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Charlotte Hamilton

Associate Director

Full Service Market Research

Team:

Foxlow Edge

Pronouns:

She/Her

Key skills:

  • Complex, mixed-methodology studies
  • Trackers
  • Quantitative research
  • Uncovering insight from deeper, statistical analysis

Hello, I'm

Charlotte

Charlotte began her career in the advertising industry, initially working as a media planner in London for clients including Virgin Trains and Britannia Building Society. The role involved significant analytical work using large datasets such as TGI, which led her into market research.

Her project experience is broad, encompassing marketing-related research such as awareness tracking, campaign evaluation, and advertising material testing, as well as customer and employee satisfaction studies, website evaluation, and customer segmentation.

In recent years, Charlotte has specialised in public sector and education research, allowing her to combine her knowledge of marketing and commercial businesses with academia and local government. She enjoys problem-solving, thinking projects through to their final conclusion, and “geeking out” with data.

Outside of work, Charlotte is a member of three book groups and spends much of her time engaging with her two inquisitive children. Her daughter once asked Charlotte to describe what her job involves – on hearing a brief explanation of market research, she gave the shocked response “isn’t it very rude to ask people lots of questions?”. If you have a smart answer to that, please let Charlotte know!

 

A few fun facts about me...

If I wasn't a Partner I'd love to be...

A book editor

The best thing about my job is...

Gathering data to reach an answer

My favourite place to be is...

At the theatre

Not many people know that...

I did work experience at Radio 1

A few fun facts about me...

'This' or 'That' questions...

Chocolate or cheese?

Chocolate or cheese answer: chocolate

Sunny or snowy?

Sunny or snowy answer: sunny

Country or town?

Country or town answer: town

Coffee or tea?

Coffee or tea answer: tea

Cats or dogs?

Cats or dogs answer: cats

Early bird or night owl?

Early bird or night owl answer: night owl

'This' or 'That' questions...

Explore the teams...

The Operational Board is responsible for the day-to-day running of the business and developing the company’s business strategy. They are also fully hands-on, winning and delivering research projects.

Our Managing Director, Alastair Gleed, and several of our board members are founding figures of DJS Research, having joined in the early post-shed era of the company (intrigued... read about ‘the shed’) and have been in research since the previous millennium! In Spring 2024 we introduced a new scheme to bring fresh thinking and new energy into our boardroom, welcoming three new board members on a rotational basis. Both the initiative and the new members of the team were warmly received, and it's already paid dividends as the trio have had a hugely positive impact company-wide.

The role of the Trust Board is to ensure DJS Research is run in the best interests of all Partners and meets its legal responsibilities. It works closely with the Operational Board, offering strategic challenge and oversight.

Our company founder, and former Managing Director, Danny Sims, sits on the Trust Board, continuing to share his knowledge and experience garnered from over 30 years in market research. Financial oversight is provided by Finance Director, Rich Slater, while HR Manager, Lucy Pawson, champions the voice of our people through EO Voice – our employee council which represents the views and interests of everyone across the company and provides a direct route to both company boards. Our external Independent Trustee Director, John-Paul Simpson, provides an important and entirely neutral perspective on company matters and brings invaluable employee ownership expertise from his own business. His role is to protect employee interests, uphold company values, and ensure accountability across leadership.

 

Chairman

Finance Director

Employee Trustee
Director (HR Manager)

Independent Trustee
Director