The SCORCH team produces engaging cross-channel strategies for innovative brands. Our calculated mix of social savvy and technical agility is the fuel behind the fire. As a team, we work together to ensure that our work is as impressive as the thought process behind it. Meet the team.
CHRIS BUEHLER · CEO
chrisbuehler@scorchagency.com
Chris Buehler has spent the past fifteen years developing a rich portfolio for a number of global brands, including Anheuser-Busch InBev, MillerCoors, NASCAR, and Coca-Cola. In 2009, he founded Scorch with the vision of creating an agency fueled by personal brands and smart thinking. Featured in the Saint Louis Business Journal and St. Louis Post Dispatch, SCORCH has garnered national recognition as a vetted partner to clientele ranging from Fortune 500, Government, Non-Profit and International Consumer Brands.
CRAIG SCHEIDERER · Director, Business Development
craigscheiderer@scorchagency.com
With over thirteen years experience in business development, sales and marketing, Craig leads SCORCH Agency’s successful business growth by building lasting relationships. Drawing from his background in trade operations, category management, and promotional development, Craig’s role at SCORCH provides the perfect opportunity to collaborate with clients and create business solutions that promote value and growth. As a graduate of Olin Business School, Craig enjoys staying connected to the Washington University community here in St. Louis. And, as an avid rugby fan and former player, Craig actively supports his University Club.
MICHELE FEARS · Agency Director
michelefears@scorchagency.com
With proven effectiveness in strategic leadership, communication and managing priorities Michele brings a focus on problem-solving and project management to the SCORCH team. A strategic business partner competent in translating business objectives in a rapidly evolving environment she focuses on resource management, allocation and long-term financial planning. Michele’s role as Agency Director means she wears many hats. Michele enjoys a busy family life with her husband and three children. Her weekends are filled with softball games, shuttling her teenage daughter here and there and oh yeah keeping up with her 3 year old son too – quite the juggler.
RYAN CARROLL · Interactive Director
ryancarroll@scorchagency.com
Ryan has over ten years experience as an Interactive Project Manager, Ryan Carroll is Scorch Agency’s resident creative geek, a hat he wears proudly. He enjoys his work in marketing, search and social media and has proven that he is a tenacious force in the interactive arena. Ryan has the skills and ability to activate branding, design and interactive tactics that strategically benefit Scorch’s clients.
IVAN TEMELKOV · Digital Marketing Director
ivantemelkov@scorchagency.com
Ivan Temelkov acquired extensive Search Engine Optimization, Social Media & Web Development in the last six years by working with a multitude of B2B and B2C clients. Ivan has proven success across various industries including management experience with multi-million dollar Pay-Per-Click Marketing campaigns. A Certified Google AdWords Advertising Professional and Google Ambassador since 2006, Ivan can be found online pretty much everywhere.
DAN MCCARTHY · Art Director
danmccarthy@scorchagency.com
Dan McCarthy has over nine years experience as an agency Art Director. He has worked with clients of every scale, from small start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. His creative knowledge spans identity design, print advertising, package design, environmental design, trade-show design, website design and social media. Dan got his start studying art and design at Washington University, where he played four years of football. Dan is also an accomplished painter who recently published a children’s book called “A Cardinal’s First Game.”
ASHLEY GLATZ · Account Coordinator
ashleyglatz@scorchagency.com
Ashley manages and coordinates client campaigns for SCORCH. Her passion for social media and her prowess to create engaging content is fueled by her degree from the Mizzou School of Journalism. She is the point person on daily client coordination and develops our social media accounts with tenacity. An experienced media planner and public relations specialist, she can often be found glued to the glass at center ice with her favorite sports team, the St. Louis Blues.
TIERNEY KNIGGE · Account Coordinator
tierneyknigge@scorchagency.com
Having managed in the retail sector for a number of years, Tierney Knigge is no stranger to client relationship management. She came to Scorch with a talent for social media strategy acquired as a Web Merchandising and Social Media manager for a local retail franchise. She began her career at Lindenwood University with a desire to become the next Kate White and left with a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism.
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