With
nearly 20 years combined in television sales and
production at both QVC
and HSN,
Craig's experience in product development, marketing,
production and guest training make him one of
the most well-rounded Mavens in the industry.
Craig
is a former 15 year veteran of QVC and held a
variety of positions within Broadcasting and Sales
& Product Planning since 1991, including Line
Planner, Line Producer, Planning Manager and Manager
of Development & Strategy.
He
was also selected as one of the founding members
of QVC ProductWorks Development & Strategy
team. ProductWorks was a subsidiary of QVC created
to offer the talents of QVC's most experienced
sales minds as a fee-based service to vendors.
Craig eventually managed over 35 vendors with
annual sales in excess of 120 million dollars.
In
2005, he left QVC and with his wife, former QVC
Program Host Kim Parrish, co-created the Kim
Parrish Collection, a designer-inspired fashion
line. After four successful years on HSN, the
line was re-launched in the fall of 2009 and can
now be seen on ShopNBC,
QVC-UK
and TSC-The
Shopping Channel in Canada.
He
is currently also the President/Owner of Hartman
Media Management, an Owner/Partner with TCI-Total
Concept Initiative, a sales/marketing and production
company specializing in vendor representation,
production services and guest training, and Vice
President of Product Strategy & Development
of Maven Management Group.
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