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Megan King

Lover of volleyball, blueberries & craft beer

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Constable James Quinn — Public Art Show 2015
Constable James Quinn — Public Art Show 2015
Constable James Quinn — Public Art Show 2015
Constable James Quinn — Public Art Show 2015
Chromophobia 2015
Chromophobia 2015
Champ — Public Art Show 2017
Champ — Public Art Show 2017
Creative Mornings with coworkers 2015
Creative Mornings with coworkers 2015
Blarney, Ireland 2016
Blarney, Ireland 2016
 

About Megan

An award-winning designer working on page and screen. 

I'm Megan King, a designer and brand consultant in Chicago. For the past 14 years, I've been lucky to do meaningful work for a wide variety of clients. My formal training is in photography and graphic design from Illinois State University, and I completed my postgraduate in advertising at the Chicago Portfolio School in 2011. I am currently specializing in art direction and branding at Leo Burnett Group. 

I dabble in illustration, create mini animations, brush up on photography and digital best-practices. I'm never going to perfect each craft, but I've learned that empathy for multiple mediums makes me a better artist. I'm still interested in painting and sculpture and will jump at the opportunity to get my hands dirty. When I am not at my computer, you might find me jogging along the lake front, teaching campaign or branding classes at the Chicago Portfolio School or painting — my paintings have helped raise over 8.9 million dollars for the Chicago Police Memorial foundation.

You will find me at the next Creative Mornings talk, but if you would rather grab a coffee just drop me a line. I'm a lover of volleyball, blueberries and craft brews — and I enjoy talking to strangers.


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I love capturing the beautiful light shows and reflections that come alive after dark. I also have a thing for typography and on occasion, you might catch a glimpse of my niece here too. She loves the camera!

A mandarin caipirinha? Yes please. #freshsqueezed #japanese #74degrees #youbetterbowdownonbothknees #whoyouthinktaughtyoutosmoketrees #illstopnow
Wandering around the Merchandise Mart over lunch today, I can get lost for hours in there. #art #color #notonschedule
This is likely the first photo we took together Reg. I can’t believe you’re gone, I could really use a deep belly laugh about now. Forever loved. #RIP
Dining with @erwin.burns is difficult when you’re dairy and gluten free. Thanks for making our night perfect @skylounge_restaurant. Everything was incredible! I could drink that ceviche marinade for desert. 🤣
Goodwill formal 2019 is off to a good start. Keg is tapped for all that are drinking bear, dreatos are running low and the Oreo Cake is 86ed so get your a$$es here!
Never too young to learn the game. #volleyball #beachlife #brynnleighmack #latergram
I refuse to leave the house in 10 degree weather. Not that excited to be home. #whychicago #missingflorida
It’s ladies night, what? #MustBeAngieOnTheMike #Niece #latergram #brynnleighmack
 



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Some of the fine folks that I've worked with:

Brands:

Systane Complete, Opti-Free, Alcon, Kraft, Campbells, Coca-Cola, Dailies Total 1 Lenses, Pantene, Procter & Gamble, Beam, Pucker Vodka, Reynolds, Volvo, Hefty, Alpolic, Schawk!, Pearle Vision, Dentsply, McDonalds, Smoothie Factory, Dish, Hornitos, Appleton, ARMY, Topel Foreman, Tropikava, Citi, Sauza, Portescap, Focal Point, Accenture, PediaSure, Runzheimer, 

Agencys:

Leo Burnett Group, HAVAS,  Abelson Taylor, Blue Daring, Merkle, Symmetri Marketing, Killswitch Collective


My blog links

  • 2018
    • Aug 23, 2018 Photog after dark Aug 23, 2018
    • Jul 21, 2018 Balance Jul 21, 2018
  • 2017
    • May 26, 2017 Packaging trends of 2017 May 26, 2017
    • Mar 2, 2017 Glitter in Winter Mar 2, 2017
    • Feb 15, 2017 Existential Design Thoughts Feb 15, 2017
  • 2016
    • Dec 25, 2016 The OG Bad Santa Dec 25, 2016
    • Sep 13, 2016 Crowdsourcing Sep 13, 2016
    • May 31, 2016 Another wedding May 31, 2016
    • Mar 29, 2016 Traveling with the King's Mar 29, 2016
    • Jan 20, 2016 Would you like to paint a horse? Jan 20, 2016
  • 2015
    • Dec 28, 2015 Love the Work. Work to Love. Dec 28, 2015
    • Dec 3, 2015 Stripper story. Dec 3, 2015
    • Nov 16, 2015 My first time brewing beer Nov 16, 2015
    • Oct 12, 2015 Stromae my hero Oct 12, 2015
    • Sep 9, 2015 Thoughts on writing Sep 9, 2015
    • Aug 20, 2015 What does travel mean to me? Aug 20, 2015
    • Jul 29, 2015 Why is whitespace so important? Jul 29, 2015

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