About Amy

Author

Author

Balliett published her first book, Killer Visual Strategies, in 2020. It has since been hailed as "One of the Best Marketing & Sales Books fo 2020." Since then, she has continued writing, with her 2nd book expected to launch early 2022.

Thought Leader & Advisor

Thought Leader & Advisor

As a leading visual strategist, Balliett serves on several boards of advisors, is a LinkedIn Learning instructor, and consults Global 2000 brands on visual communication, marketing, and content strategy

Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker

Since 2013, Balliett has been a road warrior traveling the globe to speak at dozens of conferences each year including SXSW, Content Marketing World, SMX, Seattle Interactive, IEEE Next, and much more!

FOUNDER & CEO

FOUNDER & CEO

Throughout her career, Balliett has founded multiple successful organizations including Killer Visual Strategies, Join the Impact, and Agency GrowLab. She grew Killer to a successful exit and continues to work closely with its parent, Material.

Amy Balliett made a name for herself as the CEO and Founder of the creative content agency, Killer Visual Strategies (formerly Killer Infographics). She owned her first company, a candy store and ice cream parlor, at the age of 17 before heading off for college. She subsequently built a successful career in film and marketing before launching Killer in 2010.

Within a few years, Killer Visual Strategies grew to become the industry leader in visual communication, driving visual strategy and creative content campaigns for global brands including Microsoft, Boeing, Adobe, Nikon, Starbucks, the National Endowment for the Arts, the United Nations, and more. By 2018, Balliett and her executive team sold Killer to an agency collaborative and subsequently joined fellow agency leaders in building Material.

Named the Number One Global Strategic Consulting Firm by GRIT in 2021, Material combines the talent of 12 leading agencies, consisting of 1200+ global employees across the practices of research, strategy, design, and brand building.

Today, Balliett is the Senior Fellow of Visual Strategy for Material, serves as the Chief Visual Strategist to several boards, and is the co-Founder of Agency GrowLab. Considered an expert in her field, Balliett speaks at dozens of conferences each year including SXSW, Adobe MAX, Content Marketing World, and more. She is also a regular teacher at The School of Visual Concepts, a guest lecturer at several colleges and universities, a LinkedIn Learning instructor, and an award winning author.

Awards

In The News

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How to avoid burnout & thrive in marketing with Amy Balliett & Kage Spatz
By Kage Spatz
Published: June 8, 2021
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Velocitize Talks: Amy Balliett of Killer Visual Strategies on why visual marketing is the new marketing
By Eileen Smith
Published: Oct 27, 2020
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Nine cool AR/VR opportunities to include in your personal branding strategy
YEC Expert Panel
Published: August 27, 2020
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Ten ways to successfully incorporate philanthropy into your company culture
YEC Expert Panel
Published: August 11, 2020
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8 rules for a Killer Visual Strategy
By Payal Parikh
Published: August 5, 2020
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Will the workweek shrink in a post-pandemic world?
By Meghan McCarty Carino
Published: May 26, 2020
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Women Of The C-Suite: “You don’t have to be perfect; Exhausting yourself won’t make you perfect, and accepting this will actually make you a better leader”, with Amy Balliett
Published: Nov 13, 2019
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Will coronavirus quarantines lead more companies to consider 4-day workweeks?
By Adele Peters
Published: March 19, 2020
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Here’s where you can have a 4-day work week. Is this the next big thing?
By Paul Davidson
Published: July 17, 2019
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Behind the deal: CEO Amy Balliett got a killer deal for her birthday
By Casey Coombs
Published: Jan 28, 2019
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Q&A: The bootstrapping CEO of Killer Infographics on celebrating mistakes and why she sold her firm
By Taylor Soper
Published: Jan 29, 2019
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From heart rates to surveys: How to keep workers happy
By Nastaran Tavakoli-Far
Published: August 13, 2013
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2008 People of the Year: Amy Balliett
By Michelle Garcia
Published: Jan 13, 2009
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Join the Impact and Amy Balliett Urge Gay Marriage Supporters to ‘Light up the Night’
By Pride Magazine
Published: Dec 19, 2008
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The Youth Shall Set You Free: Your friendly neighborhood Gay Place gets all viral with an exclusive 365gay.com interview with JointheImpact.com founder Amy Balliett
By Kate X Messer
Published: Nov 12, 2008