Writer. Creative Director. Underwear Model. Liar.

As a writer and creative director I help forward-thinking brands (and hungry junior creatives) take big, exciting, and ambitious creative leaps.

I've worked everywhere from the downtown high-rises of multinational network agencies in New York to the scrappy local independents in free office space above a laundry service. And I’ve led productions ranging from no-permit-no-budget-just-get-it-done shoots in corn fields to productions for global clients in far-off places like Santiago, Chile. I love helping creatives hone their craft and become brand stewards. But most of all, I love creating campaigns that cross multiple platforms and still make sense. If that sounds like something you’re interested in, drop me a line at quittenton.brian@gmail.com

CORE BELIEFS

• I believe great concepts are the ones that are consistent from content to purchase, regardless of the channel.

• I believe an agency’s best work should be on its biggest clients.

• I believe in miracles. Where you from? You sexy thing.

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

And now for some good old fashioned horn tooting: my work has been awarded at Cannes, Clio, One Show, Communication Arts, Luerzer's Archive, the ADCC, Graphis, Applied Arts, Cassies, CMAs, and the Marketing Awards.

• Made over 30 million dollars (for a client, unfortunately) with a single-fold pamphlet.

• Fashioned an adult umbilical cord out of 15 feet of turkey sausage.

• Been dog sledding with an Olympic gold medallist.

• Voted best in initial quality by JD Power and Associates.

EXPERIENCE

2022 – Present @ Freelance

2019 – 2022 @ Cossette

2018 – 2019 @ Freelance (123w)

2015 – 2018 @ JWT

2012 – 2015 @ Ogilvy

2008 – 2012 @ McCann

1984 – 2012 @ My Parents’ House

CLIENTS

Automotive: General Motors, Mazda

Technology/Gaming: IBM, Telus, Kabam, HP 

Alcohol: Peller Estates, Grand Marnier, Okanagan Spring, Muddlers

Food & Beverage: Tim Hortons, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Maxwell House, Nabob

Packaged Goods: Cadbury, Egg Farmers of Ontario, Splenda, Dove/Dove Men, Hellmann’s, Ben & Jerry’s, Dempster’s Bread

Agriculture: DuPont Pioneer

Retail: Walmart, Save-on-Foods, Winners, Homesense

Financial Service: Scotiabank (Latin America), American Express, HSBC, BlackRock, Coast Capital Savings, First Calgary Financial, Envision Financial 

Service: Air Canada, Shell, Hotels.com, 

Tourism: Travel Yukon, Destination Canada, Rocky Mountaineer

Pharmaceuticals: Tylenol, Benylin, Polysporin, 

Public Service: BC Transplant Society, Long Point Waterfowl, Developing World Connections, Alzheimer’s Society of Canada, St. Louis Children’s Hospital

RANDOM HIGHLIGHTS

• Won a bike in a colouring contest when I was eight.

• Spent an evening guarding the Stanley Cup.

• Amateur boxing record of 1-1-1.

• Birth of my son (this should probably be first, shouldn’t it?).