Daily Research News Online no. 20784 - Chime Hires Across Five Businesses

Chime Hires Across Five Businesses

April 27 2015

UK-based Chime has announced eight new appointments in its Insight & Engagement Group (CIE), spanning its Facts International, CIE Commercial, Watermelon, Cherry Picked and Opinion Leader businesses.

Jessica Turner joins qual fieldwork unit Cherry Picked as Qualitative Fieldwork Consultant, bringing more than a decade of research experience, most recently from healthcare service provider WorldOne where she was a Qualitative Services Manager.

Analysts Isobel Rudlin, Liam Kilby and Annabel Wood join the digital arm, Watermelon Research. Rudlin was previously a Planning Assistant at a property consultancy, while Kilby worked in SEO optimisation and Wood in education.

Kent-based fieldwork firm Facts International is joined by Lora Webb as Research Executive and Janine Waters, previously of Saga Group plc, as HR Manager. Webb joins from The Pixel Farm where she was lead Marketing Executive, and holds a first in psychology.

Ashley Lewis, previously of start-up research business Bamm, brings expertise in visual research techniques to better understand consumer motivations, and joins CIE Commercial as an Insight Manager.

At full service consultancy Opinion Leader, MD Sinéad Jefferies is to take a more strategic role with clients of both Opinion Leader and the CIE Group overall, and is relocating to France; her current day-to-day team responsibilities within Opinion Leader will be taken on by Director Neil Samson, with the company for eight years. Meanwhile Sania Haq, formerly of RS Consulting, joins as Research Manager.

CIE Chief Exec Crispin Beale says of the expansion: 'I'm delighted to welcome such a wealth of talent to our teams, spanning a wide breadth of industries and research methodologies... I'm confident that all of these individuals will make a vital contribution to the business success of CIE Group.'

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