Meet Sugar Rim

Sugar Rim is run by Courtney Rice and Ben Rhinesmith — a husband-and-wife team with years of experience on both sides of influencer marketing.

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Meet Courtney

Founder and CEO

Courtney brings deep expertise from managing influencer programs for brands like Slickdeals, Dollar Shave Club, Noteworthy, Lingvano, Proven Skincare, Nourish, and more. She specializes in building thoughtful partnerships, creative strategy, and high-performing UGC programs.
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Meet Ben

Co-Founder and CCO

Ben brings a creator’s eye, with hands-on experience producing and editing content for brands like United Airlines and Mockingbird, plus a wide range of work across tech, finance, lifestyle, and CPG. He’s also an experienced podcast producer and editor, bringing storytelling, pacing, and narrative flow into every piece of content he touches.

Together, we operate as an extension of your team — the people who show up, think with you, problem-solve with you, and genuinely care about your brand’s success.

We combine strategy + creativity + execution under one boutique roof.

Just two people committed to doing really good work

with really good people.