About MJ

Michael James (MJ) Archuleta is a creative technology director with 20 years spent at the intersection of design, media, and marketing technology, mostly in fast-moving, high-volume industries where the deadline was always yesterday.

Born in Las Cruces, NM, the empty desert landscape helped form MJ’s passion for design, music, food, and film (honorable mention goes to basketball). He likes to think he carries a bit of that southwest warmth with him… the kind of steady, low-key kindness of a New Mexico sunset, offered to everyone around him.

After graduating from New Mexico State University, he spent the better part of his career in New York City, expanding his knowledge and learning new techniques in the environmental design sector. For 7 years of the decade in NYC, he developed his growth as a leader, project manager, and creative thinker at running all design, web, and ad trafficking projects with a news media and industry event company.

Michael now works for a nonprofit human services organization out of Philadelphia, PA with his partner (who he loves cooking for) and doggie (who he loves cooking for). In his spare time he loves drawing, making music, eating tasty treats, and continuing his quest to actually dunk in a pickup game.

A generalist by trade and a systems thinker by habit: he's equally comfortable art-directing a brand refresh, untangling a CRM migration, or standing up a new website from scratch — and he keeps all three moving at the same time.