Amos Klausner
Team Leader // Art Director // Writer // Artist // Collaboration Engine // Relationship Builder // Coach
aklausner001@gmail.com // 415-299-2454

Thank you for your interest. While words and pictures tell part of the story, I would love to speak with you about my experience in more detail, answer any questions you may have, and discuss how I can support your organization’s goals. Please take time to review my CV and portfolio. Please remember, it’s just the tip of the iceberg.

I am:
Visionary with 20+ years leading creative vision and strategy for global brands. Proven track record translating complex technical concepts into culturally resonant creative work that drives business results. Expert in building and mentoring world-class creative teams, establishing creative standards, and delivering brand campaigns across digital, print, environmental, and experiential platforms. Passionate about AI’s transformative potential with hands-on experience integrating AI tools into creative work flows.

Core Competencies:
• Creative Strategy & Vision
• Brand Campaign Development
• Team Leadership & Mentorship
• Complex Technical Storytelling
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• AI Integration & Innovation
• Stakeholder Presentation
• Creative Quality Standards
• Agency & Vendor Management
• Environmental & Experiential Design
• Multi-Channel Creative Direction
• Copy & Content Strategy

Team Lead // Art Director PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) // March 2014 - November 2025
• Lead creative vision and strategy for global professional services firm.
• Direct, coach, and inspire a 15-person team across campaigns, experiential design, and digital communications.
• Foster a high-performance, innovation-based culture and oversee the onboarding of new talent.
• Art direct over 500 brand-critical events each year including technology trade shows, and global sponsorships.
• Establish creative standards and quality benchmarks that elevate brand perception.
• Translate complex technical concepts (AI, blockchain, cyber security) into compelling brand narratives.
• Develop content including editorial, headlines, sub-heads, body copy, and pitch decks.
• Provide design and strategic direction for internal communications and L&D programs.
• Contribute to the addition of over $5 billion dollars into the business pipeline annually.
• Transform and grow an $8+ million a year merchandising program as an extension of the brand’s promise.
• Champion the integration AI work flows to improve team efficiency by 10% while maintaining quality.

Brand Manager // PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) // August 2006 - February 2014
• Develop strategy around print and digital campaigns for PwC marketing and sales teams.
• Provide creative copy content that inspires designers and drives design concepts and final files.
• Create naming and positioning documents to boost recognition for PwC programs in the marketplace.
• Advise on visual identity and brand guidelines for IFS, audit, tax, and advisory groups.
• Editor, art director and contributing writer of PwC’s award winning alumni journal.
• Project manage designers, agencies, freelancers and vendors toward project completion.
• Provide design support in the Adobe Creative Suite.

Project Manager & Copywriter // Brand Engine // February 2006 - August 2006
• Manage national account relationships including HP, Clorox, Plum Organics, and others.
• Coordinate designers and apply person-power according to need.
• Oversee inventory and development of HP branded elements including packaging icons.
• Participate in brand development meetings.
• Provide copy writing for packaging, print materials, and case studies.

Writer, Editor & Curator // Chronicle Books & FontShop // January 2005 – 2015
• Researched and wrote the book Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity.
• Solicit Heath Ceramics essay contributors including Alice Waters, Aaron Betsky, Yves Behar, and more.
• Past editor of Font magazine, FontShop International’s biannual marketing magazine.
• Curator of Getting Upper, graphic design exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
• Present papers and articles focused on the intersection of experimental typography and graffiti.

Director // American Institute of Graphic Arts, San Francisco // October 1999 – November 2004
• Director of the 1,500 member (second largest) chapter of AIGA.
• Provide management and leadership experience.
• Crafted the AIGA experience for a Bay Area audience.
• Manage award-winning print projects with regional and national designers.
• Coordinate brand leading events, lectures, conferences, seminars, competitions, etc.
• Implement and run the country’s largest design-based elementary education outreach program.
• Oversee the chapter’s financial management and annual budgets.
• Successfully solicited and manage sponsorships from a variety of national corporations.
• Host world-renowned artists, architects, and designers as program speakers.
• Plan national AIGA advocacy campaigns including the non-partisan Get Out the Vote project.
• Deliver annual membership count increases along with member benefits and services.
• Represent AIGA in the community.

Assistant to the Curator of Architecture & Design // San Francisco Museum of Modern Art // September 1997 – October 1999
• Work with the curator on all aspects of exhibition planning and implementation.
• Provide specific research for exhibitions and assist with the department’s accessions program.
• Coordinate the A&D department’s related museum affinity group and their programming.
• Plan a wide range of architecture and design events for public audiences.
• Plan national and international architecture tours.
• Track and manage the architecture and design department’s annual budget.

Writing Projects
• Author of Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity, published by Chronicle Books
• Articles for Dwell magazine
• Editor and contributing writer for Font magazine
• Editor and contributing writer for Keyword, PwC’s alumni magazine
• Contributing writer for Core77.com
• Articles for CMYK magazine
• Articles for Neojapanese.com
• Multiple time presenter for Pecha Kucha, San Francisco
• Quarterly contributor to the Marin Independent Journal opinion pages
• Artist deconstruction project at gettingupper.com