Ad creative with punk rock sensibilities. Notorious dad-dancer. The kind of guy who orders the seafood at McDonald’s. My strongest father figure growing up was Solid Snake from the Metal Gear Solid video game franchise. Prior work experience includes selling burglar alarms and working on The Sopranos. At age thirty I decided to burn my sales suits and become an advertising writer. When I walk around a new city, I read the billboards as well as the graffiti. I’m from a maze island of shopping centers and card stores whose one noteworthy feature is that it’s long. I’m from everywhere I’ve ever heard a story told about. I believe that writing copy is adding maximum impact to every square inch of your word count real estate. Looking the wrong way is my secret weapon. I live for gnarly, thorny creative challenges coming across my desk.
Clients have included NBA on ESPN, Straight Talk Wireless, Schick, Coors, Milk-Bone, Pup-Peroni, Verizon, Quest Diagnostics, and Pfizer.
Work homes have included:
R/GA
FCB
Vayner
Ogilvy
Publicis/Colab
VML Health
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Miami Ad School NY
Upright Citizens Brigade Sketch Writing
Ad House - with Paul Fix, Mike Rovner, Michael Stoopack
University of Maryland, B.A., English – Short Story Writing concentration
University of Maryland Humor Magazine
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Taught students at Miami Ad School New York in Ideas First class.
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Integrated Campaign of the Year, gold, suppliers/vendors/pharmaceutical companies, Healthcare Marketing Impact Awards 2023 (Quest)
CANNES LIONS – Bronze (Entertainment for Music) (Verizon superbowl)
2019 Young Shits Awards, 2nd Place, "Neti Pot, Wouldn't Be the Weirdest Thing"
ADWEEK article about Instagram’s FIND MORE TO ❤️ campaign
Platinum, Creativity Awards, 2018, "Hellmann's Spoiler Alert"
Gold, Creativity Awards, 2019, "Guns N' Pickles"
ANDY Award, Student Category, 2019, "Guns N' Pickles"
CANNES LIONS – Bronze (Entertainment for Music)
2017 Woodloch Resort and Waterpark, Adverteasing Family Trivia Contest, 2nd Place
Andrew is a pool shark, a gym rat, a cinephile, a story lover, an uncle, a Long Beach Polar Bear, an expert on all things Long Island, and TIME Magazine’s 2006 Person of the Year.