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Creative product designer with 20+ years of experience developing seasonal concepts, color direction, and trend-driven collections across home, lifestyle, and branded merchandise categories. Known for translating macro trends and brand DNA into fresh, compelling product concepts that create memorable brand moments. Skilled across soft and hard goods—from specialty gift and tabletop to lifestyle and promotional merchandising—delivering joyful, story-driven design that customers want to keep. Experienced in end-to-end creative direction, from trend forecasting and product design through sampling, quality assurance, print art direction, and photo shoot styling.…Creative product designer with 20+ years of experience developing seasonal concepts, color direction, and trend-driven collections across home, lifestyle, and branded merchandise categories. Known for translating macro trends and brand DNA into fresh, compelling product concepts that create memorable brand moments. Skilled across soft and hard goods—from specialty gift and tabletop to lifestyle and promotional merchandising—delivering joyful, story-driven design that customers want to keep. Experienced in end-to-end creative direction, from trend forecasting and product design through sampling, quality assurance, print art direction, and photo shoot styling.

Amber Kleiner

Art Director, Designer, Product Designer, +1

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Creative product designer with 20+ years of experience developing seasonal concepts, color direction, and trend-driven collections across home, lifestyle, and branded merchandise categories. Known for translating macro trends and brand DNA into fresh, compelling product concepts that create memorable brand moments. Skilled across soft and hard goods—from specialty gift and tabletop to lifestyle and promotional merchandising—delivering joyful, story-driven design that customers want to keep. Experienced in end-to-end creative direction, from trend forecasting and product design through sampling, quality assurance, print art direction, and photo shoot styling.…Creative product designer with 20+ years of experience developing seasonal concepts, color direction, and trend-driven collections across home, lifestyle, and branded merchandise categories. Known for translating macro trends and brand DNA into fresh, compelling product concepts that create memorable brand moments. Skilled across soft and hard goods—from specialty gift and tabletop to lifestyle and promotional merchandising—delivering joyful, story-driven design that customers want to keep. Experienced in end-to-end creative direction, from trend forecasting and product design through sampling, quality assurance, print art direction, and photo shoot styling.

Next availability:

August 3, 2026

Seattle, United States

Creative product designer with 20+ years of experience developing seasonal concepts, color direction, and trend-driven collections across home, lifestyle, and branded merchandise categories. Known for translating macro trends and brand DNA into fresh, compelling product concepts that create memorable brand moments.

Skilled across soft and hard goods—from specialty gift and tabletop to lifestyle and promotional merchandising—delivering joyful, story-driven design that customers want to keep. Experienced in end-to-end creative direction, from trend forecasting and product design through sampling, quality assurance, print art direction, and photo shoot styling.

Skills

Product Design

Branding

Surface Pattern Design

Web Design

Experience Level

Product Design

Expert

Branding

Expert

Surface Pattern Design

Expert

Web Design

Intermediate

Language

Work Experience

Independent Art Director & Senior Designer at Amber Kleiner Design

January 1, 2023 - Present

Freelance product design and creative direction across home goods, lifestyle, and branded merchandise categories. Recent projects include: Seasonal inflatable product concept development for a consumer lifestyle brand, translating creative briefs and mood into playful original design concepts. Creative consultation and design for Rosanna Inc. across giftable tabletop collections and custom branded programs for cultural institutions including The Met Museum, The Met Opera, the NY Public Library, the Frick, the Vulcan Museum, and the White House Gift Shop. Work includes trade-show representation and product styling for photography.

Designer & Senior Designer, Nordstrom at Home at Nordstrom Product Group

January 31, 2011 - October 31, 2021

Led design and development of home textiles and softgoods across multiple private label brands including bedding, pillows, throws, bath, tabletop, barware, serveware, and holiday decor. Directed seasonal color, material, and print development, translating market trends into cohesive, brand-right collections for up to six distinct brand identities. Led brand partnership collections and special collaborations, translating each brand’s unique DNA into cohesive product ranges. Selected to design the Souvenir collection for Nordstrom’s NYC flagship launch, applying a defined brand identity and pattern suite across a multi-category range of branded merchandise. Conducted domestic and international market research and trend trips to identify emerging design directions.

Design Manager at Blissliving Home

August 31, 2006 - December 31, 2010

Led design and development of bedding and soft-product collections, overseeing textile design, pattern development, and construction for retail and wholesale customers including Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom, and Gracious Home. Singularly responsible for trend and color forecasting, product design, sampling, and quality assurance across all brand touchpoints. Each seasonal collection was fully immersed in the art, culture, and spirit of a distinct global destination, bringing a theatrical and worldly aesthetic to the modern home. Directed product styling for photo shoots and managed development of marketing collateral including seasonal catalogs, email campaigns, and trade show materials. Designed and launched the company's e-commerce website for retail, wholesale, and interior design customers.

Art Director & Designer at Rosanna Inc.

August 1, 2002 - August 1, 2006

Led design and product development of fashion tabletop collections in porcelain, stoneware, and glass, guiding products from concept through manufacturing with global suppliers. Designed custom branded programs for iconic clients including Starbucks, Target, Crate & Barrel, Nordstrom, and Selfridges UK. Grew the design team from one to five designers in the first year while leading a brand identity refresh and increasing giftability through packaging innovation. Presented seasonal collections and new concepts directly to key accounts, collaborating with buyers on product direction and custom programs. Created and managed all marketing materials including seasonal catalogs, e-commerce website, direct mail campaigns, and trade show displays.