HI. I’m Margaret Spalding – An award-winning GRAPHIC designer AND ARTIST. WITH over 15 years of AGENCY AND FREELANCE experience, I’VE WORKED for ALL KINDS of clientS ACROSS SECTORS – LOCAL/small business, corporate, NONPROFIT, MUNICIPALITIES, ARTISTS AND FELLOW CREATIVES. I specialize in strategic communicationS, ART DIRECTION, MARKETING AND branding THAT HELP SOLVE business PROBLEMS, strengthen YOUR brand, AND CONNECT TO YOUR AUDIENCE IN UNEXPECTED AND MEMORABLE WAYS.
I AM ALSO A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST AND environmental conservationist, THE Executive Director of the South River Watershed Alliance, AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE south river forest coalition. DOING MY PART TO PROTECT NATURE AND WILDLIFE IS A NECESSITY IN MY LIFE.
I’ve been in Atlanta since ‘07, grew up in Athens, GEORGIA, and received my B.A. in Anthropology & African Studies IN ‘99 from the College of Charleston, SOUTH CAROLINA. Post grad, I COMPLETED a minor in Studio Art from THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA’S Cortona, ITALY FINE ART PROGRAM. I LIVED IN ITALY FOR THREE YEARS AND returned to Georgia in ‘03 WHERE I worked in archaeology across THE SOUTHEAST before shifting FOCUS to decorative arts AND DESIGN. in ‘10 I received A post graduate DEGREE in communication arts AND GRAPHIC DESIGN from The Creative Circus. I worked WITH agencies FOR A LONG TIME BUT now I’M A FREE AGENT.
