Owen Brierley

Over the past twelve years, Owen has established a reputation at the forefront of innovative media development. A strong industry leader and industrial proponent, his profile spans production, education and digital media advocacy. Recent project experience includes the co-creation with Hotrocket Studios of an Alternative Reality Game for the ‘tween audience called, The Central Institute for Exploration (C.I.E.) and game design and project leadership of a Serious Game for service rig workers called Simulynx for Terris-Hill Productions.

Owen served as the Multimedia Development Coordinator for Alberta Learning‘s LearnAlberta.ca project, a repository of digital learning objects for the K-12 sector. Owen‘s roles typically involve leadership, creative facilitation, strategy, forecasting, analysis and design, and user experience design. He is an active speaker and champion of the digital media industry in Alberta through his position as a Director on the Board for the Digital Media Association of Alberta.

What Craig says about Owen: “I’m often at a bit of a loss to describe Owen professionally simply because whatever I come up with doesn’t do him justice. Between his background as a theatrical performer to his many years in web and interactive technologies, Owen brings such a unique perspective to everything. His ability and understanding on how to engage people is amazing and what’s even more amazing is that he can find a way to make the boring and complex into something that is useful and fun.”

Owen's company website: www.newglobemedia.com