Shavone Charles | |
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 SHAVONE. at Forbes interview with Goldie Chan | |
| Born | Shavone Rebecca Charles San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of California, Merced[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Entrepreneur, musician |
| Years active | 2008-present |
Shavone Charles, known mononymously as SHAVONE. is an American entrepreneur and musician.[2][3][4] Shavone is the director of communications at VSCO.[5] Forbes honored Shavone on the coveted 30 Under 30 Marketing & Advertising list.[6]
Shavone was born in San Diego, California. [7] Shavone enrolled in band and music theory at La Mesa Dale Elementary School and went on as a competitive flautist through middle school and high school.[8] In 2012, Shavone graduated from University of California, Merced, with her Bachelor's degree in literature.[9]
In college, she did an internship with Google where she worked as a student ambassador in 2011.[10][11] After graduating from the University of California, Merced in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in literature, Shavone started her post-college career at Twitter as the Head of Global Music & Culture Communications.[12] Shavone was both the youngest person on the team and the first-ever African American woman to be hired onto the communications team at Twitter.[13][8]
In June 2014, Shavone helped found Blackbirds, an employee resource group for African-American Twitter employees.[8][14]
In March 2019, Shavone was named Forbes 30 under 30 Influential People in Marketing and Advertising.
In 2019, Shavone released her freestyle "SITH", which was premiered by Dazed & Confused Magazine.[13]