Kevin Reilly has been promoted to chairman of entertainment at Fox Broadcasting Company, Beverly Hills, Calif. Research will be among his responsibilities.
Vital Insights, a Mississauga, Ontario, research company, has named Joerg Hoehner managing director, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Eastbridge Consulting Group, an Avon, Conn., marketing advisory firm, has hired Ginger Bates as director, research.
San Francisco research company watchLAB has hired Bart Hofford as director, field services.
Camille Nicita has been appointed president and CEO of Gongos Research, Auburn Hills, Mich.
Needham, Mass., research company in4mation insights has hired Susan Bertenthal as senior director, practice lead, category management and insights; Jonathan Poeder as director, marketing science; Tianjiao Han and Scott Layton as analyst, marketing science; and Ryan Griffin as software engineer, information engineering and high-performance computing.
Ingmar Gutberlet has been named director, sales and marketing, at Berlin research company SensoMotoric Instruments.
Chicago research company SymphonyIRI Group Inc. has appointed Beverly A. Grant as president, retail solutions.
Farmington Hills, Mich., research company Morpace Inc. has hired Cathy Marchesi as research director, automotive; Jeffrey Dodge as research director, technology; and Julie Vogel as vice president, online communities, automotive. Vogel will be based in Boston.
Drew Canapary has joined Outsource Research Consulting, Aptos, Calif., as partner. Canapary will lead the company’s customer loyalty research division.
Portland, Ore., research company Revelation has appointed Jim Hornor as lead methodologist and Julie Gagliardi as director, sales, Atlantic Northeast.
KJT Group, a Honeoye Falls, N.Y., research company, has promoted Michaela Gascon to CFO and Lynn Clement to chief of staff. Gascon will continue to serve as research director, health care, and Clement will continue to serve as vice president, research.
Ken Wikler has joined Norwalk, Conn., research company Bell, Falla and Associates as executive director, qualitative research.
Bellomy Research, Winston-Salem, N.C., has appointed Kaye Young as senior vice president, retail and category leadership.
Columbia, Md., research company Arbitron Inc. has appointed Sean R. Creamer to its board of directors. Additionally, Manish Bhatia has been named executive vice president, new product innovation. Bhatia will be based in New York.
The Phelps Group, a Santa Monica, Calif., research company, has promoted Jason Chiem to media coordinator; Claudio De Laurentiis to art director; and Nat Wilkes to team coordinator.
Scott Miller has been named group CEO of Vancouver, B.C., research company Vision Critical. Miller will be based in New York and will also join the company’s board of directors. Additionally, Vision Critical has hired Jim Cravens as executive vice president, global human resources, and Michelle Carter as head of client services, U.K. Carter will be based in London.
M/A/R/C Research, Irving, Texas, has promoted Alice Butler and Patricia Wakim to senior vice president.
San Ramon, Calif., job services company eQuest has appointed David Bernstein as vice president, big data.
Point Consultancy, a Dubai, United Arab Emirates, research company, has hired Henry Beales as business solutions consultant.
Nuremberg, Germany, research company The GfK Group has hired Tom Neri as senior vice president, customer loyalty. Neri will be based in New York. Additionally, GfK has appointed seven senior leaders in China, Korea, Malaysia and Japan: Kyungeun Chang, managing director, GfK Korea; Selinna Chin, general manager, GfK consumer choices, Malaysia; Yoshi Fujibayashi, managing director, GfK consumer choices, Japan; Nehal Medh, managing director, GfK consumer experiences, Singapore; Ashok Sethi, director, regional development, Asia and the Pacific; Eliza Wong, managing director, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and head of operations for Greater China; and Alfred Zhou, general manager, GfK consumer choices, China.
Tim Willke has joined Perception Research Services International, Fort Lee, N.J., as executive vice president.
Illumination Research, Mason, Ohio, has hired Jennifer Holt as director, marketing and new business development, and Heather Smith as director, insight strategy.
Kyla DeForest has been selected for an internship at CORE Insights Research and Marketing Strategy, Boulder, Colo.
London research company Verve has made the following appointments: Karen Alexander and Sallie Furness, senior research executive; Claire Long, senior community manager; Julie Agbonifo, community manager; Lysbeth Plas, qualitative research executive; Susanna Pecyna, Patricia Pinakova and Poppy Taylor, community panel manager; Ade Oshunbade, quality assurance manager; and Rafael Portas, survey scripter.
New York research company Kantar Health has promoted Graeme Jacombs to managing director, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa.
All Global, a New York research company, has hired Amber Leila Esco as vice president, business development.
San Francisco research company Symphony Advanced Media has named Charles Buchwalter president and CEO.
New York public relations firm Edelman has named Michael J. Berland CEO of Edelman Berland, the firm’s research and analytics business.
New York research company PlayScience has hired Carly Shuler as strategy lead and Brittney Huntington and Emily Schlemmer as research associate.
Tony Uphoff and Scott Schulman have joined the strategic advisory board for Connotate Inc., a New Brunswick, N.J., research company.
Constellation Research Inc., Sydney, Australia, has hired Gavin Heaton as vice president and principal analyst.
Emily Hunt has joined New York research company StrategyOne as director, insights. Hunt will be based in London.
Jack Korte has been named vice president, client services, at Repass and Partners Inc., a Cincinnati research company.
ICM Research, London, has appointed Teresa Lynch director, data services.
Paris research company Ipsos has made the following appointments: Yannick Carriou, chief executive, Ipsos MediaCT; Richard Silman, head of corporate and social responsibility programs; and Dominique Lévy-Saragossi, country manager, Ipsos France.
Ronald Meier has been named sales director, Europe, at uSamp, an Encino, Calif., research company.
Cincinnati research company dunnhumbyUSA has named Dave Palm senior vice president, operations; and Rex Davis head of operations, India.
Mintel Group Ltd., a London research company, has appointed Emmanuelle Moeglin as global fragrance analyst.
Schlesinger Associates, an Iselin, N.J., research company, has hired Laura Haxton-Wilde as managing director, The Research House, in the U.K. Sue Maldonado, former managing director, will remain with the company as vice president, global marketing.