Uncompromising. 
We are a tight team of seasoned creatives. Creative directors. Art directors. Writers. Producers. Directors. Editors. Designers. Animators. And VFX artists.
We’ve helped our clients launch over 300 products/services in the last five years alone. Big budgets. Small budgets. Comprehensive integrated campaigns. Expendable little bits and bites. Most with tight timelines and a litany of creative assets for various channels.
As a team, we love. We listen. We empathize. We take the work seriously, and ourselves, not so much. And we never settle.
Curt Fleming | CEO / Partner
Curt steers the ship while playing an active role in strategy, creative, and concept development for our clients. From idea inception through scripting, boards and animatics, this is where Curt thrives. Big ideas. Big impact. Big results. He preaches being singularly focused. Specialization. Best in class. And working with great people who want to do great things for great clients. It’s a simple formula that’s been a guiding principle for 20 years now. And when things start to feel comfortable or formulaic, he makes sure we strip it all away and reset because “greatness never comes from a place of comfort”. Curt ensures we have the foundations for success, the right teams, the right technologies, the right amount of fun, a safe place to fail, and just enough juice to make us nervous—which is where brilliance, scrappy, and efficiency lies.
Scott Fleming | Director / Partner
Scott heads all things live action at Merit/Andrew. Big multi-year campaigns. Small product launches. And everything in between. This starts with a strategic overview of the project/the campaign and the goals, then quickly turns to creative. Business goals are met with mind-blowing creative solutions. Right brain→Left brain. Scott is a hands-on creative who also thrives on the collaboration with our deep bench of directors/film-makers–always ensuring that we have the right people on the right projects. A graduate of the Vancouver Film School, Scott has been making magic behind the camera almost his entire life. And he attests that his best work, our best work, is always ahead of us.
Caroline Scott | Head of Production / Partner
Big C brings it all to life. On brief. On time. On budget. Exceeding expectations and managing the people and the process—effortlessly. She’s been the “/” in Merit/Andrew since 2002 as the unsung hero that brings it all together. Over 1,000 productions under her belt, she’s helped prep Will Farrell as a high school football coach, rocked out to AC/DC with Rob Riggle, had pistachios with R Lee Ermey, and been yelled at by Jane Lynch. Robert Mondavi called her “nails” (affectionately, of course). That stuck. Because if you want to know what it takes to be successful in this business. Nails.
Jason Rapp | Head of Animation
Animation is a major component of what we do here at Merit/Andrew. If you can dream it up, Jason knows how to create it. And if you have no ideas at all, well, he’ll dream that up, too. He’s always hands-on with his sleeves rolled-up. He can’t help it and we love that—because when others cannot, he can. Jason and his team are skilled in the arts of VFX, 2D animation, and 3D animation for broadcast, digital and experiential. Jason works the most complex software in the industry and struggles with email and Google calendar. He’s also terrible at spelling. So, you know he’s a CG rock star.
Michael Belanger | Editor & Head of IT
Michael is the man that makes the machine work – the proverbial man behind the curtain. An experienced Avid and Premiere editor, Michael is a multi-faceted Swiss Army knife in post. He can play a leading role as editor or as support. He’s a consummate storyteller and creative and that’s where we like him. But he’s also the glue that makes post work. Our systems are complex and leading edge. Centralized servers for editorial and animation with distributed workflow from anywhere in the world. A massive render farm. Quantum storage. He keeps them running at our co-lo in Orange County, CA. Michael might be behind-the-scenes, but his work ensures every scene is perfection on the big screen.
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From San Francisco to San Diego for a lifestyle product shoot. We`re all NDA`d up on this one, but thought you`d enjoy a few picture nuggets of goodness. It`s been Caroline`s goal to match her wardrobe with crafty. CHECK. And Jake finally did a downward dog. So proud. Now we`re off to another shoot---in San Diego. We can`t get enough of the SANS!
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Happy Birthday Jason Rapp! Head of Animation. Master crafter. Design doctor. Render farm wrangler. Tito`s tipper. And all-around exceptional human. We`ve been making rad stuff together since 2010 and we`ve never looked back. He doesn`t do social media, but we`ll pass along the love! Give him a shout-out! 5-0!
#HBD #HisKidsWillShowHimThis #MeritAndrew
We have immediate needs for a range of designer/animators from senior lever C4D artists to junior AE artists. Work from home, part-time or full-time with an extremely experienced team. The bulk of the work is photoreal product and show packages (broadcast graphics/TV packages). No character animators needed. Industry rates with staff possibilities. Please send an email with reels to jobs@meritandrew.com.
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Pomp & Whimsy Gin and Gin Liqueur is now at @wholefoods. The dry gin is spectacular. But what is a "gin liqueur"? Founder and CEO, Dr. Nicola Nice, shares what it is and why it`s special. An ode to the past--and a gin reimagined. The most versatile cordial on the bar cart? Yes. Indeed. Up your Super Bowl game with @pompandwhimsy this weekend.
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