AVO is a classic art-and-copy partnership where strategy and design evolve together, from first idea through market activation.
AVO operates as a small, focused creative core that collaborates with the right partners and leverages technology to deliver work at the capability level of much larger agencies, without the layers that distance teams from the work itself.
Decisions stay close to the source. Campaigns hang together and consistently feel like the brand. Art and copy evolve together under shared responsibility for outcomes.
We're not a traditional agency with departments and hierarchies. We're a partnership, working directly with you to bring your brand to life.
Copywriter & Marketing Strategist
Artist & Creative Director
Both founders share background at MediaJel, a cannabis programmatic advertising platform, giving AVO deep expertise in compliant, regulated marketing.
In the 1980s, restaurateur Bob Farrell turned a customer complaint about being charged for an extra pickle into a lesson every business school still teaches: If a customer asks for an extra pickle, just give them the pickle.
Bob's 25-cent pickle became a 40-year business principle and the backbone of AVO's creative philosophy.
Our proprietary process turns chaos into magic. Emeralds are valued for their character: inclusions are not flaws but qualities that give depth and identity. We design brands the same way.
Every brand begins in chaos: ideas, ambitions, instincts competing for attention. AVO listens carefully and surfaces the ideas that carry emotional weight.
Strategy, systems, and story bring focus so decisions can be made with intention. Process gives energy structure.
When design and language come together, the brand feels coherent, recognizable, and alive. Magic happens when the brand has a clear sense of self.
Respecting history while building for today (Cheech & Chong, Jones Soda)
Award-winning work that holds up across formats (Snow Monkey, Jones)
Brands with emotional weight and purpose (40 Tons, Cromarty)
Cannabis & CBD compliance + performance marketing
SEO-driven authority building with AI assistance (MediaJel, Terrapin)
Using brand strategy to guide new product decisions (Jones Soda)
The work speaks for itself, and it keeps speaking. Snow Monkey earned gold and silver RTD design awards in year one. Jones Soda expanded across 6+ product lines with a brand system built to hold. Our client relationships run 4+ years deep on average, because brands that trust the process stick around for the long game.
Partner with a focused creative core that moves fast, thinks deeply, and delivers work that lasts.
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