Jim Hilt Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Eagan, Minnesota, Us

Birmingham, Alabama, Us

I serve as a Member of the Board of Directors for Hibbett, a leading athletic-inspired fashion retailer with nearly 1,100 Hibbett and City Gear specialty stores across the United States. I currently serve on the Compensation Committee and previously served on the Audit Committee.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Recruited initially as President for the Consumer line of business with a $1B+ P&L; within 18 months, named President of the entire company—leading and influencing strategy, business development, analytics, merchandising, product management, marketing, operations, and technology—holding total accountability for delivering on the organization’s mission to Make Life’s Experiences Unforgettable. Championed strategic initiatives to transform the company to offer total customization capabilities across home décor categories, expanding to serve customers throughout the U.S., international, and partner markets, in addition to strategic acquisitions and oversight of Shutterfly, Snapfish, and Spoonflower brands.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Spearheaded radical innovation, applying background in product and user experience design to provide eCommerce engineering leadership and visioning, creating compelling experiences and a more inclusive brand with unprecedented assortment expansion—doubling women’s sizing to 00-24—and a total reinvention of how the products were merchandised and marketed. Assumed increased levels of leadership throughout tenure to oversee omnichannel marketing and all customer experiences. Delivered a new brand strategy and platform, streamlined digital experience across eCommerce channels, expanded product assortment and extension, and constructed the pricing and promotions to fuel 12 quarters of profitable growth—the last 8 of which achieved +20% comps—to fuel a $500M eCommerce P&L and an end-to-end digital CX.

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

New York, Us

Held P&L accountability ($400M) for the world’s second-largest eBook business, shaping international expansion for NOOK, leading the product experience across device and commerce channels, and engaging in competitive innovation to gain share. Launched the NOOK business from the ground up in Europe—moving to Luxembourg for a year to lead effort—standing-up a European corporate office, establishing retail distribution partnerships vital to selling digital content internationally, and shaping a marketing campaign to drive success of Barnes & Noble’s first non-U.S. distribution venture.

Chicago, Il, Us

Joined this iconic American brand during an exciting time in its evolution, leading the ManageMyHome and ManageMyLife content and commerce programs, and building an entire digital ecosystem to revolutionize homeowner connectedness. Grew role with the opportunity to innovate the category and sector, assuming leadership of all Online Services, Product Management, and User Experience and Design encompassing 20+ websites, extensive mobile capabilities, and what became a $1B+ division.

Walldorf, Bw, De

Expanded marketing leadership within this global technology organization, playing a key role in defining value propositions for the midsized market and developing and implementing a transformational marketing and online product strategy. Built a robust, on-demand sales channel with increased coordination between web and telemarketing functions, developing customer success strategies driven by the voice of the customer and a more disciplined approach to product development.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Drove the launch of commerce on ibm.com, globalizing across 13 countries, championing world-class innovations, and fueling $800M in annual revenue by FY2003 following 10 consecutive quarters of double-digit, over-quota sales achievement. Appointed to a Chief of Staff position as EA for the senior-most marcom executive—VP of Marketing Management & Integrated Marketing Communications—overseeing mission-critical and large-scale project implementation across a global footprint of 4,500+ team members. Ultimately led Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services business development for emerging businesses.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us