MONICA ALVERCA | Art Director & Designer
Visual Storyteller crafting editorial experiences across design, digital media, and photography.
WORK
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
The Work
My career started in the art departments of Time Inc., Sony BMG, and MTV in New York — places where design had to be excellent because the audience expected nothing less.
For over a decade since, I've been the sole creative director of a 100-page national monthly magazine, building every issue from concept to print: layout, photo research, retouching, illustration, advertising, production. That kind of end-to-end ownership changes how you think about design.
Now finishing a Master's in Journalism at Harvard Extension School, I've added long-form reporting, photojournalism, and audio storytelling to the mix. The result is a rare combination: I can art-direct a story and write it. I can build a visual identity and develop the content strategy behind it.
Trilingual in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. Graphis New Talent Gold Award winner. Available for remote editorial, design, and content roles.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
What I Do
Editorial design and art direction — magazines, publications, branded content.
Brand identity and visual systems — from logo to full campaign.
Content strategy — when the message and the medium need to work together.
Visual journalism — infographics, photo editing, multimedia storytelling.
Every project starts with the same question: what does this need to say, and what's the most powerful way to say it visually?
Let's Work Together
Whether you're looking for an art director, an editorial designer, a visual journalist, or someone who can do all three — I'd love to hear about it.
I'm based in South Florida and available for remote work worldwide.