about megan

An award-winning designer working on page and screen. 

I'm Megan King, a designer and brand consultant in Chicago. 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. Most recently, I specialized 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 — through public art shows, I’ve 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.

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

Want to see more work samples? Request the link to my protected work.