Media measurement company Nielsen has appointed Jamie Moldafsky as chief marketing and communications officer.
Translation service provider Mission Translate has appointed Alex Batchelor and Danny Russell to the company’s board.
Custom insights firm Russell Research has added Christine Holt to lead its qualitative practice as vice president.
Fashion designer Stella McCartney has tapped Peter Chipchase as the company’s chief marketing officer.
Online consumer sample provider Full Circle has added Rebecca Fuener as regional sales director for the Midwest.
Marketing research technology company Big Sofa Technologies has made two senior appointments, adding Dan Jenkins to the company’s London team and Victoria Waldman to the Philadelphia team.
Ad and innovation testing platform Zappi has appointed Mitch Barns to its board of directors.
Exabeam, a security analytics and automation company, has appointed Sherry Lowe as chief marketing officer.
Research and analytics company MarketCast has appointed Zoë Friend as corporate senior vice president of custom research and insights.
Marketing research consultancy Smarty Pants has promoted Rickie Eatherly to research analyst.
Sharpen Technologies, an Indianapolis-based customer experience technology provider, has promoted Murph Krajewski to chief marketing officer.
Marketing research technology company Big Sofa Technologies has added Alex Marshall as front end developer.
SurveyMonkey, a provider of software solutions for customer experience, market research and survey feedback, has appointed Ken Ewell as its first chief customer officer.
Marketing research and branding consultancy Protobrand has expanded its client services team with the additions of Chris Parker as manager of client services and Owen Jenkins as vice president of client services.
U.K. publisher Dennis has promoted Seema Hope to the role of global customer insight director.
Marketing research and consulting firm Smarty Pants has appointed Molly Jackson to the role of insights mastermind.
STRAT7 ResearchBods, a creator of insights platforms and communities, has made several new appointments, including Karen Lewis, who joins the company as customer success lead. Gordon Sherratt takes on the role of head of IT for STRAT7 ResearchBods as well as the wider STRAT7 group. For the project management team, Kelsey Catchpole joins as trainee project manager and Caitlin Fletcher joins as project support administrator. Finally, Paul Wilson becomes business development manager.
Criteo, a technology company for marketers, has appointed Brendan McCarthy as chief marketing officer.
Behavioral research agency Walnut Unlimited has added Ivan Browne as shopper research consultant.
Insights agency Research Strategy Group has appointed Paul Pacheco as an executive vice president.
The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) has announced the winners of the Global Outreach Scholarship for 2021, which is designed to offer international qualitative researchers opportunities to learn and grow outside their home regions. The 2021 award recipients are: Moowa Masani, South Africa; Nadia Zulkifli, Malaysia; and Dwi Damawanti, Indonesia. Recipients receive free conference registration for the QRCA Virtual Conference on February 1-5, 2021, as well as free QRCA membership for the 2021 membership year.
Cassandra, ENGINE’s insights and strategy group that studies young consumers, has appointed Chanon Cook as vice president.
Alida, a customer experience management and insights platform, has expanded its Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) team with several appointments. Phillip Walsh joins the team as general manager for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific and Jodarna Meade has been appointed as head of customer success for the APJ region. Karen Lo joins the company as head of marketing while Wingsan Lun becomes senior sales executive for the APJ team and Uma Jain becomes partner manager. Finally, Jagan Sivanesan has joined Alida's APJ team as principal solution engineer.
GBH Insights, a marketing strategy, consumer behavior and analytics consultancy, has rebranded to GBK Collective. Additionally, the firm has promoted Rebecca Szew to executive vice president, research and insights.
Advertising research company Communicus has added Allison Heggli as senior account director.
Programmatic research technology company Lucid has appointed Stephanie Comardelle as chief of staff.
SurveyMonkey, a provider of software solutions for customer experience, market research and survey feedback, has added Graham Douglas as vice president of CX sales in EMEA.
PDFTron Systems Inc., a provider of document technology solutions for software developers, has appointed Craig Clark as chief marketing officer.
Marketing research and innovation firm Burke, Inc. has appointed Joelle Gwinner as SVP, enterprise solutions.
Insights-based professional services company BEESY has hired Colleen Giblin as a behavioral analyst.
Customer experience management and insights platform Alida has expanded its senior team with the appointment of Scott Barkley as senior vice president, product management, Paul Hagen as principal director, CXM and Manuel Zahariev as vice president of engineering, AI and analytics.
The Insights People, a provider of kids, parents and family market intelligence, has expanded its team with four new hires and has moved to a larger office. Claire Garner will lead the company's research team as well as its media effectiveness analysis service. Joining Garner are Lewis Townsend as account director, Sam Nguyen as research executive and Joseph Newton as junior developer. In addition to the new recruits, Beth Bleathman has been promoted to senior research executive.
Data and analytics company IRI has appointed Suellen Ravanas as global chief financial officer.
Insights agency SKIM has made two appointments to its leadership team. Jeni Chapman becomes managing director, North America, and is based in the New York area. Pascalle Govers joins SKIM as consultant, new product development services, based in Rotterdam.
Marketing research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has promoted Alyssa Wright to senior research analyst or "insights brainiac.”
Marketing research consultancy Protobrand has named Apolinaras Sinkevicius as COO.
Research firm Ironwood Insights Group has made several promotions among its management team, including Ryan Luciani to VP of account management, Katie Hill to director of account management, Richard McCaffery to VP of operations and Sara Reed to director of operations.
Consumer insights platform DISQO has expanded its team with the additions of Anne Hunter as VP of product marketing, David Grabert as VP of brand and communications and Karin Odell as head of demand generation.
Marketing insights firm MarketVision Research has made several promotions and new hires. For the company's qualitative team, Ngan Gilkison joins as research manager and Alexandra Lindner joins as research associate. For the online communities team, Alexander Lanson becomes a research assistant. Alexis Gelinas, Grace Hoffmann and Noah Peterson have been promoted to research associate while Allyson Sovinsky and Benjamin Bruggemann have been promoted to senior research associate.
Customer intelligence platform Alida has promoted Jason Baldree to chief customer officer and has appointed Tony Chung as senior vice president of professional services and customer success.
Intelligence firm Aimpoint Research has made several new hires, adding Jack Lumpe as operational excellence coordinator, Eric Williams as Agri-Food WatchDesk analyst and Payton Woods and Tommy Batts as research analyst.
Marketing research and strategic consulting firm Smarty Pants has added Paul “Skip” Wong as research manager or "insights guru."
Research firm Ironwood Insights Group has promoted Katie Hill to director of account management and Sara Reed to director of operations. Additionally, Ryan Luciani and Richard McCaffery have been promoted to VP of account management and VP of operations, respectively.
Behavioral data management platform Snowplow has appointed Abhirukt Sapru as vice president of sales.
Amperity, an enterprise customer data platform, has expanded its executive team, adding Brian Goldfarb as chief marketing officer and Michael Wasyluka as chief sales officer.
Online grocery e-commerce platform Mercato has hired Jean-Michel Boujon as chief marketing officer.
Research firm OvationMR has hired Bart Borkosky as chief research officer.
Brand experience agency Sparks has promoted Kristy Elisano to chief marketing officer.
Express Employment Professionals has appointed Steve Scully as chief sales and marketing officer.