Amy Claussen | UX Writer & Content Designer
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  • About My Work
  • Digital Medicine
  • Robotics & AI
  • Games & Mobile Entertainment
  • Theater, Film, & Digital Media
  • Personal Projects
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I use words to design experiences.

My most recent work includes creating digital health apps at Pear Therapeutics, developing therapeutics for addiction and insomnia.

Previously, I was a Senior UX  and Conversation Designer at Anki, creating voice and cloud-integrated features on our newest IoT home robot, Vector. Also at Anki, I helped create Cozmo, the entertainment robot who was the #1 best-selling premium toy of 2017. His engaging character and impressive AI has met over 2 million faces.

Before creating robots, I designed engaging content for mobile games, including The Sims Mobile (#1 iOS & Android app), Tap Paradise Cove (top-3 grossing), and War Dragons (top-20 grossing), as well as contributed to SimCity Build-It and ​Episode.

I started my career in the theatre and film worlds and continue to write plays, often with some kind of tech crossover.

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GDC 2017, "Unpopular Opinion: All Narrative is Linear"

Speaking

  • Game Developer’s Conference. “Unpopular Opinion: All Narrative Is Linear.” San Francisco, 2017. (Over 16k views on YouTube)
  • Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute. “Bringing Cozmo to Life: Designing Robots with Personality”. Pittsburgh, 2017.
  • Girl Geek Dinner. “Conversations Worth Having: Communicating on Multidisciplinary Teams”. San Francisco, 2015.
  • Bay Area Women in Games. “Cozmo Code Lab: Empowering Learning Through Creative Expression”. San Francisco, 2018.
  • PixelArts Games Academy. “Bringing Cozmo to Life: Designing Robots with Personality”. Pakistan (via Video Conference), 2017.
  • Pocket Gems University. “StoryMath: a Solution for Storytelling.” San Francisco, 2013.
  • Guest Educator and Mentor for California Academy of Sciences, Girls Who Code, Maven Queer Tech Camps, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Bethlehem Haven Women’s Shelter.