Brian Flieck graduated in 2001 with a degree in Commercial Art from Antonelli Institute. He worked as an intern and then full-time employee for Global Sports Inc., which later became GSI Commerce, where he took on roles including Production Artist, Senior Production Artist, and Post Production Manager managing eight employees. Through learning new skills like Dreamweaver, Flash, and PERL, he helped the photography studio grow from eight employees in 2001 to forty in 2010, taking on additional responsibilities like outsourcing work to reduce costs and increase speed.