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Apparel Media is the result of the vision of three Indiana University alumni who met in 2005 and 2007. The custom apparel printing company that began as a side project in Bloomington and spread to university campuses throughout the US led to the insight that millions of groups are actively seeking sponsorship each and every day. In 2009, Jared Golden, Gerry Hays and Amish Tolia created Apparel Media to provide a global solution to help those groups seek and earn sponsorship from the major brands and local businesses they love. In the process of building its B2B and B2C channels, Apparel Media has pioneered the first scalable platform for facilitating local sponsorship.


Our community orientation goes beyond our day-to-day business. We believe the power of local influence can be leveraged to deliver paradigm shifting outcomes not only for marketers, but also for communities and society as a whole; and thus, we believe our platform can change the world.


Apparel Media is made possible by the support of leading venture investors and advisors. Our headquarters is located at 314 W. Institute Place, Suite 3E, Chicago, IL 60610.



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Jared Golden
co-Founder, co-CEO/COO


Jared heads up development and management of Apparel Media's nation-wide Printer Network and team of (Apparel) Advertising experts. In his spare time, Jared proudly maintains his reputation as a terrible golfer and often talks about learning how to produce house music. Jared hails from Columbus, Ohio and is a big fan of Buckeye football. This sometimes gets on Gerry's nerves.

Amish Tolia
co-Founder, co-CEO/CRO


Amish oversees sales and marketing and his alter-ego Amosh serves as the company's resident Zen Master. Amish was once a talented Halo player, but these days he chooses to focus on family and travel in his spare time. Amish inexplicably maintains elite status with several airlines, has a knack for connecting with "unreachable" people and insists that pork is a red meat.

Chris Molnar
Chief Technology Officer


Chris architects and oversees development of Apparel Media's patent-pending technology platforms. Chris is a veteran systems development guru with experience leading teams at Fortune 500 companies and successful startups. Outside the office, Chris champions the open source philosophy, aspires to direct an independent film, and is in pursuit of the perfect shot of espresso.

Gerry Hayes
Co-Founder, Director


Gerry serves as resident Strategy Maven and Board Director for Apparel Media. Gerry is a Founder of multiple companies, teaches the same at the IU Kelley School of Business, and resides in Carmel, IN with his wife of 19 years and 3 children. Gerry is obsessed with finding and securing great URLs for existing and future start-ups (he owns more than 200).

   

Got Talent? Join our team


Apparel Media is looking for amazing people inspired to make a difference for millions of local groups and the brands and business who want to support them. We're making sponsorship easily accessible for all and turning a once inconvenient process into an experience that delivers value for both sides.


We offer top notch benefits, paid time off and flex time, and most importantly, a fun, collaborative culture. Current openings are listed here.