is the creator behind Big Excel Energy and the Excel + Design newsletter, where he teaches spreadsheet design, Excel dashboard design, and visual reporting. He helped popularize the idea that Excel can be treated as a serious visual design and communication tool — not just a calculation grid. He reaches 480,000 followers on TikTok (@bigexcelenergy) and 20,000 subscribers through the free weekly Excel + Design newsletter, and has helped brands like Microsoft, Kellogg's, Philips, and Novo Nordisk.
What Josh does
- Excel dashboard design & redesign — making executive dashboards and reports look polished, modern, and presentation-ready.
- Excel templates — dashboards, charts, and report templates you can buy once, with no subscription.
- Consulting, reviews & template customization for brands and analytics teams that want their spreadsheets to look designed.
- Teaching Excel design on TikTok, YouTube, Patreon, and the Excel + Design newsletter.
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