HugeVP Research
May. 2013 - Nov. 2016Brooklyn, NYLed a team of 15 direct reports, managing research globally across the entire footprint of the company including the US, South America, Europe, and Asia, creating apps and websites, developing products, driving strategies, and assessing campaigns, improving the profile of market research within large organizations across the globe Established an engagement process, emphasizing human-centered strategy and consulting for digital, physical, and strategic products, placing the individual consumer is at the center of the process, strengthening the relationship with the client, and ensuring that the custom needs of each client are met Created client-facing mixed methodology insight tools, combining qualitative and quantitative data with a single investigation or sustained program inquiry, developing the tools and delivering them to clients, providing a single tool to gather more complete and accurate data Oversaw researching strategy, understanding staffing needs and ensuring those needs were met, growing profitable staff utilization from 60% to 85%, and expanding Direct Reports from 2 to 12 over 3 years Executed Problem Framing workshops and Design Sprints tactics, a decision-making process involving an innovative, human-based method of assessment, empathizing, defining, co-creating product details, developing prototypes, testing products with users, gathering feedback, and improving the product based on feedback, ensuring high-quality products