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YouthSight Adds Three

December 10 2018

In the UK, Gen Z and Millennial agency YouthSight have announced three recent appointments in its Insight division: former Ipsos MORI exec Tanya Michelsen as an AD and Head of the Brands Team; and Megan Highcock and Miranda Brown as Senior Research Managers.

YouthSight Adds ThreeYouthSight recently restructured to establish separate divisions for its Insight business and its Panel and Data Services business; with company founder Ben Marks moving into the role of CEO to focus on growth and new opportunities.

Michelsen joined the company in October after five years at Ipsos MORI, where she rose rapidly from Trainee to Associate Director, gaining experience in campaign evaluations, ad testing, brand tracking and ad hoc research.

Highcock joins from Flamingo where she spent four years, initially focusing on the beauty and leisure categories, then transferring to the firm's New York office where she added the food and drink sectors and was promoted to Project Director.

Brown has spent the last four years at RDSi, rising to Research Manager and working with qual and quant techniques in markets including CPG and visitor attractions.

Insight division Managing Director, Josephine Hansom comments, 'Tanya, Megan and Miranda are incredibly strong researchers and we're delighted to have them leading our brands team here at YouthSight. Together with the three other researchers in the team - Toni, Hibo and Elly - they make a formidable group with diverse methodological skills and approaches but with a commitment to understanding young people and helping our clients take the guesswork out of their under-30s marketing decisions'.

YouthSight is the trading name of OpinionPanel Ltd, founded by Marks in 2004 and owner of the OpinionPanel Community, the UK's largest youth research access panel.

Web sites: www.opinionpanel.co.uk and www.youthsight.com .

All articles 2006-23 written and edited by Mel Crowther and/or Nick Thomas, 2024- by Nick Thomas, unless otherwise stated.

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