Brian Allen
Founder & Creative Director
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Allen is a creative founder and director with 12 years of senior agency leadership and two decades of experience building memorable, award-winning brands. After revitalizing McCann Canada’s Calgary office and helping the network earn national recognition in 2024, he led high-profile creative work for global and national brands at Ogilvy and others. Now running Special Forces Creative, he blends strategic storytelling, art direction and team-building to produce work that performs in-market as well as it looks in the portfolio. His background in fine arts and digital design gives him a rare craft-first sensibility alongside commercial effectiveness. Known for revealing culturally resonant ideas (and occasionally secrets like Caramilk), he thrives on turning bold concepts into measurable impact.
12 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Digital Art and Design, Diploma Digital Art and Design at Thompson Rivers UniversityDiploma of Fine Arts Print Making Sculpture Drawing, Diploma of Fine Arts Print Making Sculpture Drawing at Okanagan College
Github Skills (19)
expressjs9
backend9
mongodb9
rest-api9
relay8
parse8
nodejs8
graphql-api7
mbaas7
parse-platform7
object-storage7
file-storage7
parse-server7
graphql7
javascript6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
steelexia/cardgame
Jan 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:71 pushes in 2 years 10 months
javascriptreactcard-game
KetchupMoose/PSIndyProject
Mar 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:2 commits, 1 branch in 1 year 2 months
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