visual + graphic design
2026
cv + résumé
portfolio
2026
cv + résumé
about me
I’m a Puerto Rican designer, artist, land worker, and herbalist specialized in audio, visual, and spatial design. My passion lies in conscious co-creation across many forms of art, culture, and ecology where I can enhance projects with a sensitive ability to listen to particular needs, and bring forth distinctive style elements to convey the right message. I’m endlessly inspired by plants, natural systems, and how they offer us generative ways to create, live with integrity, and practice reciprocity.
technical skills
︎adobe CS [Ps, Ai, Id, Ae]
︎autoCAD, processing, touchdesigner, rhino
︎color theory
︎in-depth spatial knowledge of design principles
︎remote collaboration
interests
︎cd packaging + print
︎event flyers
︎brand identity
︎web + course design
︎maps + geonotations
︎visual art
︎motion design
languages
︎English [native]
︎Spanish [intermediate]
︎Arabic [beginner]
︎autoCAD, processing, touchdesigner, rhino
︎color theory
︎in-depth spatial knowledge of design principles
︎remote collaboration
interests
︎cd packaging + print
︎event flyers
︎brand identity
︎web + course design
︎maps + geonotations
︎visual art
︎motion design
languages
︎English [native]
︎Spanish [intermediate]
︎Arabic [beginner]
education
2015 - 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
︎MS Art, Culture, & Technology_4.9 GPA
︎Media Arts & Sciences_School of Architecture & Planning
︎[Department of Architecture, 2-Year Full Graduate Fellowship]
︎MS Art, Culture, & Technology_4.9 GPA
︎Media Arts & Sciences_School of Architecture & Planning
︎[Department of Architecture, 2-Year Full Graduate Fellowship]
2007 - 2011
Kent State University | Kent, OH
︎BS Architecture + Environmental Design
relevant experience
2011 - ongoing
Creative Director, Founder | Proxemia Sound, NY
︎Freelance design across architecture, visual, audio for podcasts and films, workshops for youth, and land justice initiatives
︎Vehicle for personal art and design projects, including visual art, project diagrams and maps
︎Freelance design across architecture, visual, audio for podcasts and films, workshops for youth, and land justice initiatives
︎Vehicle for personal art and design projects, including visual art, project diagrams and maps
2023 - 2025
Land Justice Organizer | Liberation Ecosystem, VT
︎Led event production, storytelling and design projects, farm skill workshops and supported land justice initiatives
2015 - 2020
Graphic Designer, Event Producer | Non-Event Music Series, Boston, MA
︎Created marketing flyers for concerts and events, in multiple size formats for print and digital
︎Created marketing flyers for concerts and events, in multiple size formats for print and digital
2018
Digital Media Specialist | NuVu Studio Innovation School Cambridge, MA
︎Offered instructional workshops as a Technology Coach to youth ages 12-18
︎Served as Course Instructor for Musical Interventions
︎Offered instructional workshops as a Technology Coach to youth ages 12-18
︎Served as Course Instructor for Musical Interventions
2016 - 2017
Teaching Fellow | Harvard University & MIT, Cambridge, MASonic Ethnography / Experimental Sound Creations I + II
︎Led design, project documentation, and technical/creative workshops
︎Graphics and layout editor for Kinetic Speakers publication, featuring student projects, writing and class documentation
︎Led design, project documentation, and technical/creative workshops
︎Graphics and layout editor for Kinetic Speakers publication, featuring student projects, writing and class documentation
2010 - 2013
Architectural Designer, BHDP Architecture | Columbus, OH
︎Collaborated with design team on large-scale commerical and institutional projects
︎Created schematic designs, sketches, 2d/3d models, presentation materials and renderings
︎Collaborated with design team on large-scale commerical and institutional projects
︎Created schematic designs, sketches, 2d/3d models, presentation materials and renderings
visual + graphic design
portfolio
portfolio
2026
josé alejandro rivera
brand identity
tunnel city coffee
digital, print, packaging
2026
digital, print, packaging
2026
web + course design
becoming otherwise
online course
2023
2023
web + course design
here, there diaspora garden
web + mobile
2023
cd packaging + print
electric streams of windcd release + 28pg booklet, handmade
proxemia sound
2020
proxemia sound
2020
kinetic speakers +
experimental sound creations course booklet, 50pg
art, culture + technology / MIT
2016
experimental sound creations course booklet, 50pg
art, culture + technology / MIT
2016
event flyers
various clients
print (flyer, postcard), digital, social
2015 -
maps
more ︎
visual art
