Manning Digital

Based in Chicago, Illinois, Manning Digital is a small digital agency operating as a cooperative with staff and contractors across the United States, working with a range of companies and organizations rather than a single industry niche. The team describes itself as a mix of full-time staff and US-based contractors assembled according to the specific skill set each project requires, and it cites more than 25 years of collective experience in digital media. One named example of its client base is the Great Lakes Observing System, a non-profit that monitors and forecasts conditions on the Great Lakes, for which the agency built a new website. The agency's stated capabilities include strategy, UI/UX design, SEO optimization and marketing, digital content, social media, development, and video production, alongside broader listed services such as web development, custom software development, mobile app development, and content marketing. Its working method centers on building digital strategy around each client's specific needs rather than applying a fixed template, and on visual storytelling as an approach to website design, as illustrated in its work for GLOS. The agency positions its process as combining a core creative team of designers and developers with selectively brought-in specialists, aiming to match expertise to each project without the overhead of a larger agency structure.