Leadership Team

Jim King

Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs

Jim was named vice president of corporate affairs in April 2006 and was promoted to senior vice president in June 2008. He is responsible for leading the Company’s investor relations, internal communications, media relations, issues and crisis communications, corporate partnerships and community relations activities.

He began his career at ScottsMiracle-Gro in 2001 as director of investor relations and corporate communications, and was later promoted to senior director.

Prior to joining ScottsMiracle-Gro, Jim was vice president of investor relations with the consulting firm of Edward Howard & Co., in Cleveland; manager of investor and media relations at American Greetings Corp., Cleveland; and a business journalist in Phoenix, Atlanta and Cleveland.

He earned his bachelor's degree in journalism and an MBA degree at Kent State University, where he is on the Board of Advisors of the university’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications.