Hall & Partners Rolls Out Global 'Storytelling' Team

London-based brand and comms research specialist Hall & Partners has launched a Global Brand and Marketing team, to help client-facing staff translate big data insights into 'visually interesting' ways to share a client's story.

Hall & Partners, which is part of the Omnicom division Diversified Agency Services, also has offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Melbourne and Sydney.

The new team will be led by Global Marketing & Communications Director Ashley Walker (pictured), who joined in May, having previously served as VP, Corporate Communications at e-Rewards in Texas; and as Research Now's Director of Corporate Communications. She says her new team will encourage people to share information, stories and pictures as a means to drive the viral distribution of client stories.

The team also includes new joiners Jason Beltran, Marketing Director based in New York, who previously held senior marketing roles at TiVo Research and Analytics and Research Now; Soraya Amorim, Brand Director based in London, who earlier served as Lead Designer at trendwatching.com; Alice Smith, Creative Services Executive based in London, who joins from River Research where she worked as a Designer; along with company veterans Nick Helm, Creative Director based in London; and Adonis Bellezar, Marketing Specialist based in Los Angeles.

Global CEO Vanella Jackson comments: 'We want to inspire storytelling. We are in the business of identifying what really matters within the ever-increasing tidal wave of information available to businesses. Traditional research does not always cut through and identify what really matters or provide innovative ways to tell their stories and inspire action.'

Web site: www.hallandpartners.com .