Rick Hastings

About Rick Hastings

Rick has been involved in targeted marketing communications, direct marketing, publishing and both print and electronic marketing media for his entire 35 + year career. He has significant experience in sales, sales management, IT and marketing with some terrific multifaceted organizations. Utilizing consultative sales techniques he is able to prospect engage and close C-Level marketing executives with a high level of success. His approach involves developing strategic solutions to creatively meet client marketing objectives by clearly defining their business needs. Rick co-authored and taught a successful XEROX PSS course and was awarded the “John Dillard Award” as the most outstanding VP of Sales and marketing in the United States. He is passionate about WINNING, hunting for new business and forging new relationships and is motivated by a very simple principle: the desire to see his clients succeed. • Rick has brought in key relationships at Proctor and Gamble. He has sold hybrid media solutions and inserts to agencies and marketers such as Cox, Gannett, Times Mirror, Knight- Ridder, McGraw-Hill, Random House, The Kaufman Fund, Walmart, Yum Brands, Sams Club and many other high profile companies (regionally and nationally)Rick is active in his community and holds a Masters Degree (MBA) in Marketing.Rick’s presentation skills are polished, his experience in the graphics industry strong, and feel he is very capable of creating, presenting and closing on complex solutions to C- Level executives. Rick is a strong leader and can inspire and lead his team to achieve the marketing and sales objectives for his company.Specialties: Strong Leader, exceptional writing andUK computer skills; ability to quickly analyze a problem and develop a solution; knows how to show his clients his company can add value and has retained key national and international business relationships built over 25 years.

Experience

1. Vice President of Sales

   Knepper Press A Marketing.Com Company

   Jun 2021 — Present · US

   Print and Direct Mail plus Marketing Services

Education

• Seacrest High School

  Diploma

  1962 — 1965

• Florida Atlantic University

  BA, MBA

  1970 — 1973

Skills

• Digital Printing
• Lead Generation
• B2b
• Direct Marketing
• Advertising
• Brand Management
• Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Variable Data Printing
• Marketing Communications
• Offset Printing
• Sales Presentations
• Integrated Marketing
• Management
• Market Planning
• Sales Management
• Marketing
• Business-to-Business (B2b)
• Selling
• Leadership
• Budgets
• Print Management
• Direct Mail
• Sales Process
• Pre-Press
• Trade Shows
• Crm
• Sales Operations
• Customer Retention
• Account Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• New Business Development
• Marketing Management
• Email Marketing
• Business Development
• Direct Sales
• Sales
• Key Account Management