Profile Production Designer and visual storyteller with 6+ years delivering high-volume, brand-led creative across film, live experiences, music, and marketing ecosystems. Background spans production design, architecture, art direction, spatial environments, and campaign systems — with a consistent focus on translating narrative concepts into fully realized visual worlds. MFA in Production Design, American Film Institute (2026); Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University (2018).

Fluent in building complete visual worlds: from physical sets and spatial environments to campaign systems and motion assets. Cross-functional collaborator with a track record across entertainment, consumer products, and executive communications.

       
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Education
The American Film Institute Conservatory
(2024–2026)
MFA, Production Design
Canva Scholarship Fellow 


Syracuse University School of Architecture 
Bachelor of Architecture

International Study of Urban Design in Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan; Shanghai, China.



Employment
KHAIRI X, LLC
Founder / Creative Director
2020 – Present · Los Angeles / Remote

Think Wilder Studios
Architect / Project Manager
2022–2023 · Harlem, NY

Frank White Co .
Design Director
2022 · LA / NYC

Live Nation
Creative Director / Art Director
2021–2022 · Los Angeles

Cogent World
3D Modeler / Creative
2019–2020 · Remote


Reveal Studios
Job Captain 
2020 ·  Burbank

ASD · SKY 
Interior Designer
2019-2020  · Los Angeles

Heller Manus Architects
Designer
2018–2019  ·  San Francisco



Film — Production Design
Biter · Short Film · PD
Dir. Jack Cohen
2026




A Breathing Cove · Short Film · PD
USC School of Cinematic Arts
★ Amazon Grant Winner · 2026


Heat ·  Short Film ·  PD
Dir. Elizabeth “Ella” Danna
2025
Film Independent sponsored

Cemetery Gates · Short · PD
Dir. Ece Tagil
2025

Outsmart Me · Short · PD
Dir. Michelle Kahn
2025

Waffle · Short · PD
Dir. Stori Ayers 
2024

2 Beds 1 Bath · Short · PD ·
Dir. Adia Ivey 
2024

Auction Block Party · Short · PD 
Lonestar Prods. 
2020




Film & TV — Art Dept.

WWMT · Short · Art Dir. · AFI Thesis · Dir. Tari Wariebi · PD Rhea Solanki · Academy Award Qualified · 2021

Winner: Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Narrative Short), Milwaukee Film Festival (Directing: Tari Wariebi), Newark Black Film Festival (Best Film), BendFilm Festival (Best Student Film), Palm Springs International ShortFest(2023 Winner),  Denver Film Festival (Best Student Domestic Short)

Nominee: Sundance Film Festival(Best Short Film), Americana Film Fest (Shorts), African Movie Awards Film Festival (Best Diaspora Short Film), Casting Society(CSA) (Outstanding Achievement in Casting- Short Film)


Hunted · Short · Art Dir. · Dolby Labs & GhettoFilmSchool · 2022

Shoebox · Short · Art Dir. · 271 Films / Rising Voices · Dir. David Fortune · EP Lena Waithe · 2021

Halfsies · Pilot · Art Assistant · Beach Summer High & Nine10 Prods. · 2021

The Neighborhood  · TV Series · Drafter · PD Wendell Johnson · CBS Studios · 2020






Music Video

Avril Lavigne — Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear) · Art Dir. / Set Dec. · 12M+ views 
VMA Nominated
· 2022

Kevin Gates — I'm Him 2 · Art Director / Cover Art · CD Corey Calder · 2025



O.N.E the Duo — Feel Good · Art Dir. · Dir. Ana Peralta Chong · 2023
Masego — SYWM · Set Decorator · CD + Co-Dir. Jesse Boykins III · 2.4M+ views · 2022


RY — Jokes On You · Art Dir. · Paper Castles, LLC · 2022
Majid Jordan — Summer Rain · Art Dir. · Dir. Matthew Daniel Siskin · 1.7M+ views · 2021

LANY — ex i never had · Art Dir. · 5.7M+ views · 2021

Hitmaka ft. Ty Dolla$ & Queen Naija — Quickie · Art Dir. · 2021

Nija — 7 Music Videos · Art Dir. · 2021


Jefe Replay — 4 Days · Art Dir. · Lonestar Prods · Dir. Denzel Deranime  · 2020







Commercial / Live
Canva x AFI · Production Designer · Commercial & Set Design · Canva Fellowship · 2026
True Immersive — Stage & Pop-Up · Stage / Set Designer · Immersive Theater Production · 2026
Overseas Fit LLC · Creative Director / Set Designer · 2025


Megan Thee Stallion — Coachella Main Stage · Prop Master · PD Jack Taylor & Jocelynn Williams · 2025


The Lip Bar x Coco Jones · Art Dir. / Set Design · ‘Why Not More?’ Campaign · Essence Magazine · 2025
Adidas Community · Art Dir. · Campaign · Dir. Erin Li · 2022


Western Digital: Create What's Next · AD/Set Dec · 2022

Broke, But Make it Bougie Art Dir. · Commercial / Coffee Table Book · Dir. Noahmin Taye · 2022

ComplexLand 2022· Frank White Co. / Lexus  · Design Dir. 
NFT + Apparel · $50K+ gross  · Web3/Metaverse activision







Animation
Naruto Shippuden — Set 3 Launch TrailerBackground Animation · Futaku Studios / VIZ Media · Remote

Art Force ·  Original Anime Series · Creator / Writer / Animation Credit · Futaku Studios w/ Tommy Thayer (KISS) · Licensed original IP · Press: Full In Bloom






Brand & Fashion    
Greater Than Beauty · Campaign Set Design / Art Direction
 Clean Skincare & Wellness Brand 2025

Vale Forever  · Graphic Design · Fashion / Apparel ·
Independent Streetwear Label 2022




Skills
Design & Production








Software








Collaboration






Production Design / Art Direction /
Brand Systems / Campaign Toolkits / 
Set Design / Spatial Design / 
Typography & Layout / 
Executive Presentations
Modular Templates /
Motion Graphics /
3D Modeling / Storyboarding



Figma / Adobe InDesign / Illustrator / Photoshop / After Effects / Premiere Pro
Blender / Rhino / SketchUp / Canva / 
Revit / TwinMotion / AutoCAD / Enscape / KeyShot / Z-Brush / Keynote / VectorWorks / Unreal Engine / Google Suite



Cross-Functional Teams / Executive Comms / Fast-Paced Production / Iterative Feedback / Stakeholder Mgmt / Slack / Budget & Resource Planning



Awards
AFI Graduate · 2026

First African American male to graduate from the AFI Production Design Program


AFI Canva Fellowship 2024

Merit scholarship recipient · $40K award · 1 of 6 nationally · As featured in Deadline Hollywood


Voice x Street Theory NFT Residency Selected Resident Artist · Spring 2022 · Blue Labyrinth 5 featured drop · Voice.com

VMA Nomination — Art Director
Avril Lavigne — Love It When You Hate Me · 2022

Academy Award Qualifier — Art Director
WWMT · Official Sundance Selection · 2021





Press & Coverage
Deadline Hollywood — AFI Canva Fellowship Recipients 2024–2025
Essence Magazine — The Lip Bar x Coco Jones ‘Why Not More?’ Campaign (2025)
Full In Bloom — Art Force Anime with Futaku Studios (2022)
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KHAIRI REYNOLDS
Production Designer · Art Director · Visual Storyteller
Architecture, Brand Systems, Film & Entertainment


PRODUCTION DESIGNER · ART DIRECTOR
Visual Storyteller & Spatial Designer
2024–25 AFI Canva Fellow · Deadline Hollywood
MFA Production Design · American Film Institute
B.Arch · Syracuse University School of Architecture
Film · Music Video · Live Events · Brand Campaigns
Animation · Architecture · Los Angeles, CA

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HIGHLIGHT 02 — ARCHITECTURE / SPATIAL
2025


Civic Center for Goldendale, Washington — an Economic Opportunity Zone project led as Job Captain and BIM lead at Reveal Studios, from concept sketches to construction documents. 
Architectural drafting
BIM · Construction documents

Design development and construction sets across civic, workplace, and residential projects — Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Enscape. 
Interior design
Space planning · Visualization

Workplace strategies and interiors with ASD | SKY, a $100K California restaurant redesign, and a historic renovation with Heller Manus Architects. 


Architecture & Spatial Design
Reveal Studios · ASD | SKY · Heller Manus
Civic · Workplace · Interiors
Architect / Job Captain: Khairi Z. Reynolds
Revit · AutoCAD · Enscape · SketchUp
HIGHLIGHT 02 — ARCHITECTURE / SPATIAL
Architecture 
Reveal Studios · ASD | SKY · Heller Manus · 2018–2023. From civic architecture and BIM-led construction documents to interiors and spatial systems — the architectural foundation of my production design practice. See the full Architecture portfolio.


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