What does a creative do to exercise his noggin?
He writes and produces an intro to his broadcast reel, featuring Allison Janney from The West Wing.
You get bonus points if you can name the movie from which I stole this clip. :)
My work/leadership mantra:
Show up = Be on time.
Be awesome = Give me your best work.
Go home = Go recharge yourself in whatever way works best for you.
That's me and Don Draper, debating the use of puns in ad headlines.
"Headline puns are the sure sign of a hack writer," I told him.
That guy never listens.
My life philosophy:
I can't change the world,
but I can make my small part of it an awesome place to be. :)
Andy Tyer. Age 4.
Arguably, the cutest version of me ever.
Andy Tyer. Age 22.
First-year English teacher at Webster Middle School.
Andy Tyer. Age 23.
Head baseball coach at Webster Middle School.
My daughter Avery taught me a dance to post on her Tik-Tok.
It's middle-age white boy dancing at its worst. :)
This is true on so many levels:
relationships, passions, and even marketing.
My Brookdale creative team produced this video for Father's Day.
It features me and my eldest daughter.
That’s a 1965 Shelby Cobra (we rented it for the shoot).
And yes, it was sweet.
I love the beach.
2020: the year of the virtual happy hour.
A video to the Tyer daughters commenting on the Pacific Ocean.
This was me giving a presentation to about 300 marketers at the Nashville chapter of the American Marketing Association. The topic: "How To Talk About Brands Nobody Wants to Talk About."
Andy Tyer. Age 20.
Windsurfing in France.
(This is my 'ego boost' pic.)
With my beautiful eldest daughter Alston
at a Nashville debutante ball.
My eldest daughter got me hooked on attending ComicCons in costume.
I'm dressed as some dude from one the video games she loved to play.
The two eldest Tyer daughters at yet another ComicCon.
(I'm Captain Mal Reynolds from the TV series 'Firefly'.)
My favorite photo of my youngest daughter Eliza and me.
My dad was a fire chief who may or may not have raised an amateur pyromaniac.
Did I mention I'm a fan of fire?
Langley, Brad and me, circa 1992.
Me, Langley and Brad, circa 2018
I hosted the red-carpet interviews at the 2019 Celebrate Aging Film Festival,
a Facebook Live event for Brookdale Senior Living.
Apparently, Ryan Seacrest wasn't available.
This is me interviewing the CEO of Brookdale Senior Living, Cindy Baier,
at the 2019 Celebrate Aging Film Festival.
Interviewing one of the winning filmmaker teams
at the at the 2019 Celebrate Aging Film Festival.
Andy Tyer and Brookdale CEO Cindy Baier
Boarding a chartered plane to attend
the Effie Awards ceremony in Chicago.
My agency and client partners accepting our first Gold Effie award
for our P&G Feminine Care campaign.
My creative department at Brookdale
during the Nashville ADDY Awards.
A marketing department gathering.
Pretty sure I Ubered home that evening.
In 2015, I was part of a four-person team hired
to reimagine and redesign the primary hunting arrow display
for more than 3,600 Walmart stores.
This is me posing with my baby.
On a video shoot, talking with the director and producer.
Pretty sure we were discussing "Stranger Things 3".
Meet Andy Tyer
This is what I look like and what I like to do. :)