Sponsors
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YouGov is a full service international market research company, primarily using online panels to provide quantitative and qualitative research across a range of specialisms. These include consumer markets, financial services, technology and telecoms, media, politics and the public sector. YouGov’s full service offering spans added value consultancy, syndicated product offers, omnibus, qualitative research and field and tab services. YouGov is considered the pioneer of online market research, its well-documented and published track record in predicting election outcomes demonstrates the accuracy of its survey methods and in turn the quality of its client service work.
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Alterian (LSE: ALN) empowers organizations to create relevant, effective and engaging experiences with their audience through the use of the Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform.
Alterian’s unprecedented integration of analytics, content and execution through industry leading tools which include email, social media monitoring and web content management solutions, enables companies to build integrated communication strategies.
Alterian works with marketing services partners and agencies who recognize the need to plan and deliver coordinated customer engagement services in partnership with their clients. For more information about Alterian, products within the Alterian Integrated Marketing Platform or Alterian’s Partner Network, visit www.alterian.com.
Audience2Media is a leading global technology and online display advertising media company allowing advertisers to reach audiences through advanced behavioural, demographic, retargeting, contextual, geographic technologies across a Premium Network of renowned publishers providing the optimum brand experience, image and recognition your brand deserves. Our company is to pioneer the future of online advertising offering a comprehensive suite of targeting technologies fueled by our granular consumer insights data, driving online consumers from brand awareness to action, ultimately delivering "in-market" audiences to your product and service. Audience2Media is bound and determined to deliver the return on investment your business needs. Our mission is simple - delivering audiences to your campaign objectives using outstanding technology solutions in the digital media world.
Whether you’re an employer looking to recruit talented professionals or you’re looking for a fresh career challenge, you’ll appreciate working with a recruitment consultancy that really understands your needs.
At Badenoch & Clark we focus on connecting the right marketing & communications professionals with the right opportunities. We understand that recruitment is much more than filling vacancies. It’s about making the right connections between skills, cultures and roles.
With experience across the recruitment of middle and senior level marketing roles, we work with organisations from growing businesses to FTSE100 companies, and from FMCG organisations to central government. And our focus on building industry knowledge means we can advise on broader recruitment trends across the marketing sector.
At Ball and Hoolahan, we are experts in consumer marketing recruitment, with 21 years of experience working with the most talented marketers in the industry. We have particular expertise within FMCG, for all positions with salaries up to £100k including:
Brand Management, Research / Insight Trade Marketing,
Category Management, Direct Marketing ,CRM / Online
PR, Marketing Communications
Candidate experience driving recommendation is the cornerstone of our brand. We are committed to providing objective career guidance, career enhancing opportunities through out the job seeking process. Key is the one to one relationship that we offer with individual consultants - specialists in their field - who build an in depth understanding of an individual’s skills, style and aspirations. We recruit consultants with in depth relevant marketing experience within the sector that they work in. Our knowledge of the FMCG market place is 2nd to none after 21 years of operation. We have excellent relationships with an extensive client portfolio working with many of the greatest brands in the marketplace
Data is now more important than ever before and its impact upon marketing effectiveness is significant both below and above the line.
Celerity is at the forefront of data enhancement and we are able to proactively drive your brand messages to market in the right way. Our focus is to keep things simple and effective. If we do this we will save you money, retain your customers and make you money. You will also know how and why we made a difference so you can keep on doing it.
EMR is the UK’s leading full service marketing and communications recruitment specialist. Established in 1994, EMR’s success is centred on delivering our core values of credibility, commitment, coverage and certainty; ensuring that EMR remains the confident choice for any marketing or communications professional.
We have a partnership ethos which has allowed us to build an exemplary blue chip client base with many of the leading brands in the UK and boast a professional network that is unrivalled in the marketing industry. We aspire to become the global leader in marketing and communications recruitment and the recruitment partner of choice.
ExactTarget is a leading global provider of on-demand email marketing and one-to-one marketing solutions. The company’s software as a service technology provides organisations with a single platform to connect with customers via email, SMS text messaging, social media and landing pages. Supported by collaborative global services teams, ExactTarget’s technology integrates with more sales and marketing information systems than any other in the industry, including Salesforce.com, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Omniture and Webtrends among many others. ExactTarget’s software powers permission-based multi-channel communications for thousands of organisations around the world including Expedia.com, Aurora Fashions, Papa John’s, World Society for Protection of Animals and Gulf Air.
HRG are well known for creating and implementing successful in-store Point of Purchase solutions for leading brands and retailers. Voted as the Retail Marketing Agency of the Year 2009, by readers of Marketing Week, they also have strong credentials in creating sales promotion campaigns, developing/launching brands through packaging, press and on-line and implementing results driven experiential campaigns.
HRG came top in the 2009 POPAI awards winning 6 trophies. The agency goes from strength to strength working with many well known brands including: GSK, Sony, SKY, Warner Brothers, Danone, Crown, Nestle, Magners, BlackBerry, British Gypsum, Weetabix, Scotts and many more.
Hudson Marketing & Communications is a recruitment and talent management consultancy specialising in marketing and communications roles. With offices across the UK & Ireland, our local knowledge and regional relationships combined with our global resources enable us to deliver our service with speed, quality and innovation. Our consultants are sector specialists, each dedicated to providing recruitment solutions within specific industries. Our main focuses include:
• Public Sector
• Financial Services
• Professional Services
• Consumer (Media and Entertainment, Telecoms, FMCG, Retail, Leisure, Travel) We’ve developed and continue to build highly focused expertise and networks across the markets we work within, so that we can connect you with the right opportunity. Visit jobs.uk.hudson.com for more information.
Since 1973 Maritz Research has given clients the insight to help them deliver the promised brand experience. To do this they identify, research and consult on brands, customer experience, loyalty and employees across a range of sectors including automotive, financial services, hospitality, IT & telecom, pharmaceuticals and retail. Part of the US based group Maritz Inc, in Europe, Maritz Research has over 150 employees based in Great Britain, France and Germany. Further information at: www.maritzresearch.co.uk
Contact: Phil Durand, Telephone: (01628) 495610
E-Mail: phil.durand@maritzresearch.co.uk
mySupermarket.co.uk is a grocery shopping and comparison website that allows shoppers to get the best possible price at four supermarkets in one central place. Shoppers enjoy an easy and consumer-friendly shopping experience. mySupermarket.co.uk is an impartial service based on continuously updated information.
mySupermarket Insights is a data service, providing manufacturers, retailers and other FMCG analysts with a quick and easy way to keep track of prices, promotions and market share in real-time. The site offers instant access to clear and concise tables, graphs and Excel reports showing trends over time for all categories, brands and retailers.
Since its formation in the 1980s, Nigel Wright Recruitment is a leading name in the recruitment industry across Europe. We have extensive experience of bringing together high-calibre candidates and world-class organisations.
The business has grown from being a specialist recruiter to covering a full range of disciplines in a number of industry sectors, both nationally and internationally. Our consultants are committed to delivering a quality service, to clients and candidates alike.
Our Sales and Marketing team actively recruits across the industrial, service, agency, consumer, food and drink and retail sectors on a business-to-consumer and business-to-business level. With in-depth knowledge of all of the sectors they serve, our consultants are well equipped to advise clients and candidates on all aspects of recruitment within the sales and marketing discipline.
Phruit Ltd specialises in a full range of call centre solutions, market research and lead generation. An independent company, with our own dedicated call centres based in the UK and Philippines, we are committed to delivering exceptional quality, innovation and flexibility for our ever growing list of blue chip clients. As a company we offer businesses and organisations inbound & outbound call centre solutions that go beyond just call handling. With wide ranging UK and overseas call centre expertise and highly trained staff utilising the latest technology, our call centre services help our clients increase revenues, reduce costs and deliver brand values.
PromoVeritas: We help promoters sleep at night.
Don’t let competitions, prize draws or instant wins give you a headache. The Gambling Act, the Consumer Protection Regulations and the ASA CAP Code all create a compliance minefield for promoters.
Talk to PromoVeritas, the independent promotional verification service for a range of services to help you run your promotions smoothly and safely:
Advice on maximising your campaigns
Drafting of terms and conditions
Independent judging of competitions
Independent winner selection for prize draws
Oversight and secure distribution of instant wins
Secure running of Text to Wins
PromoVeritas : 020 7060 0232 www.promoveritas.com jeremy@promoveritas.com
Quest Search & Selection is a market leading FMCG & Retail recruitment specialist. Established for 15 years, we provide nationwide recruitment solutions from London and Manchester to over 40 of the FTSE 100 businesses. We are focused on delivering the very best service levels to both clients and candidates alike.
The Marketing division within Quest Search & Selection recruits on a permanent and contract basis at all levels, from graduate entry level up to director level. We are specialists in the recruitment of professionals within Marketing, Trade Marketing, Brand Marketing, Category Management, Market Insights & Market Research.
RAPP is a full service, integrated direct marketing agency that creates innovative, motivating and moving direct response programmes. We use multi-dimensional data to deliver insight that reveals the innermost drivers of human behaviour. Moving people to move your business performance - that’s our endgame. And working alongside award-winning creativity and cost-effective, professional delivery, it’s an approach that gets results.
Reckitt Benckiser is a global success story. A world leader in the global household, health and personal care sectors, we operate in 60 countries, while our brands are sold across 180. Our people are the power behind these brands - around 23,000 talented, driven and entrepreneurial individuals, all working together.
Our objective is simple – to deliver better solutions in household, health and personal care to consumers, wherever they may be. We do it through constant innovation. We look at the little things that drive people mad in their everyday life. Then we deliver brilliant, fast-acting solutions that help make life better and easier – promote them through an investment in creative and innovative marketing - and create outstanding shareholder value in the process.
Research Now is the leading global online sampling and online data collection company, recognised for delivering high-quality panellists, high response rates, and industry leading panel retention rates. The company operates panels with more than 6 million panellists in 37 countries around the globe. Offering a full suite of data collection services including online sample, survey programming and hosting, and survey translations, the company serves over 2,000 clients with multi-lingual staff located in 20 offices around the globe. With comprehensive business and consumer panels, the company delivers access to general populations, fully-engaged business professionals, and hard-to-reach audiences in Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.