jay/day

This morning's mailbox brought this very welcome howdy from an alum from the glorious days of C/D at 79 Fifth Avenue ...

My name's Sean McCarthy, and I worked at Chiat/Day New York (then known as Chiat/Day/Mojo) from August, 1990 until November, 1993 on the Nissan Regional business.

What great memories, and what a great first job to have out of college (I had no idea that people actually drank and went out once they became "grownups"...and I surely languished in my Assistant Media Planner position for longer than I should have because I was having so much fun).

Memories of mine include:
- Random "let's have a party" events...whether it be a scavenger hunt, a party at a local bar, or a random gathering on the terrace.
- The Christmas party at Industria where people converged from the ends of the earth during a Nor' Easter...
- Sitting on the 7th Floor by the mailroom, listening to John Zissimos announce the name of everyone who waked by ("Ladies and Gentleman, Mr.
BOB ZACH...and on and on all day...)
- Doug Katz being named "Best Dressed Man in Advertising" by Adweek
- Company picnics that would probably result in lawsuits these days.
- Realizing over time that we were surrounded with real, expensive art...whether it be the photo montage from the Mayflower Hotel, or the tree branch hanging over the 7th floor reception desk.
- Jay's "apartment" on the 7th floor being used as a crash-pad.
- L'Incontro downstairs with two-for-one martinis...never a good idea.
- Union Square still being seedy...the buildings on the north side basically abandoned at the time.
- 119 Bar - a place I absolutely hated but somehow ended up at every Friday. Seeing Donny Deutch shooting pool there in his pre-svelte days...

More than a decade later, I'm still in the business, having had stints in Account Management at Messner, Ammirati/Puris/Lintas, and then back at Euro RSCG (Messner's latest incarnation), ultimately heading up their Interactive/Direct division in New York.
In April of this year, I resigned from Euro to join a startup called Bulldog New York. I'm very excited about what we're doing, and hoping for great things (www.bulldognewyork.com).

On the personal side, I got married in 1998, and Anne & I had a daughter (Catherine) in April of this year (a picture of all of us is attached). We've lived in Murray Hill since we got married, and are now in the depressing game of trying to find a bigger, baby-friendly place, in Manhattan...in today's real estate market.

I'd love to hear from some of the folks I worked with, and was thrilled to randomly come across this site.

E-mail me at smccarthy6@nyc.rr.com

Sean McCarthy