Augustus Rivers
Augustus Rivers

Creative Technologist and Brand Designer

Actively looking · Member since 29 Sep 2026
Location
Vermont, United States
Desired salary
from 120k USD/yearly
Work preference
Remote Only / Full Time, Freelance, Volunteer
Experience level
Senior

About

Professional summary

I am a creative technologist and brand designer with more than 20 years of experience creating brand identities, digital products, and scalable design systems across technology, healthcare, consumer products, and international development.

My work spans brand identity, websites, interfaces, mobile applications, presentations, campaigns, editorial materials, and investor narratives, combining creative strategy, art direction, and hands-on product development.

As a founding team member at Beta Technologies, I helped establish the company's original brand and early investor story while contributing to aerospace innovation, prototype operations, and the conceptual design of the ALIA eVTOL. I am also a co-inventor on U.S. Patent 11,685,533.

My recent work includes volunteer design and creative direction assignments for UN agencies including WHO, UNICEF, UNDP, UNDCO, UN RCO UAE, and UN Global Compact. I translate complex policy, scientific, and public-health information into clear communications for international audiences.

I work across brand and digital product development using React, TypeScript, Next.js, Expo, using generative AI workflows, and have developed concepts and prototypes in healthcare and AI while building reusable systems for distributed teams.

After an extended period as my mother's primary caregiver and a subsequent bereavement career break, I am returning to full-time work and am actively seeking opportunities where I can connect design, technology, and innovation.

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28 capabilities

Tech stack & tools

Working toolkit

Experience

Career history

Creative Technologist Freelance

I provide design and development services across brand and digital products, combining creative strategy with software development.

My work includes identity systems, websites, interfaces, and creative systems for technology, healthcare, consumer-product, and international-development clients. I also develop web, iOS, and Android applications using React, TypeScript, Next.js, and Expo, and pursue product R&D concepts including Mirava Health, MADE, and Microglia.ai.

Design and Creative Volunteer United Nations Volunteers

I complete design and creative assignments for UNDCO, UN RCO UAE, UNDP Lebanon, WHO EMRO, UNICEF, and UN Global Compact.

I steward established UN brand systems across digital, print, campaigns, publications, and events. My work translates policy and scientific material into clear communications, supports campaigns in public health, gender equality, biodiversity, and climate, including COP28, and creates reusable assets for distributed teams.

Bereavement Career Break

I took a career break following the loss of my mother in 2018.

Before this period, I had spent nearly twenty years as her primary caregiver.

Founding Team Member Beta Technologies

I joined Beta Technologies at inception and worked alongside the CEO through the stealth phase and early growth of the electric aircraft company.

I created the original brand identity, website, collateral, and investor narrative used for early fundraising. I also contributed to aerospace innovation as a co-inventor of a selectively deployable heated propulsor system, supported simulator flight testing and early ALIA eVTOL concepts, and managed supply chain and procurement for the first prototype build.

Brand Strategy and Design Consultant Brightman.co

I delivered brand systems and identity refreshes for founders and teams operating in complex, regulated, and competitive markets.

My consulting work included investor narratives, pitch materials, competitive intelligence, and strategy stress-testing for early-stage ventures and high-sensitivity contexts.

Technical Support, Web and Graphic Designer, Co-Founder IBM Global Services / Mayatek / Excentrus

I began my career in technical support at IBM Global Services during the Y2K transition, followed by web and graphic design work at Mayatek.

I also co-founded Excentrus, where I worked on rehabilitation tools in collaboration with GE Healthcare.

Education

Learning history

University of Vermont

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies; Minor in Religion

Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, with a minor in Religion.

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