John Avent
Head Of Design at Arena
United States
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Top SchoolJohn Avent is a multidisciplinary design leader with eight years of experience shaping product and brand experiences across startups and high-growth platforms. Currently Head of Design and founding designer at Arena after a Designer in Residence stint at Andreessen Horowitz, he scaled design systems and shipped user-centered features at Discord following its acquisition of Backyard. His background blends agency craft with product rigor—having led teams at Upperquad and Good Giant—bringing both creative storytelling and pragmatic product thinking to complex consumer and developer-facing products. Known for moving between hands-on visual work and strategic leadership, he often surfaces overlooked interaction details that improve long-term usability and retention. Trained in media production and creative writing at The University of Alabama, he combines narrative-driven design with a strong aptitude for collaboration across engineering and business stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
BAYSIDE ACADEMYBachelor of Arts (BA), Media Production, Creative Writing, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Media Production, Creative Writing at The University of Alabama
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Github Skills (4)
jquery6
mobile6
scroll6
javascript6
Github contributions (2)
Maier-Jake/cs321
Sep 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:31 commits, 21 pushes in 2 months
John-M-Avent/Python
Mar 2018 - Mar 2018
Contributions:23 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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