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Jill K. Ambrose leads the Sales, Marketing, Merchandising and Customer Experience efforts for the company. She brings over 20 years of comprehensive marketing expertise and experience driving results through integrated online and offline advertising, branding and merchandising. Her industry expertise includes apparel, home furnishings, entertainment, licensing, sports, hospitality and new media. Enthused by the unique composition of the business model, Ambrose saw CafePress as the perfect fit for her expertise, stating "CafePress is innovating on several dimensions as it captures the dynamic world of online retail, provides access to entrepreneurs and corporations worldwide, extends the power of Community and user-created content, and provides leadership in print-on-demand technology across a broad array or products." adding, "Many companies can only dream of pursuing one of these areas."Most recently Ambrose was Vice President of Marketing and eCommerce at GiftCertificates.com and a key member of the executive team that led the company to profitability. Prior to GiftCertificates.com she served as VP, Consumer Products division for Corbis, a digital media company that pioneered print-on-demand technology in the print and poster category. apitalizing on an open market in licensed sports apparel for women, Ambrose founded AVID Enterprises, Inc, which earned top vendor performance awards at major U. S. retailers. She also held an eight-year career at Disney in various product management, creative and branding leadership positions. Ambrose started her career in traditional retail working for both brick and mortar and catalog retailers. Ambrose holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Retailing and Marketing from the University of Illinois. Ambrose recently relocated to the Bay Area with her husband John and their dog Kiki. She confides that she passionately explores and creates adventures in "sensory aesthetics" enjoying anything that stirs sight, sound, smell, taste, touch or emotion. | 