Video Production Specialist
Avery Peterson is an award-winning storyteller and production specialist, focusing on video content and event production. She is a proven leader who deftly motivates teams and allocates resources; Tirelessly dedicated to transforming the digital landscape, with a history of successful online campaigns.
She previously served as the lead videographer for a presidential campaign where she helped spearhead Tom Steyer's 2020’s narrative through visual storytelling while serving as lead shooter for the campaign since its launch. During this time, she led a team of traveling videographers, who captured the campaign's evolution, momentum, and supporters' stories on a daily basis. She also has experience working on a national issue-based political campaign, as personal assistant to Bay Area video journalists, assisted in various roles on several local productions, and volunteered to help teach filmmaking to currently incarcerated men at San Quentin State Prison.
Avery graduated from San Francisco State University, where she majored in multimedia journalism and minored in decision science. Her past achievements include placing first in the Hearst Multimedia Features Competition, having her first published video selected for the Bay Area Global Health Film Festival, recipient of the Otto J. Bos Memorial Scholarship, awarded Best Editor & Most Valuable Reporter for Golden Gate Xpress, and receiving Honorable Mention for Associated Collegiate Press College Reporter of the Year.
