ABOUT
AGENCY ATLAS
We have gone to great lengths to find the right team to service your needs. Rest assured that everyone here is here for the work, all the work, and nothing but the work.
We empower our team to do what they do best, and then we get the hell out of the way.
The result is a culture of, and shared commitment to, creative excellence.
Meet the team that make up our full-service, Calgary-based marketing agency.
TEAM ATLAS
ROBBIE GILCHRIST
FOUNDER & PRESIDENT
I got into marketing the honest way - I failed at hard labour. At ATLAS I get to sit down in a comfy chair, and as the CCO you better believe it's a really good one. Running the creative side of an agency provides an outlet for the only thing I've ever really enjoyed: creative storytelling. Thankfully, we attract clients that trust us to do exactly that.
CHAD HASON
FOUNDER & CEO
I got into marketing to get paid to tell stories. I spent most of my enthusiastic youth acting as the unofficial spokesperson for anything I discovered worth talking about. Now, I get paid to do that. I enjoy the work I do here at ATLAS because I've built a team that is genuinely here to do great work within an environment that truly supports creative minds.
CHARLES FILIPSKI
COO
I joined ATLAS to offer leadership guidance to a team brimming with talent and potential, at a time when their biggest challenge was managing an impressive influx of ambitious clients. At ATLAS, I provide clarity within an industry often driven by chaos, ensuring we remain equipped, agile, and proactive in the pursuit of our clients' goals.
LAUREN MCPHEE
SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
My passion for marketing revolves around the excitement that comes from being given a challenge and solving it creatively. I am blessed to have a full-service team at Atlas, and my daily goal is to get the most out of them in the pursuit of blowing the minds of our clients. While I am responsible for keeping all of our projects on time and on budget, I mostly spend my days in awe of creative minds.
LAILA HOBBS
SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY MANAGER
As a computer science graduate I have always been passionate about understanding the interactions between people and technology, especially as technology continues to influence so many areas of our daily lives. My interests led me to pursue a career in social media strategy, and I found an excellent career fit here at Atlas, where the culture and client list supports my unquenchable thirst to create!
JESSICA FINCH
SENIOR COPYWRITER
I believe a career in copywriting chose me, rather than the other way around. I spent my childhood writing stories about anything and everything, and today, that same love remains. ATLAS offers me a creative environment for my passion; one that encourages hard work, innovation, honesty, and places the client at the centre of everything we do.
KUL CHOUDHARY
SENIOR WEB DEVELOPER
I have always been detail oriented, and became infatuated with coding at a young age. I love seeing the behind the scenes of what goes into creating a beautiful and engaging website, and at ATLAS I am able to work on the cutting edge of new and innovative web design with some of the best brands in the world.
HAYES TONG
LEAD DESIGNER
I’m the person you will always find sitting at a desk, playing with pixels and colours, oblivious to what's happening outside of my creative world. My passion is making everything as attractive and appealing as possible. For me, ATLAS gives me creative liberty and invests in my potential. Everyone here is empowered to lead in their own area.
RYAN ROMANOSKI
DIGITAL ADVERTISING/SEM
I got into marketing in order to help businesses grow. Digital advertising allows me to do this by developing well-optimized paid campaigns to deliver conversions that increase profit. I enjoy the work I do here at ATLAS because I get to work with a great team of experts, and help a variety of clients achieve their goals.
SHAHTAJ SHAHID
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
My passion for art and design led me to Canada to pursue a design degree at the Alberta University of the Arts. After several successful years working in the creative industry with various brands and agencies, both in-house and as a freelancer, I found a home at ATLAS where I believe I will remain happy and inspired for the foreseeable future.
KERI LOOIJEN
EXECUTIVE ADMIN
My passion for marketing revolves around the desire to drive conversation and brand appeal around the products and services we represent. At ATLAS, my day-to-day remains focused on supporting a variety of engagement, communication, and management activities, ensuring our team and clients feel heard and supported.
DEBRA LAMB
MEDIA BUYER
I handle the media planning, buying, and research on a local, regional and national basis for a wide variety of Atlas clients engaged in both business-to-business and consumer-oriented advertising. My 30 years of straightforward recommendations that deliver the right-fit mix for our clients is the ideal fit for ATLAS.
JULY MANZANO
PRODUCTION DESIGN
I am a digital media designer with a passion for motion design, digital graphics, videos, and presentations from small mobile ads for news publications, to bundles of email campaigns, to pre-roll ads and more. My ability to fulfill every project efficiently and to the utmost satisfaction of our clients makes me an ideal fit for Atlas.
OUR MANIFESTO
CHANGE BY DESIGN
Design has the power to transform ideas, mobilize change, and inspire action; it brings concepts to life and makes the world a more beautiful, approachable place. Our designs create experiences capable of communicating the complex, empowering the unheard, and creating connections where others may have missed the opportunity.
SIMPLE IS SOPHISTICATED
We refine complex ideas into simple, beautiful concepts that remove the noise and allow essential messages to shine.
“Perfection is attained not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing more to remove.”
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry
SOLVE PROBLEMS
AND SET EXPECTATIONS
Effective design solves real-world, bottom-line business objectives, while simultaneously establishing a brand’s identity as one committed to longstanding excellence.
BE HUMAN, FOR HUMANS
No matter how you slice it, business is about making long-lasting connections with people. We work best with those who understand this, and have created an environment where humans, with all their unique complexities and evolving needs, can thrive.
IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS
We pride ourselves on partnering with brands who know their value and how it can improve lives. If the offering is authentic, the message should be simple with benefits that are relatable, in-demand, and easy to embrace.
QUESTION EVERYTHING?
Forget the status quo. We ask the questions no one else asks in order to discover solutions others miss. While the majority zigs, we zag – uncovering advantages for your business that the complacent fail to recognize.
YOU ARE YOUR BRAND
More than your colours, logos, fonts, and spokespeople, customers remember their experience. From first consideration to post-sale, the experience is your brand. We design experiences that will cater to their needs, delight their senses, and secure loyalty to your brand in their hearts.
GO FURTHER
Search the hidden places. Push through perceived barriers. Create the unbelievable. Set higher goals. Assume nothing is impossible, and we’ll help you prove it.
WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS
ARE SAYING
"I have had the pleasure of working with Agency Atlas for two years and they have consistently exceeded my expectations with high quality and effective creative. They are collaborative, timely and extremely professional while always producing beautiful and inventive work. Whether it is a digital application or traditional, they provide a clear strategy and complement it with follow through."
Jenna Rilling
Brookfield Residential
"Migrating our website was crucial to our business as our current CMS had significant limitations and potential problems that were impacting our business. Atlas’ expertise in Hubspot made the migration very easy and completed quickly. They also created an environment enabling our team to easily build content while providing support for more advanced requirements. Would definitely recommend Atlas for your web and digital requirements."
Karl Yeh
Benevity
"Agency Atlas is the kind of creative team that truly ‘gets us’ and what we need in this competitive, fast-paced world. The quality of their design, attention to detail, speed of execution, and the commitment to follow-up make them unique in the industry. These guys are $&@;#% amazing! Don’t look further."
Shawn Ovenden
Jepeddo

