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Chesterfield, MO 63005

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Meet Our Team

We build brands through design, development, and strategic marketing. We believe honest, beautiful design can create a more pleasant world. We strive to provide kind, thoughtful value in everything we do. We embrace a culture of collaboration that values the relationship over the bottom line, where we partner with our clients and treat their business as our own.

Refusing to compromise on creating exceptional work, we thrive on solving problems and our passion shows through when we're challenged to think outside of the box and push the limits of creativity to design, build, and share delightful experiences across all mediums.

Meet Our Team
Lounge area in the Leverage office with a coffee table, chairs and a tv on the wall.

We strive to think strategically, act selflessly, and grow creatively.

Beyond simply designing, building, and implementing beautiful brand experiences, our team tackles each day with a broader goal — to provide value in everything we do. Our lean, agile approach allows us to coordinate efficiently and demands we take direct responsibility for every project we touch, creating a proven track-record of success. We're extremely proud of our insanely talented group that embodies our mission. Meet our leadership team.

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Matt
Kreikemeier

Technology Director
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Laura
Benson

Creative Director
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Abbey
Schneider

Creative
Headshot of Shannon Brown

Shannon
Brown

Account Management
Headshot of Winslow

Winslow
The Dood

Office Pup
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Matt
Kreikemeier

Technology Director

My wife says I'm "infinitely curious". That's wife-code for, "Stop asking me so many questions." Luckily, Leverage provides me an outlet to embrace that curiosity and help companies across all industries reach their potential. I enjoy it so much, I hardly consider it work.

Outside of my career, my two boys, Mason and Oliver, keep me on my toes. They're my absolute best friends, though, so I love it. Mason (3) shares my love for learning. Oliver (1 1⁄2), shares his mom's zest for life.

My wife, Emily, and I always say that parenting our children is, easily, our greatest accomplishment. Outside of that, we enjoy spending time traveling and experiencing new things. To get away, we vacation at our family's quiet lake house. We consider ourselves incredibly blessed.

FUN FACT: I've been skydiving in Fiji over the Indian Ocean.
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Elephant
MOST-USED EMOJI: 😂

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Laura
Benson

Creative Director

I have been working in the creative field for over 10 years. With experience executing web, print, packaging, and environmental design, I love mixing things up and am always up for a challenge. I graduated from the University of Missouri – Columbia with a BFA in graphic design and minors in journalism and art history. I have a passion for all things creative and truly find it rewarding to help companies succeed by creating beautiful visual solutions.

As a proud mom of twin boys (and two dogs), I love spending time with my family when I'm not creating beautiful things. I am a St. Louis sports fanatic at heart (Go Blues!!) and love to travel...when there is time.

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Abbey
Schneider

Creative

I joined Leverage in 2015 following a graphic design role in a corporate setting, and I initially had very minimal web design experience. In a sense, Leverage took a little bit of a gamble on me since the majority of our work is web-related, and for that I am very grateful. I had to quickly adapt to this change and have really grown to love it. The team at Leverage is encouraged to learn something new every day, which allows me to explore my ever-changing interests. They embrace my passion for fine art by allowing me to include illustrations whenever we get the chance – whether it's incorporated in a logo, poster, t-shirt, or holiday campaign.

In my free time, I love to explore the outdoors, and I'm fortunate that my husband, Joe, and my dood, Winslow (he's a Goldendoodle), share the same interests. Hiking, camping (or glamping), walks, and runs around our historic neighborhood are some of our favorite things. Unless it's one of those hot St. Louis summer days – then you can find me inside felting or watching my favorite cooking shows...and sometimes I get ambitious and do both at the same time.

FUN FACT: I once worked as a lunch lady at my former grade school.
INTERESTS: dogs, lakes, popcorn, beer, canoeing and traveling
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Hummingbird

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Shannon
Brown

Account Management

In my career, I have always taken chances. I love a challenge and that shows in my career – from tackling account management, to raising children, to helping run a few multimillion dollar companies – I truly believe if you take a chance and believe in your abilities, you can learn and overcome anything. So when Leverage asked me to come onboard to help develop the EComm initiative at Purina, I was in! And it has been a great adventure for the past three years. My hope to is to continue to tackle challenges for our Leverage customers and make them more successful in their business ventures as a result.

My life centers around my four kids, and they are my biggest accomplishments. I also am a doggie mom to Sparky. My passions in life are food and music. If I am not at a live music event in St. Louis, chances are we are hitting the local St. Louis food scene and appreciating all the great restaurants in our town!

FUN FACT: I am headed to Iceland this summer with two of my kiddos.
SPIRIT ANIMAL: The Blackbird
SEARCHING FOR: The best Bloody Mary. Will take recommendations!

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Winslow
The Dood

Office Pup

Going to work with mom = my favorite days.

My favorite things:

  • bananas
  • peanut butter
  • bananas with peanut butter
  • playing hide and go seek
  • playing fetch
  • chasing bunnies
  • watching squirrels
  • long walks
  • sprinting when we're supposed to be walking
  • hiking trips with my parents
  • desk surfing
  • tearing up important papers

FUN FACT: I once found the Easter bunny on Easter morning.
SPIRIT ANIMAL: Squirrel
FAVORITE EMOJI: 👅

What our clients say...

"Leverage has been a valued partner for several years. In fact, so much so, we really view Leverage as an extension of our team! While the agency has many strengths, what we appreciate most is their collaboration. We have direct access to Matt and Laura to share ideas and concepts, which as a result, the outcomes exceed our initial expectations. They are laser-focused on our business objectives and are not afraid to think outside the box. Throughout our relationship, we have never felt "nickeled and dimed," which is so common with other digital agencies, but innovation is never sacrificed. They’re honest, creative, accessible and nimble – a true partner in every sense of the word."

Jadea A. Nestlé Purina Careers

"We partnered with Leverage to create an office tour video and we could not be more pleased with what they produced. Not only did they knock it out of the park in terms of the design, but the story, messaging, and tempo of the video was spot on. This wasn’t an easy task and they pulled it off. Working with the Leverage team was a seamless and delightful experience"

Tracy K. World Wide Technology

"Oh. My. Gosh! THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all of the amazing work you put into making this Summit an incredible success! We have all gotten so much wonderful feedback on how great it was, and we could NEVER have done it without ALL of you! I can't tell you how much we appreciate and value your creative inspiration, your incredible ability to organize the madness, and your unending patience. But mostly...your friendship and commitment to our success. You are THE BEST! REALLY AND TRULY! I know I speak for all of us when I say – THANK YOU my dear friends...THANK YOU!"

Karen M. Nestlé Purina Centers of Excellence

"Leverage has been instrumental in the growth of our Mama Lola’s Tortillas brand having been in involved in everything from a complete redesign of our logo, website, marketing materials and CRM system. The team is extremely professional, responsive and energetic. As our company continues to grow, I fully expect Leverage to be a big part of our story."

Cory E. Mama Lola's (Omnia Group)

"Working with Leverage on our website redesign was easy. The process they use from the initial meeting to the finishing of the project is very detailed and personal. They do excellent work, but more importantly they create a relationship with their customer. Thank you to Matt, Laura, and the Leverage Team!"

Spiker H. The Tournament Guy

"In running a small business, it’s difficult to find the time to do the things that I know how to do. Trying to carve out time in my day to maneuver through the confusing world of web design, SEO, advertising, marketing and brand management is next to impossible. Leverage has taken those important pieces for our business out of my hands and managed them with care and professionalism. They have a very focused and organized approach to everything they do and even as a small business, we get very personal and prompt attention. We get endless compliments on our website and the publications they create are both lovely and professional. I feel very lucky to have such a talented and creative team to design for us!"

Meggan H. Metro Forestry Services

"I am currently in a long-standing relationship with Leverage. They handle various aspects of my marketing/media needs. One of Leverage’s best qualities, in my opinion, is their ability to truly listen to my needs, and then develop strategies to achieve my goals. It’s hard, being an "outsider" in the programming/development world, because I never know when there are technical hurdles to some of my "asks". Leverage does a fantastic job of focusing on the end result, and not letting the technical knowledge gaps affect their ability to provide top-quality service. Plus, their process is engaging, creative, and fun. Fun is good."

Eric R. Green Guys

"Leverage came highly recommended to us and we had the pleasure of working with them on our new Rawlings Tigers Baseball Club website, www.rawlingstiger.com. It was an outstanding experience for us. The attention to detail and customer service was second to none. The development team and graphics department helped every step of the way to ensure that our ideas and club culture were being implemented throughout the site. They came up with a very interactive, user-friendly concept that has taken our club to the next level."

Aaron J. Rawlings Tigers

"Leverage is an outstanding company that I recommend to all. My firm just revamped our website. The entire team at Leverage was hands on and helped us through a process that to us, was completely unknown at the outset. From start to finish, everything was smooth with Leverage and the result was even better."

J.C. P. Pleban & Petruska Law

"Leverage New Age Media does a spectacular job hosting our website. We’ve had many compliments from patients in regards to our site being user friendly and easy to navigate. They respond quickly to our requests to update or make changes to the site. They’ve also helped us with other general internet issues to correct misinformation on the web. Highly recommend this company. Jackie, Office Manager, Gateway Gastroenterology, Inc."

Jackie R. Gateway Gastroenterology

"Leverage has been a fantastic partner to Nestle Purina! Their knowledge of publishing and the retail environment has been invaluable to our team for our growing e-commerce business."

Dianna H. Nestlé Purina

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