Andrew McCarthy

Andrew McCarthy is STUDIO★ALL★STARS, and an accomplished production operations manager with 20 years experience in integrated digital/print advertising, direct marketing, publishing, and packaging. He is available and determined to lead your production and design teams to workflow efficiency and campaign victory.

This STUDIO★ALL★STAR possesses an engaging personality and tireless work ethic renowned for sustaining dynamic partnerships and resourceful leadership, inspiring coworker productivity, and advocacy of company values.

Andrew’s intimacy with the intricacies of project management, talent staffing and motivating, workflow efficiency analysis, job estimating, equipment leasing, art buying, client/vendor relations, premedia and manufacturing, strategic marketing, and brand integrity has informed his success everywhere he has worked.

Former employers include advertising agencies Deutsch, Wieden + Kennedy, and DiMassimo, packaging design house Hirschhorn & Young, Entertainment direct marketer BMG, educational publisher Scholastic, and news agency, The New York Times.

Core to Andrew’s digital production savvy is his high proficiency in Creative Suite and QuarkXPress, and capability in auxiliary software (Microsoft Office, FileMaker Pro, Cumulus, Fontographer), coupled with his knowledge of retouching, color spaces, troubleshooting, pre-media issues, and printing technologies.

As a published author, he naturally extends his composing talents to the workplace, through his communication, proofreading abilities, and in the creation of workflow documentation. Possessing a BA in visual art (3.6 GPA) and accompanying artistic integrity, Andrew approaches each job with a goal of preserving its aesthetic continuity equal to its need to meet its deadline and satisfy his clients.

Being a native New Yorker, Andrew is prepared for any job challenge.