Shavone Charles

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 featured Shavone on the 30 Under 30 Marketing & Advertising list.^[6]

Shavone Charles
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

Early life and education

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]

Career

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.

Music career

In 2019, Shavone released her freestyle "SITH", which was premiered by Dazed & Confused Magazine.^[13]

On March 26, 2019, Shavone released her single "4C".^[15][7]

Discography

Singles

• "SITH" (2019)^[13]
• "4C" (2019)^[15]