Tuesday, February 24, 2009

MTV Networks, Inc.

My first job in New York was at an agency owned by a couple ex-MTV creators named Fred Seibert and Alan Goodman. We handled all the advertising for MTV Networks, Inc. including; VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick At Nite, and even introduced Comedy Central. The creatives were Noel Frankel, Tom Godici, Norm Magnusson, Bill Horvath, Bill Burnett and myself. I couldn't have asked for a hipper place and a nicer group of people. On most days, we'd have anyone from John Leguizamo, Drew Carey, Paulie Shore, The B-52s, Harry Connick, Jr. to Sting in our offices.

We worked with many of NYC's hottest artists like Lou Brooks, Jenny Holzer, Janet Woolley, Chip Simons, Al Jaffe and Charlex. In addition to MTV, we also did the advertising for Barq's Root Beer and put then unknowns like John Leguizamo and Drew Carey in their first-ever, tv commercial.

I worked mostly on logos, trade ads, billboards and direct mail for MTV. Above and below are a few samples of some of my work and a photo of some of the crew being weird.