Brett Wickens

Who is Brett Wickens?

Brett Wickens is a Canadian and British Creative Director living and working in the USA.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Wickens is a creative director and partner in the design studio Ammunition, which was named one of the top ten Most Innovative Companies in Design in 2011 by Fast Company magazine -- for the third year in a row. He is also the founding partner of DreamSurface, an application design company for mobile applications.

Brett worked with British designer Peter Saville as a partner in his London studio during the 1980s and 90s, where they developed renowned campaigns for clients as diverse as Yohji Yamamoto, Factory Records, Peter Gabriel and the French Ministry of Culture. In 1990 he became an Associate Partner in Pentagram's London office.

In 1994 he moved to Los Angeles to become VP Creative Director at Frankfurt Balkind Partners, where he directed new media initiatives and created campaigns for most of the major Hollywood studios, and he also designed the logotype for HBOs The Sopranos.