Graphic Design Companies in Chicago

We like to build partnerships with our customers. Your business. Your consumers. Your needs. We’re in this together. Based on research and guided by strategy, we create messages that matter in a crowded communications environment.

Award winning UX, Design, and Development team for hire creating the best web and mobile apps in Chicago.

We’re a smart, rowdy, byte-sized group of pixel-slingers from the midwest, here to crush it for brands on their app initiatives.

We have partnered with Maui Jim Sunglasses, Meredith Publishing, Outside Magazine, Harvard University, Imprivata, Segal Benz Communications and many others.

Chromatic, made up of experienced strategists, designers and developers, handles complex web tasks well. For nearly 15 years, clients have relied on our team for unparalleled service and transparent relationships, with the only pleasant surprises.

We started crowdspring to address what we saw as a fundamental problem with the design process ... most clients had little choice and most designers had few opportunities to find clients. Since launching in 2008, crowdspring has helped to democratize design around the world. Over 220,000 crowdspring creatives from 195 countries have helped more than 100,000 of the world’s best entrepreneurs, small businesses, startups, agencies, and non-profits with logo design, web design, graphic design, product design, and naming.

Join over 100,000+ businesses, agencies, and product entrepreneurs that leverage crowdspring to grow their businesses through high-quality custom design and naming.

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Ice Nine Online is an award-winning digital marketing and market research agency headquartered in Chicago. Over the past 8 years, Ice Nine has created hundreds of SEO-optimized WordPress websites for small and medium-sized companies.

As part of creating each website, Ice Nine first conducts a market research project on the client, their customers and competitors to make sure the client's website will help them achieve their online goals.

We have earned our reputation by successfully completing complex projects. Our strong process allows our team to focus and engage clients.

Orbit is made up of passionate and experienced people focused on one goal: creating websites for our clients' clients. Since 2001, Orbit has worked on thousands of web design projects in virtually every industry.

We pride ourselves on our collaborative nature, robust processes, and exceptional service.

Slingshot is a software and app development company specializing in bringing your vision from idea to launch. Our unique four-step process focuses on the user, allowing our strategists, designers and developers to personalize an app specifically for your business.

Gnar is a Boston-based software development company offering a bug-free guarantee. Gnar's team of U.S.-based experts is fully committed to developing enterprise, mobile, and web applications using the most efficient technologies to solve complex software problems, including React, React Native, and Ruby on Rails, as well as e-commerce integration.

We write beautiful web applications that are durable and free of defects in workmanship.

8th Light is a software consultancy that is passionate about building productive long-term partnerships with its clients, its employees, and the software community.

Our team of multi-disciplined software professionals are experts in applying the principles and practices of software craftsmanship in all different languages and frameworks. Whether training in a classroom setting, developing in our Studio, or embedded inside of client teams, we follow principled processes that prioritize the long-term health of the software.

Our innovative Modern Apprenticeship Program emphasizes hands-on learning curated by a working professional, and prepares developers from a wide range of backgrounds to have long careers on our team as professional developers and consultants.

8th Light promotes the idea of software craftsmanship by organizing and hosting events, talks, and conferences. You can view some of our past MeetUp talks on 8th Light’s YouTube page.

How to become a software craftsman

At 8th Light, we craft software—from web applications to robotics—that is beautiful, durable, and shows pride in workmanship.

We are skilled.

We have expertise in a variety of programming languages. We offer a suite of services designed to meet the needs of your web, mobile, and embedded projects.

We are agile.

We iterate rapidly to deliver on time and under budget. To ensure success we program in pairs, drive development through tests, and continuously integrate.

We are principled.

We maintain partnerships with clients that are meaningful, respectful, and productive. We'll listen closely to your needs, and work hard to exceed your expectations.

We are educators.

We offer apprenticeships that will push the limits of your knowledge, and help prepare you for a career in software development.

Agency EA is a full-service brand experience agency. We unite brands with their target audiences by creating exceptional user events, worldwide event programs, summits, conferences and B2B experiential campaigns. With a strategic approach, visionary ideas, inspired creative and flawless execution, EA brings brand messages to life. Founded in 1999 as Event Architects, Agency EA has worked with esteemed clients such as Hilton, Intuit, Google, Samsung, MillerCoors and the Obama Administration.

For organizations that need highly engaged people to realize their mission, August Jackson is the creative agency that puts purpose into practice. We align and activate communities of people around a shared sense of purpose to drive organizational success.

Our work for corporate brands, hospitals, nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions includes events and experiences, branding, campaign development, integrated communications and multi-channel activation. Our creative solutions incorporate research, strategy, experience design and content development.

Recognized in 2019 as a top agency by Chief Marketer and Event Marketer, a 2019 Crain’s Chicago Best Places to Work finalist, and a Communicator Awards recipient, August Jackson is a 100-person agency with a presence in Chicago, NYC, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. Our clients include Constellation Brands, DXC Technology, Points of Light Foundation, CARE, Northwell Health, Duke University, MIT and many other leaders within their respective industries.

We’re a design-driven, award-winning animation production company that thrives on creating sophisticated animated content both for online & offline use. Our goal? To help brands achieve new heights thanks to compelling storytelling and distinct design. We partner with the most prominent ad agencies, publishers, production houses and global brands. Our clients' list includes: The New York Times, Singapore Airlines, Twitter, Amex, Forbes, Durex, Riot Games, Nickelodeon, Subaru, Vattenfall, Panasonic, Mentos, MultiSport, Mitsubishi, TEDx, Macmillan Publishers, Pearson, Cambridge University Press, Microsoft. Awards & Recognitions: Telly Awards 2020 - Silver Telly Winner (Online Commercials - Motion Graphics/Design)

Telly Awards 2020 - Silver Telly Winner (Online Commercials - Use of Animation)

Telly Awards 2020 - Bronze Telly Winner (Promotional Video - Motion Graphics/Design)

MUSE Creative Awards 2020 - Platinum Winner: Sensei (Video) MUSE Creative Awards 2020 - Platinum Winner: Directory of Illustration (Video) MUSE Creative Awards 2020 - Platinum Winner: Manifesto Reel (Video) Global Trend Awards 2019 - Sensei Leading United States creative and design company 2019 (Clutch) W3 AWARDS GOLD 2019 (Animation for Marketing) W3 AWARDS GOLD 2019 (Visual Effects and Motion Graphics for Marketing) German Design Award 2019

AVA Digital Awards - Platinum Winner: Sensei (video production/creativity) TOP Creative Agencies 2019 (Clutch) TOP Video Production Companies 2019 (Clutch) Polish Graphic Design Awards 2019 (Nomination, short film) Triumph Winner - The 2018 GlobalTrend Awards (Category - Animation) Platinum Winner - Muse Creative Awards 2018

Our greatest assets are our creativity and experience, coupled with our tenacious desire to create something truly great. It’s this attitude that has allowed us to become the only full service digital and scenic design and fabrication studio in Chicago. It’s also what has motivated us since the beginning to create projects beyond our wildest dreams.

We work with our clients in many ways; as a sounding board during conception, as a consultant during engineering and as a partner during fabrication, but most importantly, our job is to listen to you and make your ideas come to life exactly the way you want.

We are Brightlab, an international team dealing with the design and development of any complexity: from writing scripts that automate routine tasks to designing and implementing cloud servers.

In addition to these, our application framework allows our clients to provide augmented reality technology within their own branded applications.

We also provide creative strategy, manage brand development, launch products, and create experiences. We could be the best creative team you’ve ever worked with.

Cartridge Thunder LTD. is a production entity operating in the subjectively entertaining, theatrical, and fast-paced world of narrative production. We produce original content that promotes its subjects and encourages the creative drive of both its cast and crew. Our corporate portfolio includes Alamo Drafthouse (Denver), Celebrity Cruises, Vimeo, and Famous Dave's of America.

Cherilynn & Co is a full-service creative agency specializing in visual storytelling through superior graphic design. We create distinctive design solutions that reach out and grab your target customer and visitor demographic.

We provide you with professional solutions tailored to fit your needs. Our commitment is to excellence in design and customer satisfaction. 

We Do All Things Graphic Design.

ColorJar is a leading brand strategy and design firm dedicated to driving business results by igniting brand potential.

Concentric Design is a Chicago-based graphic design firm that specializes in visual identity, website, and print design projects for a variety of clients seeking to positively impact their customers and communities.  As a small firm, we’re able to really get to know our customers and understand their culture and vision in order to provide solutions that work. Although we’re small, we’ve built relationships with creative partners that support us in providing quality results for diverse project types and sizes.

ConceptDrop helps marketing and creative teams create traditional print and digital assets when they don't have the bandwidth to do so internally. We've developed an exclusive network of expert graphic designers & copywriters across virtually every time zone and industry. Our patented matching technology pairs you with the perfect freelancer based on your specialized project brief in minutes - not days or weeks like other marketplaces. The end result? Cost effective, brand-compliant design and copy in as little as 24 hours.

CSSI was founded to address the industry’s need for a fully integrated foodservice agency. Powered by unparalleled insights and connectivity, we provide a winning combination of strategic, marketing communications and culinary expertise to fuel our foodservice partners’ innovation and growth. We’re an agency of expert marketers, top-notch creatives, esteemed culinarians and insightful strategists—ready to grow your brand, cultivate new business opportunities and generate sales.

Digital Authority Partners is a data-driven content marketing company creating solutions to grow your organization.

We are an award-winning digital marketing agency with a serious ability to generate demand and nurture leads. In a nutshell, we deliver results.

We believe in the power of a shared mindset. Marketing doesn’t have to transform what people believe, but it should galvanize the like-minded into action. It should create connections that will push your business forward. Win-win situations are what we’re designing. Connecting you with your right-fit customers. Your future brand ambassadors. The people who can provide thoughtful feedback that keeps you in step with the marketplace.

It’s driving more than sales, more than transactions; it’s driving deep affinities only relationships can deliver, making growth inevitable.

We are bold and resourceful. Energized and curious. Ready to solve problems and eager to apply new ideas. The shared mindset starts with the agency with which you partner. This is the brave territory where we come together, and it’s harder to get there if you’re not having fun.

Our mission is to be our clients’ greatest asset. Our mantra is, Enjoy Your Agency.

We're a full service brand design agency in Chicago. We grant wishes, and we're for hire. We don't outsource our core skills, we don't fragment your brand, we do eat our vegetables. We love research and we really like to Google stuff.

We believe design can and should inspire critical thought and positive action.

Everything we make, we make together, with a lot of love, intention and respect for our clients’ core values and ideas.

Since 1999, we’ve partnered with organizations of every size, across many industries, building identity systems, campaigns and digital tools that are as unique as they are useful.

Our award-winning work is a testament to our collaborative process and conscious commitment to honesty, integrity and beautiful, effective design.

At Fresh Design Studio, we are passionate and excited about each project that comes our way. We are experienced in what we do, and we love what we do.

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We design brands, business strategy, and digital products. 

We've been in business since 2004, a Certified B Corporation, and Certified women-owned business. We've walked the talk since the very beginning not just in who we work with, but who we are.

We are a team of designers, researchers, and builders who have dedicated our lives to creating change. All of the work we do has to prove a community benefit and meet our own conscious standards. We are all mentors, teachers, explorers, and partners who care deeply about our communities and causes, so we spend a lot of time working with others to help outside of our work here at LimeRed. 

Our staff has always been inclusive and diverse, for 15 years. We are woman-owned and a Certified B Corporation. To us, this is just who we are and it contributes to our different perspective, which hasn’t always been a valued in the marketplace. Now, as people are looking for teams who question standards and build businesses and brands differently, we’re happy to show them a different way.

This isn’t just our job, it’s our life.

From mentoring startups to rebranding an organization to producing augmented reality video, each of our projects is as unique as you are. Instead of using cookie-cutter strategies, we collaborate to co-create human-centered solutions that address your needs and complex challenges.

Everything we do revolves around creating conscious impact. We are deliberate and mindful in our actions and decisions. This is reflected in our company culture and in the projects we take on. 

We hold ourselves accountable to one another, our clients, and ultimately, the world.

M2 Digital Media Group, Inc is a Chicago, IL-based online business development company helping small to medium businesses with a full suite of online marketing services. Founded in 2005 by a group of entrepreneurs who understand the need for a collaborative third-party marketing integration. M2 has consistently focused on getting clients measurable results utilizing a direct response approach across multiple marketing channels.

Mess is a Chicago-based digital design and development agency founded in 2006 specializing in compelling apps and services for the web and mobile. For over a decade we’ve been creating unique, user-centric features, apps and ideas for every platform and direction we work in. could find.

Mess is a digital design + development agency in Chicago specializing in engaging apps and services for web + mobile, founded in 2006. For over a decade, we've been crafting unique, user driven experiences, applications and ideas across every platform and avenue we could find.

  Muse Duran would love to take your next Video, TV, Radio, or Social Media project to the next level.  Our experts lead you from concept creation, to full video/lighting/audio production, to editing and after effects.  Big ideas don't necessarily come with big price tags. There are many great options out there for web and video content, and Chicago has its fair share of the best.  What makes Muse Duran different?  We realize that although you may not have a multi-million dollar Hollywood budget to employ in your next project, good ideas are plentiful, ripe for the picking, and cost nothing to produce, just like an e-mail or call to us.  We hope to hear from you soon. 

OTHER is a multi-disciplinary graphic design studio based in Chicago, IL and founded in 2014. OTHER bridges international aesthetics to deliver progressive design and branding services.

Founded in 2002, Reputation Partners is a full service, integrated communications firm with offices in Chicago and Milwaukee. RP offers a full range of integrated communications capabilities including public relations, marketing, digital/social media, web development/design, crisis communications, financial communications, employee/labor communications and sustainability/CSR communications. For the last 15 years, Reputation Partners has helped more than 400 clients across myriad industries. 

RoboToaster's mission is to provide engaging aesthetics with strong, relevant messages to help companies achieve their business goals. We strive to tell compelling and consistent stories through visual marketing tactics to give clients the recognition they deserve. RoboToaster's services include video, photography, branding, poster and apparel design, as well as social media consulting and cutting edge marketing tactics for a wide range of clients.

Sandbox Studio, Chicago is a design firm focused on identification, branding, communications planning, and development.

We are experienced in carving out bold identities for organizations. Whether establishing print branding for an organization or undertaking a website overhaul project we execute bold branding solutions that seize opportunities to revitalize the perception of an organization while remaining true to the master brand of it’s parent institution.

Since our founding in 1998, we have established and maintained fruitful relationships with institutions of higher learning, scientific research and technology laboratories, not-for-profits, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs. Our commissions have included print communications, website and app development, special event promotions, identities, and environments.

We're a creative agency working to better the foundation of communities through startups and new products.

We design brand experiences that leave impressions, ease work, and prove profitable. Our services include brand identity, graphic design, website design, and video production.

We help our clients succeed by tapping into what matters to them most and working to create evocative and measurable solutions. Services include: Strategic planning,Brand identity development, Admissions marketing,Creative campaigns Traditional and online  advertising, Direct mail