We are Wheelhouse Creative.
The creative partner you’ve been looking for. We are your one-stop marketing and advertising shop.
We are a group of innovative creators, thinkers, and designers.
Purpose
We are here to collaborate with you in inventive ways, whether in traditional or Covid-affected times. We are here to deliver your message, to hit your targets, to get through. We are here to positively impact your life, your business.
How We Work
Over 200 people and businesses from all over the region have called on Wheelhouse to provide a unique perspective and creative approach to their advertising needs.
Today, we have a strong focus on developing partnerships with our clients. As your creative partner it is our priority to put your business in front of those most interested in what you have to say. No matter the industry, we will take your business to new heights.
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Our Team
The right people at the right time can make anything possible.
Scott Holt
Vice President
Scott Holt is the Vice President of Operations at Wheelhouse Creative.
He is a lifelong resident of the Wheeling area who brings a diverse set of work experiences to the Wheelhouse team. He’s honed his leadership skills over the past two decades as a Social Studies teacher while also putting his interpersonal skills to use in the ‘real world’ as a business retention specialist at Gannett.
Scott has also served the local community as an athletic coach, most recently serving as the Head Football Coach at Cameron High School where his teams made multiple playoff appearances and boasted a 29-1 record in his final three seasons.
Outside of the office, Scott enjoys spending time with his wife Arica and his children Taylin and Blaise – where he can often be spotted carrying props on stage at a dance recital or coaching youth flag football and hockey.
Scott Holt
Vice President
Joe Monahan
Creative Director
Joe attended The Ohio State University where he earned a degree in Communications. He then co-founded Shooters Productions and spent the next 17 years producing all manner of videos, from government contracts to live events. Along the way, Shooters garnered dozens of production awards and became one of the top production companies in the area. In 2016, Joe joined the Wheelhouse team as video operations manager, taking charge of the video production team. Shortly thereafter, Wheelhouse won their first gold Addy awards for commercials produced for Wheelhouse clients.
Today, Joe is Wheelhouse’s Creative Director and oversees the entire creative department. He lives in Martins Ferry with his wife, Kimberly, and their daughter, Lena. He serves as a Deacon in his church, and when he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family.
Joe Monahan
Creative Director
Olivia Silverio
Account Executive
Olivia is an Account Executive at Wheelhouse Creative, and has a life outside of Wheelhouse like none other. Olivia spends her days representing Wheelhouse to clients near and far, but in the evenings she can be spotted at her hometown Dairy Queen that she owns and operates with her husband, Aaron. Olivia manages the DQ with the same determined perfectionism as she does her Wheelhouse accounts. Her double life allows her to have a unique perspective when it comes to working with her clients and wanting the best for their business.
After graduating from West Liberty University in 2015, she continued her education and received her master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University in 2016. What’s the secret to staying motivated and juggling this crazy life? A lot of coffee and an occasional ¼ of a donut.
Outside of work, she can more than likely be found at the gym, the nearest TJ Maxx/Home Goods or spending time with her family and two dogs, Leo and Sulley.
Olivia Silverio
Account Executive
Matt Myles
Graphic Designer
Matt Myles is a graphic designer at Wheelhouse Creative. He has experience building and developing brands from the ground up and the know-how to make them last.
Having co-founded the design firms Neue and Chiselbox, Matt has over 10 years of experience designing print and web for companies across the region. He is passionate about design and has an eye for detail.
When Matt is not designing, he can be found woodworking or planning his next barbecue. Matt loves to be outside and enjoys camping and kayaking.
Matt Myles
Graphic Designer
Mike Anthony
Business Development
Mike Anthony is a graduate of West Liberty University and worked as a news/sports reporter, anchor at WTRF-TV in Wheeling, WV from 1995 to 2015. He’s married to Corey Ann Whorton Pietranton.
Mike has covered major sporting events and has reported live from locations such as NFL, MLB, NHL, and ECHL games, along with NCAA basketball tournaments. He has spoken at numerous banquets, dinners, award ceremonies and career days, as well as offering play-bay-play commentary for high school football and basketball games and other youth sports.
Mike has been a member of the Wheelhouse Creative team since 2016. He specializes in small-camera video production and attracting new business. He’s the creator of What’s Up at Oglebay, a weekly social media video campaign detailing the events in and around Oglebay Park. Mike has also created content for the Good Zoo in a video series called Zoo Talk, which introduces zoo animals to fans of the Good Zoo Facebook page and YouTube channel. Other work of Mike’s includes videos for the ski lodge, West Spa, Festival of Lights and Oglebay Golf. He produces video content for other Wheelhouse Creative clients as well, including Bordas & Bordas , and Wheeling Island Casino.
Mike is an avid golfer and basketball official.
Mike Anthony
Video Production Specialist
Wendy Hodorowski
Account Executive
Wendy is an account executive at Wheelhouse Creative. A focused-driven, results-oriented leader, she has spent the last 16 years creating, planning and setting the strategic direction of internal and external communications at The Health Plan.
An entrepreneur who loves all things sweet, Wendy also did a short stint as a Dove Chocolatier, selling over $8,000 in chocolate and earning her and her husband an all-inclusive paid trip to Maui, Hawaii. She owns Wendyfully Decorated Cookies and bakes and decorates sugar cookies for special occasions.
When Wendy is not cheering on her Mountaineers, or helping with home remodeling projects, she spends her free time traveling and enjoying the outdoors with her husband, David (and sometimes their children that range in age from 30 to 13, plus two grandsons).
Wendy Hodorowski
Account Executive
Amanda Carlson
Graphic Designer
Amanda brings 15 years of graphic and web design experience to Wheelhouse Creative. Having crafted brands from the ground up and managed creative accounts of all sizes in both the agency and freelance segments, her experience, knowledge, and creative eye is an asset. With a BA in Biology from Chatham University and an MSC in Interactive Media Production from Quinnipiac University, Amanda excels at using science and analytics to drive effective design for Wheelhouse clients.
When not at the office, Amanda loves to hang out with her pittie mix Bam Bam, relive her former youth with 90’s comeback concerts, and further indulge her creative side with graphic apparel side hustles. As if that’s not enough, this born & raised Minnesotan can be found playing or coaching hockey at local rinks. The cold never bothered her anyway.
Amanda Carlson
Graphic Designer
Ty Thorngate
Digital Media Specialist
Ty Thorngate is the Digital Media Specialist, aka the resident tech nerd at Wheelhouse.
Ty wants to live in a world filled with people speaking in movie quotes, cars that come and go by voice command like the Batmobile from the original Batman movie (Keaton, not Bale), and where every year is an election year.
As a Digital Media Specialist, Ty has over 7 years experience working with Facebook, Twitter, Google and all things new media.
When he’s not brainstorming social media content or buying up keywords on Google to help small businesses reach their target audience, you can find Ty fighting to make Wheeling a better place on Wheeling City Council, flying his DJI Phantom 4 drone, or watching reruns of the Love Connection.
Ty Thorngate
Digital Media Specialist
MITCH VINGLE
Account Executive
For years, Mountain State sports fans turned to Mitch Vingle for their West Virginia sports news.
He’s worked all over West Virginia and in Pennsylvania. He’s covered WVU, Marshall and high schools. He’s like Johnny Cash. He’s been everywhere, man.
And now he’s proudly serving as a public relations strategist for Wheelhouse Creative, LLC. He’s assisting the firm and their clients with writing, public relations and business development.
Mitch won numerous awards as a newspaperman, most recently taking home W.Va. Press Association best sports columnist honors in 2016, 2017 and 2018. A hat trick!
Mitch, a Fairmont native and WVU graduate, lives in Glen Dale, with his lady Joni and their dog Peanut. He has a daughter, Celeste, who lives in Atlanta.
Check out Mitch on Twitter @MitchVingle.
Mitch Vingle
Public Relations Strategist
Pat Monahan
Video Production Specialist
Patrick Monahan is a graduate of the Ohio State University. He along with his brother Joe Monahan founded Shooters Productions where he operated as production and post-production specialist for 18 years. Directing, editing, 3D animation, visual effects, cinematography, and camera operation are his focus. So which of theses disciplines would he find most interesting? The answer would be… all of the above, whatever it takes to create the most compelling image. The merging of all the parts to form the cohesive whole is his passion. If it means working in one department or multiple, you’ll find him to be a versatile member of the team.
From shooting live concerts, reenactments, commercials, music videos, and short films to imagining concepts and idea creation, Patrick brings an extensive amount of experience to Wheelhouse Creative.
Pat Monahan
Video Production Specialist
John Blackmore
Account Specialist
John Blackmore is our Account Strategist from Marshall County, WV but has lived in Bellaire, Ohio for the past 22 years. At Wheelhouse Creative, John develops and implements marketing strategies for our client’s brand. John’s responsibilities to our clients include improving current strategies and making sure our client’s goals are accomplished. John also serves as the account executive to the new Alpha Tavern.
John Blackmore came to Wheelhouse Creative after 15 years at WKKX and WVLY Radio. He served as the station’s General Manager for 12 years and was also a daytime talk show host and play-by-play voice of multiple sports. John was also the traffic reporter on WTRF-7 News Morning Show for three years with Nate Fluharty and Ashley Daugherty.
In 1999, John joined the newly formed Ohio Valley Greyhounds/Smash and served as the General Manager from 2001-2004. During that time under his leadership the team won two National Championships. He was selected by his peers as the GM of the Year twice and sat on the Executive Board and served as Director of Expansion.
John is married to Sheila Bates-Blackmore a 5th grade teacher at Center McMechen Elementary School and has two children Jeremiah (WLU-FR) and Cecilia (OVA-JR). He was nominated for the Carnegie Mellon Hero Fund in 2015 after he and a friend saved a drowning fisherman in the Ohio River. John has qualified for the WV State Bass Fishing Championships 5 times and served on the Executive Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
John Blackmore
Account Specialist
JOE JACOBS
Senior Graphic Designer
Joe is a senior graphic designer and media producer at Wheelhouse. He has an extensive and diverse background in all things media from print, digital, and web design to television commercial direction and production.
Although currently residing in Arizona, Joe is a long-time Ohio Valley native and former small business owner. He uses his business, design, and marketing experience to help transform client concepts into visual reality.
Joe is an avid music fan, considers October to be the best month of the year, and is an admitted guitar addict. When not working on creative projects at Wheelhouse, he spends his time drinking coffee and breaking guitar strings.
Joe Jacobs
Senior Graphic Designer
David Everly
Video Production Specialist
David is completely self-taught, having learned a vast variety of digital tools his whole life. His obsession with visual effects stemmed from when his late mother gave him his first camera and for fun he would create small in-camera effects. Throughout his adult life, David would have small gatherings with friends to film sketch comedies just so he could try out an effect. His career began to take shape when a local haunted house asked him to work on commercials and digital content.
With the constant drive to teach himself something new every day and always having the need to create, he cannot only think outside the box, but he can digitally animate that box to punch itself in its box face! He has a love for being challenged and gets extremely excited when someone tells him something is impossible.
When he is not with family or teaching his son everything he knows, he is helping the haunted house create a new effect or producing short films with friends. He also enjoys working out and enjoying outdoor adventures.
David Everly
Video Production Specialist
Robin Meyers
Bookkeeper
When it comes to professionalism and accurate accounting, you can count on Wheelhouse Creative’s Robin Meyers.
Born and raised in the Ohio Valley, Robin has an impressive background that truly makes her a jack-of-all-trades! Robin lifts the staff with her outgoing personality (kayaking anyone?) while keeping a sharp eye on our company’s and client’s finances.
Robin earned her B.S. in Accounting from West Liberty University in 1996. In 2004, she continued her thirst for education while earning an AAS from Belmont College in Mental Health, specializing in Child Development. In 2017, she added a Master of Professional Studies in Organizational Leadership from West Liberty University.
Robin provides a personal touch to Wheelhouse with 30-plus years in accounting and 10 years in human services. She loves volunteering, remodeling her home and spending time with her family. Oh yeah, watch out if you see her carrying a sledgehammer!
Robin Meyers
Bookkeeper
Scott Holt
Vice President
Scott Holt is the Vice President of Operations at Wheelhouse Creative.
He is a lifelong resident of the Wheeling area who brings a diverse set of work experiences to the Wheelhouse team. He’s honed his leadership skills over the past two decades as a Social Studies teacher while also putting his interpersonal skills to use in the ‘real world’ as a business retention specialist at Gannett.
Scott has also served the local community as an athletic coach, most recently serving as the Head Football Coach at Cameron High School where his teams made multiple playoff appearances and boasted a 29-1 record in his final three seasons.
Outside of the office, Scott enjoys spending time with his wife Arica and his children Taylin and Blaise – where he can often be spotted carrying props on stage at a dance recital or coaching youth flag football and hockey.
Scott Holt
Vice President
Joe Monahan
Creative Director
Joe attended The Ohio State University where he earned a degree in Communications. He then co-founded Shooters Productions and spent the next 17 years producing all manner of videos, from government contracts to live events. Along the way, Shooters garnered dozens of production awards and became one of the top production companies in the area. In 2016, Joe joined the Wheelhouse team as video operations manager, taking charge of the video production team. Shortly thereafter, Wheelhouse won their first gold Addy awards for commercials produced for Wheelhouse clients.
Today, Joe is Wheelhouse’s Creative Director and oversees the entire creative department. He lives in Martins Ferry with his wife, Kimberly, and their daughter, Lena. He serves as a Deacon in his church, and when he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family.
Joe Monahan
Creative Director
JOE JACOBS
Senior Graphic Designer
Joe is a senior graphic and web designer at Wheelhouse. He has an extensive and diverse background in all things media, from print and digital design to television commercial direction and production.
Although currently residing in Arizona, Joe is a long-time Ohio Valley native and former local business owner, who understands the area and its businesses. He uses his design and marketing experience to help translate solutions for our clients in every genre of media.
Joe is an avid music fan, loves Halloween, and is an admitted guitar addict. When not spearheading a design project here at Wheelhouse, he spends his time drinking coffee and breaking guitar strings.
Joe Jacobs
Senior Graphic Designer
Amanda Carlson
Graphic Designer
Amanda brings 15 years of graphic and web design experience to Wheelhouse Creative. Having crafted brands from the ground up and managed creative accounts of all sizes in both the agency and freelance segments, her experience, knowledge, and creative eye is an asset. With a BA in Biology from Chatham University and an MSC in Interactive Media Production from Quinnipiac University, Amanda excels at using science and analytics to drive effective design for Wheelhouse clients.
When not at the office, Amanda loves to hang out with her pittie mix Bam Bam, relive her former youth with 90’s comeback concerts, and further indulge her creative side with graphic apparel side hustles. As if that’s not enough, this born & raised Minnesotan can be found playing or coaching hockey at local rinks. The cold never bothered her anyway.
Amanda Carlson
Graphic Designer
Olivia Silverio
Account Executive
Olivia is an Account Executive at Wheelhouse Creative, and has a life outside of Wheelhouse like none other. Olivia spends her days representing Wheelhouse to clients near and far, but in the evenings she can be spotted at her hometown Dairy Queen that she owns and operates with her husband, Aaron. Olivia manages the DQ with the same determined perfectionism as she does her Wheelhouse accounts. Her double life allows her to have a unique perspective when it comes to working with her clients and wanting the best for their business.
After graduating from West Liberty University in 2015, she continued her education and received her master’s degree in Integrated Marketing Communications from West Virginia University in 2016. What’s the secret to staying motivated and juggling this crazy life? A lot of coffee and an occasional ¼ of a donut.
Outside of work, she can more than likely be found at the gym, the nearest TJ Maxx/Home Goods or spending time with her family and two dogs, Leo and Sulley.
Olivia Silverio
Account Executive
Wendy Hodorowski
Account Executive
Wendy is an account executive at Wheelhouse Creative. A focused-driven, results-oriented leader, she has spent the last 16 years creating, planning and setting the strategic direction of internal and external communications at The Health Plan.
An entrepreneur who loves all things sweet, Wendy also did a short stint as a Dove Chocolatier, selling over $8,000 in chocolate and earning her and her husband an all-inclusive paid trip to Maui, Hawaii. She owns Wendyfully Decorated Cookies and bakes and decorates sugar cookies for special occasions.
When Wendy is not cheering on her Mountaineers, or helping with home remodeling projects, she spends her free time traveling and enjoying the outdoors with her husband, David (and sometimes their children that range in age from 30 to 13, plus two grandsons).
Wendy Hodorowski
Account Executive
MITCH VINGLE
Account Executive
For years, Mountain State sports fans turned to Mitch Vingle for their West Virginia sports news.
He’s worked all over West Virginia and in Pennsylvania. He’s covered WVU, Marshall and high schools. He’s like Johnny Cash. He’s been everywhere, man.
And now he’s proudly serving as a public relations strategist for Wheelhouse Creative, LLC. He’s assisting the firm and their clients with writing, public relations and business development.
Mitch won numerous awards as a newspaperman, most recently taking home W.Va. Press Association best sports columnist honors in 2016, 2017 and 2018. A hat trick!
Mitch, a Fairmont native and WVU graduate, lives in Glen Dale, with his lady Joni and their dog Peanut. He has a daughter, Celeste, who lives in Atlanta.
Check out Mitch on Twitter @MitchVingle.
Mitch Vingle
Public Relations Strategist
Robin Meyers
Bookkeeper
When it comes to professionalism and accurate accounting, you can count on Wheelhouse Creative’s Robin Meyers.
Born and raised in the Ohio Valley, Robin has an impressive background that truly makes her a jack-of-all-trades! Robin lifts the staff with her outgoing personality (kayaking anyone?) while keeping a sharp eye on our company’s and client’s finances.
Robin earned her B.S. in Accounting from West Liberty University in 1996. In 2004, she continued her thirst for education while earning an AAS from Belmont College in Mental Health, specializing in Child Development. In 2017, she added a Master of Professional Studies in Organizational Leadership from West Liberty University.
Robin provides a personal touch to Wheelhouse with 30-plus years in accounting and 10 years in human services. She loves volunteering, remodeling her home and spending time with her family. Oh yeah, watch out if you see her carrying a sledgehammer!
Robin Meyers
Bookkeeper
Matt Myles
Graphic Designer
Matt Myles is a graphic designer at Wheelhouse Creative. He has experience building and developing brands from the ground up and the know-how to make them last.
Having co-founded the design firms Neue and Chiselbox, Matt has over 7 years of experience designing print and web for companies across the region. He is passionate about design and has an eye for detail.
When Matt is not designing, he can be found woodworking or planning his next barbecue. Matt loves to be outside and enjoys camping and kayaking.
Matt Myles
Graphic Designer
Pat Monahan
Video Production Specialist
Patrick Monahan is a graduate of the Ohio State University. He along with his brother Joe Monahan founded Shooters Productions where he operated as production and post-production specialist for 18 years. Directing, editing, 3D animation, visual effects, cinematography, and camera operation are his focus. So which of theses disciplines would he find most interesting? The answer would be… all of the above, whatever it takes to create the most compelling image. The merging of all the parts to form the cohesive whole is his passion. If it means working in one department or multiple, you’ll find him to be a versatile member of the team.
From shooting live concerts, reenactments, commercials, music videos, and short films to imagining concepts and idea creation, Patrick brings an extensive amount of experience to Wheelhouse Creative.
Pat Monahan
Video Production Specialist
David Everly
Video Production Specialist
David is completely self-taught, having learned a vast variety of digital tools his whole life. His obsession with visual effects stemmed from when his late mother gave him his first camera and for fun he would create small in-camera effects. Throughout his adult life, David would have small gatherings with friends to film sketch comedies just so he could try out an effect. His career began to take shape when a local haunted house asked him to work on commercials and digital content.
With the constant drive to teach himself something new every day and always having the need to create, he cannot only think outside the box, but he can digitally animate that box to punch itself in its box face! He has a love for being challenged and gets extremely excited when someone tells him something is impossible.
When he is not with family or teaching his son everything he knows, he is helping the haunted house create a new effect or producing short films with friends. He also enjoys working out and enjoying outdoor adventures.
David Everly
Video Production Specialist
Mike Anthony
Business Development
Mike Anthony is a graduate of West Liberty University and worked as a news/sports reporter, anchor at WTRF-TV in Wheeling, WV from 1995 to 2015. He’s married to Corey Ann Whorton Pietranton.
Mike has covered major sporting events and has reported live from locations such as NFL, MLB, NHL, and ECHL games, along with NCAA basketball tournaments. He has spoken at numerous banquets, dinners, award ceremonies and career days, as well as offering play-bay-play commentary for high school football and basketball games and other youth sports.
Mike has been a member of the Wheelhouse Creative team since 2016. He specializes in small-camera video production and attracting new business. He’s the creator of What’s Up at Oglebay, a weekly social media video campaign detailing the events in and around Oglebay Park. Mike has also created content for the Good Zoo in a video series called Zoo Talk, which introduces zoo animals to fans of the Good Zoo Facebook page and YouTube channel. Other work of Mike’s includes videos for the ski lodge, West Spa, Festival of Lights and Oglebay Golf. He produces video content for other Wheelhouse Creative clients as well, including Bordas & Bordas , and Wheeling Island Casino.
Mike is an avid golfer and basketball official.
Mike Anthony
Video Production Specialist
Ty Thorngate
Digital Media Specialist
Ty Thorngate is the Digital Media Specialist, aka the resident tech nerd at Wheelhouse.
Ty wants to live in a world filled with people speaking in movie quotes, cars that come and go by voice command like the Batmobile from the original Batman movie (Keaton, not Bale), and where every year is an election year.
As a Digital Media Specialist, Ty has over 7 years experience working with Facebook, Twitter, Google and all things new media.
When he’s not brainstorming social media content or buying up keywords on Google to help small businesses reach their target audience, you can find Ty fighting to make Wheeling a better place on Wheeling City Council, flying his DJI Phantom 4 drone, or watching reruns of the Love Connection.
Ty Thorngate
Digital Media Specialist
John Blackmore
Account Specialist
John Blackmore is our Account Strategist from Marshall County, WV but has lived in Bellaire, Ohio for the past 22 years. At Wheelhouse Creative, John develops and implements marketing strategies for our client’s brand. John’s responsibilities to our clients include improving current strategies and making sure our client’s goals are accomplished. John also serves as the account executive to the new Alpha Tavern.
John Blackmore came to Wheelhouse Creative after 15 years at WKKX and WVLY Radio. He served as the station’s General Manager for 12 years and was also a daytime talk show host and play-by-play voice of multiple sports. John was also the traffic reporter on WTRF-7 News Morning Show for three years with Nate Fluharty and Ashley Daugherty.
In 1999, John joined the newly formed Ohio Valley Greyhounds/Smash and served as the General Manager from 2001-2004. During that time under his leadership the team won two National Championships. He was selected by his peers as the GM of the Year twice and sat on the Executive Board and served as Director of Expansion.
John is married to Sheila Bates-Blackmore a 5th grade teacher at Center McMechen Elementary School and has two children Jeremiah (WLU-FR) and Cecilia (OVA-JR). He was nominated for the Carnegie Mellon Hero Fund in 2015 after he and a friend saved a drowning fisherman in the Ohio River. John has qualified for the WV State Bass Fishing Championships 5 times and served on the Executive Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
John Blackmore
Account Specialist