founded 1980 headquarters 6600 manchester avenue saint louis mo usa key people john nickel president kevin quigley executive vice president website switch.us switch is an experiential marketing and advertising agency headquartered in st. louis missouri . it reported a revenue of 42 million in 2011 . 1 history edit switch originated in april 1980 as busch creative services corporation a corporate communications and creative arm of anheuser busch . at the time the company was formed to create and produce corporate business meetings retail sales promotions event mobile event marketing interactive media and exhibits . busch creative services served a b and other non a b clients until october 16 2002 2 when executives john nickel mike o neill and kevin quigley acquired the company from anheuser busch and have since operated as switch . in april 2012 the three executives were nominated as finalists for the 2012 ernst & young entrepreneur of the year 2012 award in the central midwest . 3 in 2012 the company s budweiser campaign was nominated for a brightcove innovation award . 4 references edit tennessen dan 10 august 2012 . annie castellano chief creative officer switch liberate your brand . american city business journals . retrieved 29 january 2013 . st. louis business journal oct. 15 2002 . anheuser busch sells busch creative services . st. louis business journal . retrieved 8 2 2011 . yahoo finance april . 12 2012 . ernst & young announces finalists for the entrepreneur of the year 2012 award in the central midwest . yahoo finance . retrieved 5 3 2012 . announcing the finalists for the 2nd annual brightcove innovation awards . brightcove blog . 31 may 2012 . retrieved 29 january 2013 . 5 . http www.stltoday.com news local columns bill mcclellan proof of life after anheuser busch article 1aa83a85 dbd7 5400 a724 fa0fa2aaad33.html external links edit official website voted 15 in special events magazine 2012 top 50 event companies selected as one of experiential marketer s top 100 agencies on its 2012 agency it list chief creative officer annie castellano selected as st. louis business journal s top 25 most influential business women for 2012 finalists for the ernst & young entrepreneur of the year 2013 award in the central midwest mike o neill kevin quigley john nickel 2013 gold addy for ugly holiday sweater tees switchmas campaign in the advertising industry self promotion creative services and industry suppliers digital muscle milk ca program coverage ceo mike o neill voted top 100 st. louisans to know the agency post named switch a top ten best company culture agency mayor booker thanks switch and st. louis for truck of love as part of stlforsandy campaign proof of life after anheuser busch article by bill mcclellan official website switch chief creative officer ann castellano selected as top 25 business journal most influential list retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title switch advertising agency & oldid 739644630 categories advertising agencies of the united statesbranding companiescompanies established in 1980hidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 september 2016 at 00 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view