President, The Monogram Group
Scott Markman has 30 years of experience in corporate design and brand development, including the last 21 as President of The Monogram Group. Monogram operates in a diverse array of consumer, B2B and NFP sectors, including consumer products, retail, financial services, professional services and the arts. The agency’s clients include ACCO Brands, Associated Bank, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Eli Lilly, Fiskars Brands, GE Antares Capital, LifeFitness, Mintel Market Research, Oakmark Mutual Funds, University of Chicago and Wachovia Bank, among others.
Since 2005, Monogram has won nearly 15 awards for creative and strategic excellence from the Mobius, Creativity Annual, Tower and PICA competitions.
Scott also established Monogram’s China practice in 2007, which has become the leader in building brands in the US for Chinese companies. Its Chinese clients include Asianbag Dashboard Mounts, China Daily USA, Dongfeng Tractors, Donghua Chain, Greenship Flower Pots, Shenyang City Government and Wensli Group (silk).
He has lectured on brands and marketing trends at the US-China Global Brand Summit, the Asia-Pacific Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the National Venture Capital Association, the Smithsonian Institution, the British-American Business Council, the Chicago Association of Direct Marketing, the National Network of Reporting Companies and the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute.
Scott and The Monogram Group have been featured in stories in the The Wall Street Journal, ARD German TV, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business, Industry Week, Xinhua (China’s official press agency) and the Asia Financial Society.
Before forming Monogram, he spent five years as Senior Art Director for R. S. Jensen, a respected marketing communications firm in Baltimore, and one year as Senior Designer/Project Manager for Bagby & Co. in Chicago. Prior to relocating in Chicago, Scott also worked for two major corporate identity firms in Australia.
Scott earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1981 from Washington University in St. Louis, with a concentration in marketing. He is a longtime Board Member of the British-American Business Council/Chicago and the Chicago-China Sister City Committee, and is active with Anshe Emet Synagogue. He lives in Chicago with his wife Sharon and children Leland and Alexa.
