Senior designer and art director supporting clients for over fifteen years with branding, VIS, campaign development, marketing, multidisciplinary and experiential design. Margaret’s clientele span sectors from small business to corporate, civic and nonprofit, education, municipal, arts, and cultural heritage.

Available for freelance, contract, and part-time creative partnerships.

DESIGN + AD
RESUME + SELECTED WORKS (PDF)

M Studio is the imprint for Margaret’s independent studio art practice — exploring constructed symbolism and the living world through mixed-media. M Studio periodically releases editioned collections.

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DESIGN
Margaret Spalding is a graphic designer and art director with over 15 years of agency and freelance experience. She specializes in brand identity, art direction, publications, graphic systems, and interpretive design, partnering with organizations across the corporate, civic, nonprofit, education, municipal, arts, and cultural heritage sectors to create thoughtful, concept-driven visual communication.

ART
Margaret maintains an independent studio art practice under the label M Studio, creating mixed-media work that explores the edges of existence through constructed symbolism, ecology, and material experimentation. Selected works are periodically released as limited editions.

CONSERVATION
Margaret is the Executive and Communications Director for the South River Watershed Alliance, an Atlanta-based environmental nonprofit. Her work combines communications, advocacy, and community engagement to support the restoration of the South River watershed, contributing to state-level water quality upgrades along 40 miles of the river.

BACKGROUND
Margaret is originally from Athens, Georgia. She studied Anthropology and African Studies at the College of Charleston and Studio Art with the University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy. Before earning a postgraduate degree in graphic design from The Creative Circus, she worked in archaeology and the decorative arts — experiences that continue to inform her research-driven approach to design.