Jesse Hernandez is a designer and art director based in Rhode Island. He studied graphic design and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) as a RISD Scholarship recipient. As a freelance brand designer, he works with various clients, including MIT Sloan, Brown University, Startnership, and Epcom World Industries. During his three years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Hernandez designed over 200 materials for print, web, and social media, which received several awards, including a CASE Award, an AIGA diversity scholarship, a Rhode Island state-funded scholarship, and an internal award from MIT.
As a Debbie Millman and NaNoWriMo volunteer, Hernandez has illustrated a new book cover for the “30 Covers, 30 Days” design challenge every November from 2016–2023.
His work has appeared in Coachella Magazine, the LA Daily News, and MIT Technology Review.