Resume
Bio
Avery has been working as a creative professional for over 9 years.
Starting in 1998 as a multimedia designer for Bravo!Marketing in San Francisco,
Avery built his design skills crafting brands and interactive experiences
for small internet businesses. In 2001 Avery joined Stone Yamashita Partners,
where he created CEO and Senior Executive-level brand and business strategy
communications. Clients included HP, PWC Consulting, Nike, Gap Inc., Armani Exchange,
JP Morgan, and eBay. At SYP Avery designed and produced immersive environments,
print collateral, video, presentations, and educational and interactive media.
In 2004 Avery devoted himself to his design consultancy full time while completing
his MFA in fine art. He has consulted as an art director with Gershoni, Double G Branding,
Vibrant Planet, Interra, Global Giving, Stone Yamashita Partners, and GAP. He holds
a BA in Industrial Art from SFSU and an MFA in Art from Mills College.
Avery is currently focusing on his fine art practice while he teaches art and design
at the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Resume
4/04–present
Art Director
I generally work on a contract/freelance basis from my home studio.
Clients/Brands include: Coca-Cola, The Knowledge Works Foundation,
Double G Branding, Gap, Macromedia, HP, eBay, Global Giving,
Vibrant Planet, Ideo, and Stone Yamashita Partners. I have been
working in various ways: designer, information architect, art director,
producer, and photographer.
8/11–present
Assistant Professor of Art & Design
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Art and Art History Department
6/01–4/04
Multmedia/Experience Designer
Stone Yamashita Partners
CEO and senior executive level brand and business strategy consulting
to HP, PWC Consulting, Nike, Gap Inc., Armani Exchange, JP Morgan,
and eBay. Worked with strategists, writers and designers to create immersive
environments, print collateral, video, presentations, as well as educational
and interactive media.
1/01–6/01
Freelance Production Design
MacPeople
Worked for this creative staffing agency for the following creative firms:
J Walter Thompson, GMO/Hill Holiday, Pentagram, and Stone Yamashita Partners.
1/00–1/01
Multimedia Designer
Bravo! Marketing
Art direction/design of print and web based media as well as multimedia
projects and tradeshow environments. Responsibilities included execution,
communication, layout, and pre-production of design concepts.
9/99–11/99
Graphic Designer
Epitonic.com
Conceptualization, design, layout, pre-production and production
management of all printed marketing materials.
Education
MFA, Art
Mills College, Oakland, CA
2006
BA, Industrial Arts—Design and Multimedia
San Francisco State University
2000