Andy McIntosh

360 degrees of music & entertainment experience in both the independent & corporate sectors (as well as my own business ventures) including tenures with Virgin Records, V2 Music & Sanctuary Group. Wide-ranging skill-set acquired from various industry sectors. Artists I've worked particularly closely with include Stereophonics, Kirsty MacColl, Mary Coughlan & Tom Meighan.

Tour & Road Manager - Tom Meighan

(2023-03)

• Reviewed and reformed Tom's tour financials in order to maximise the profitability of his live shows.
• I assemble live budgets from scratch, organise all logistics, advance with promoters. Work closely with both artist management, live agents & accountants.
• Responsible for on-the-road management of Tom's full-band & acoustic shows, including merchandise and driving.

Owner Director - Best Medicine - Brighton

Based out of Brighton I ran my own DVD publishing company primarily specialising in US sourced programming.

• Licensors included MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount & Scholastic.
• Successful releases included Dave Chappelle, Zach Galifianakis, Joe Rogan, Doug Stanhope, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

Head of Home Video - Sanctuary Group

Oversaw Sanctuary's home video operation with a particular focus on transferring an extensive music video back catalogue onto DVD.

• Successful releases included titles from Iron Maiden, Neil Young, Alice Cooper, Rush & Black Sabbath.
• Also licenced a significant raft of film titles for UK special edition DVD release.
• Took Sanctuary's video turnover from £1 million to over £4 million.

General Manager - V2 Music, Ireland - Ireland

Oversaw V2's entire operation within Ireland.

• Responsible for production, national account sales, marketing, radio & press, artist-liaison.
• Had particular success with Stereophonics, Mary Coughlan & Kirsty MacColl.

Freelance Copywriter - Sony Interactive Entertainment

Member of Sony Interactive Entertainment's pool of freelance copywriters.

Business Award Applications Writer - Agency in Brighton - Brighton

Wrote business award applications for an agency in Brighton.

Regular Contributor - Danny Baker's Treehouse Podcast

Regular contributor to Danny Baker's "Treehouse" podcast.

Manager - London Comedy Club - London

Ran a London comedy club in the 90's.

B.Ed.(Hons) - Speech & Drama - Central School of Speech & Drama

Level 4 Certificate - Copywriting - College of Media & Publishing