Jimmy Hendricks

Current

CEO/Co-Founder at Artistic Hub & Collar Free (Collar Free Inc.)

Past

Industry Manager - Tennis at The Active Network
Area Director - San Diego at N2 Publishing
District Sales Manager at Vector Marketing

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Education

University of Missouri-Columbia

Recommended

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Connections

462 connections

Industry

Internet

Websites

Jimmy Hendricks’s Summary

7 years in sales management, business development, and entrepreneurship. Experienced in leveraging sales and advisory teams to execute on an idea quickly and economically. Promotion and recognition guru with an education in corporate taxation. Possesses ability to attract and motivate users, customers, and employees towards focused execution while monitoring key metrics that drive business.

Interests:
Democritization of the web, Product driven social communities, Creating multiple revenue streamed companies, Teaching, Social media

Jimmy Hendricks’s Specialties:

Leadership, Recruiting, Motivation, Business Development, Professional Speaking

Jimmy Hendricks’s Experience

CEO/Co-Founder

Artistic Hub & Collar Free (Collar Free Inc.)

(Privately Held; Internet industry)

March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Artistic Hub creates interactive online campaigns to engage your customers and fans. Our technology drives engagement, validates new product potential, creates measurable return on investment, and turns the expense of design into a revenue stream. Our clients include Sports Illustrated Kids, Active.com, Toys for Tots, and Vector Marketing (Cutco).

Collarfree.com is a clothing company where designers all over the world submit t-shirt designs for the public to vote on. The best designs are then chosen for sale.

Collar Free Inc.includes www.collarfree.com and www.artistichub.com.
Industry Manager - Tennis

The Active Network

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

March 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 3 months)

Building the sales department and establishing initial contracts within the tennis industry outside of sanctioned USTA events. The tennis division of the Active Network is dedicated to developing online offerings for amateur tennis players,building and marketing programs, activities and events for the players, and hosting and developing applications that encourage online registration and ultimately drive growth in the sport of tennis.
Area Director - San Diego

N2 Publishing

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

September 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 7 months)

We contract with high-end home owner's associations to produce a high quality magazine for their home owner's association. The publication is free or of little cost to the neighborhood and in exchange we have the rights to sell advertising to cover the costs and make a profit.

As an Area Director, we coordinate advertising sales, copywriting, content development, publication deadlines and requirements, and sales management and development.
District Sales Manager

Vector Marketing

(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

May 1999 — August 2004 (5 years 4 months)

Sales manager for direct selling company. Responsible for managing teams of 20-50 direct sales reps. Recruited, trained, and motivated sales team for Cutco cutlery. Cutco is a high-end, American made cutlery sold through direct and referral based sales.

Skills Developed: Sales Training and Development, Sales Management, Employee Motivation

Jimmy Hendricks’s Education

University of Missouri-Columbia

Masters , Accounting-Taxation , 1998 — 2003

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Tau Omega

Additional Information

Jimmy Hendricks’s Websites:

Jimmy Hendricks’s Interests:

social media, web 2.0, design competition, crowd-sourcing, online advertising, blogging, entrepreneurship, startups

Jimmy Hendricks’s Groups:

Action & Sport Innovators
Marketing Executives Group
CEO Club
Forbes Leadership
Fans of Mashable
Southern California Venture Capital Community
Social Media Marketing
United States Tennis Association
INTERACTIVE GROUP
Fashion Network 2.0
Silicon Valley Venture Community
INTERACTIVE & DIGITAL MEDIA GROUP
SANDIOS - San Diego Online Society
The Cutco & Vector Marketing Community
Founder's Lunch
San Diego CEO & Founders Lunch
Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting HighTech and Technology in Los Angeles and its Vicinity
San Diego Twitter
Strategic Partnership News
NTRP