Hello

I'm Miguel.

I’m a multidisciplinary designer with over six years of experience crafting bold, system-led brand identities across various industries. With a strong foundation in motion-design, my strengths lie in visual storytelling, design systems, and high craft execution that bridges brand, product, and culture.

EDUCATION

University of Houston
Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design 
Magna Cum Laude
MAY 2018

EXPERIENCE

Drunk Elephant
Senior Graphic Designer
Created campaign visuals for social, email, web, and print for a global brand. Designed storyboards for commercials, edited, and animated content. Received recognition with the Drunk Elephant Pachy Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions (2025).
2021 – 2025

Langrand
Graphic Designer
Served as brand, print, web, and digital designer for an independent strategy and creative agency. Worked with a range of clients across the healthcare, finance, and public sectors.
2020 – 2021

Norton Creative
Junior Graphic Designer
Served as a graphic designer and illustrator for a creative agency specializing in restaurant and hospitality brands. Designed brand identities and menus for local and regional restaurant concepts.
2019

Rice University
Graphic Design Intern
Designed print and web assets for Rice University’s engineering department. Assisted in designing research presentations for graduate students, scientists, and faculty.
2017 – 2018

View my résumé
SKILLS

DESIGN
Branding and identity systems, motion design, storyboarding, print and web design, data visualization, environmental graphics, exhibition design, UI/UX design, typeface development, illustration, packaging design, digital design, typography, layouts & grids, and color strategy

TECHNICAL
Adobe Creative Suite | Photoshop | Illustrator | After Effects | Lightroom | Indesign | Adobe XD | C4D | Midjourney | Figma | RoboFont | Wix | Squarespace | WordPress | HTML | CSS

RECOGNITION

Pachy Award
Drunk Elephant Award for Outstanding Creative Contributions DEC 2024
AIGA Emerging Designer Award 2019
Arts Insight: Houston Public Media MAY 2018
houstonpublicmedia.org
Houston Chronicle | Encounter Exhibition DEC 2017
chron.com
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
National Medalist
Gold Key Recipient
MAY 2014

EXHIBITIONS

BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD
Cross-country campaign for the launch of C-Luma. Created custom hand-lettering and other assets for a series of pop-ups traveling to Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. 
JUNE 2024

ENCOUNTER: Meeting Points on Buffalo Bayou
Designed and built a series of interactive installations for Yolanda Black Navarro Park in collaboration with Buffalo Bayou Partnership.
MAR 2018

buffalobayou.org