About Our Advertising Agency

Our team’s passion, drive, and experience helps our clients grow their businesses and propel them to success, with tailor-made, innovative marketing strategies and services that are second to none.

We select the most effective strategies from both digital and traditional media that to bring the highest return on investment for your business.  Our beliefs form the foundation of our advertising agency.

We believe:

• that business can and should be used to make the world a better place
• in the “triple bottom line”:  equal importance on people, profit, and the planet
• that our success will come as a natural result of helping our clients to be successful
• that for-profit businesses and non-profits can partner together to create positive change for our community . To that end, we often pair profits with non-profits for promotions and events that are mutually beneficial.

Gary Chatham – President

Gary has been on the cutting edge of the marketing and web development fields for over 20 years. After growing up in Peoria, and graduating from Richwoods High School and Bradley University, he became a founding partner of a groundbreaking interactive marketing agency in San Diego in 1997.  His agency grew to a team of eight people.  There, he built a reputation for providing his clients with cost-effective marketing strategies that produce undeniable results. This included designing, developing, and launching one of the first online pharmacies in the United States.

Since moving back to the Peoria area in 2009, Gary now leads Chatham Marketing in assisting small to medium-sized businesses achieve measurable success.

With a background and education in both marketing and psychology, Gary is an expert in knowing which strategies will attract and retain the best customers for our clients. By placing himself in the shoes of your customers, and by drawing on his knowledge base and years of experience, he effectively communicates your vision to your target market.  Gary brings the vision, strategies, and passion that will mean results for you.

Beyond his passion for marketing, Gary loves playing in local bands, enhancing personal growth, and building community connections. He says,  ”My greatest motivation and satisfaction come from seeing our clients’ businesses grow, while making a positive impact on the community.”

Michele Taylor – Creative Director

With over 20 years’ experience in web design and development, as well as print design, Michele is Chatham Marketing’s Creative Director. Michele’s interest in art started as a toddler when she fell in love with finger painting,  and then progressed to making mud sculptures with her parents’ new cookware set. After taking a few graphic design classes in high school, her passion for design grew into college classes, and led to a career in graphic design. Over the years, Michele’s expert eye for visual appeal and her finely tuned technical skills have brought countless businesses’ web sites to the “next level.”

She’s a gifted designer who clearly knows how to showcase a business’s web content for maximum customer appeal. She is also adept at web programming. Her specialties include: Art Direction, Branding, CSS, and PHP integration.

Michele is always thinking of new ideas, enjoys a healthy lifestyle, and working out.