Allen Largin, Creative & Innovation Director, Rock Ventures

Allen Largin is the Creative & Innovation Director at Rock Ventures, a team of passionate and diverse individuals who work to invest capital, deploy resources and leverage relationships so that the Gilbert family can maximize the positive impact it has on businesses and people within the communities it serves for generations to come. In this role he works creatively across the 100 plus companies & initiatives in the Rock Family of Companies like Bedrock, Rocket Companies, StockX, Detroit Venture Partners, Shinola and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

With a focus on creating future jobs, his passion rests in building new industry in the areas of fashion, art & design and production.

Allen’s career started early when he won Nike’s nationwide footwear design competition Future Sole at the age of 15. This early exposure led Allen to the College for Creative Studies where he majored in Product Design and internships at Nike, Under Adidas, and Under Armour before graduating. 

After graduating in 2016 Allen was one of the first hires at Adidas’ Brooklyn Creator FARM where he helped set creative direction for the entire brand along with resetting the basketball category working with athletes like James Harden.

In 2017 Allen returned to Detroit to lead creative & innovation at Rock Ventures. Coming back to Detroit also allowed him to teach footwear design at his alma matter the College for Creative Studies where he hopes to provide his students with the same opportunities that changed his life.

As a member of the Board of Directors at ISAIC, Allen is able to tie threads between the creative, innovation, and manufacturing worlds not only impacting Detroit, but industries all over the world.