GOT BAG, an eco-friendly, outdoor & lifestyle travel brand that has developed the world’s first backpacks made of ocean plastic, appoints Jay Sheldon as the new Head of Sales & Growth for North America.
Jay brings 16 years of surf, snow, skate, and outdoor industry sales experience to the role. He has worked for brands like Globe, an Australian footwear, clothing, and skateboard hardgoods company, and most recently for HippyTree, a surf and outdoor apparel company.
“We are thrilled to have Jay join our team! His experience in the industry will help us tremendously in taking our brand to the next level. He is definitely the missing puzzle piece in our wholesale program and, on top of that, an awesome person to partner with!” said Matthias Paisdzior, Head of North of America for GOT BAG.
Jay was originally contacted to be a sales representative for the Southern California area. He consulted for the company for six months and came on board full-time on September 1, 2022, in this new role.
“I’m beyond excited to join a brand like GOT BAG that shares the same core beliefs and passion for cleaning up & preserving our oceans through creating products that are as fashionable as they are fully sustainable,” said Jay Sheldon.
As the Head of Sales & Growth for North America, Jay will be based in California and will spearhead new initiatives, plans, and strategies for developing business and achieving the company’s sales goals. As fashion retailers look to expand their sustainable offerings in response to immense growth in customer demand, GOT BAG is well positioned to continue its growth in the retail segment. When the company launched in the US in October 2020, it was entirely an eCommerce business with 99% online sales. The brand started expanding into retail in August 2021 and saw huge success with month-over-month growth rates of 20-30%.
About GOT BAG
GOT BAG is a social-first fashion brand dedicated to raising awareness and cleaning our oceans from plastic pollution. The brand launched in North America in October 2020. To help create a plastic-free future for our oceans, GOT BAG collects and recycles up to 9.9 pounds of plastic from the ocean for every GOT BAG made. To date, GOT BAG’s efforts have recovered and recycled more than 1 million pounds of plastic from the ocean. Benjamin Mandos founded GOT BAG while on a sailing trip in Southeast Asia. He was shocked by the images of the floating garbage patches mainly formed of plastic. He knew he had to do something about it and launched the company in 2016. GOT BAG wants to create awareness about the amount of plastic we use and to encourage people to think circularly. https://us.got-bag.com/
