NEWLY-LAUNCHED SCORCH AGENCY FIRES UP THE ST. LOUIS MARKETING SCENE

ST. LOUIS, September 10, 2009 – Scorch, a unique new marketing and events agency, recently launched in Downtown St. Louis with its headquarters on Jefferson Avenue. Started by local advertising veteran Chris Buehler and Entertainment St. Louis founder Mike Kociela, Scorch is a full-service agency where “piping hot” creative fuels brand activation. Offering a range of services from traditional marketing and branding to interactive, social media and event/experiential marketing, Scorch is currently working with clients including The Gateway Mall Project, Major League Baseball, Jefferson County Library, and the Hood New England Dairy Cook-off.

“We created this agency to deliver a full spectrum of fresh-thinking interactive, branding, and marketing alongside full-scale, customized events that provide direct interaction between the consumer and your brand,” Buehler said.

Buehler spent the past eight years developing award-winning marketing campaigns for some of the world’s top brands including Anheuser-Busch InBev, MillerCoors, Coca-Cola and NASCAR. A seasoned creative professional and marketing strategist, he found his niche in beverage promotion and brand development working for several major St. Louis agencies.

Over the last decade, Kociela has built an impressive coast-to-coast portfolio of concert production, event management and mobile marketing services under the Entertainment St. Louis name. He produces the annual Taste of St. Louis as well as events for the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Major League Baseball, Qwest Communications, Crocs, X-Box, Spin Magazine, Anheuser-Busch and many others.

“Taking the equity we’ve built in the Entertainment St. Louis brand and rolling it into this new agency, Scorch, allows us to really take our offerings to the next level – producing large-scale, branded national events and tours backed with a full range of marketing services,” said Kociela.

About Scorch Agency

Scorch is a St. Louis-based full-service marketing and events agency where piping hot creative fuels brand activation. Scorch offers a full range of services including branding, design and interactive, as well as customized event production. We help identify your goals, determine your mission and activate an experience that achieves memorable and measurable results. For more information, visit www.scorchagency.com.