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Master the Content Development Lifecycle
MarketCast helps clients across the globe connect with consumers more effectively by applying proprietary research methods to inform content development and marketing.
MarketCast helps clients across the globe connect with consumers more effectively by applying proprietary research methods to inform content development and marketing.
MarketCast helps clients across the globe connect with consumers more effectively by applying proprietary research methods to inform content development and marketing.
MarketCast operates globally through two core divisions: Franchise & Content Strategy and Campaign Analytics. These interconnected divisions focus on specific areas of the content lifecycle, from brand building and franchise management to tactical creative testing and campaign execution. We create a seamless experience as content travels through the lifecycle.
MarketCast operates globally through two core divisions: Franchise & Content Strategy and Campaign Analytics. These interconnected divisions focus on specific areas of the content lifecycle, from brand building and franchise management to tactical creative testing and campaign execution. We create a seamless experience as content travels through the lifecycle.
We provide custom research solutions for the creation, development, marketing, distribution, and maintenance of content across film, TV, OTT, interactive gaming, and beyond. We answer the big picture questions.. This can mean decoding a genre, entertainment landscape, or consumer behavior. Or it can mean tackling title- or franchise-specific questions — such as relevance, positioning, and context against the competition. We look at why a property engaged audiences or not, and we help establish the path forward from both a marketing and production standpoint.
With more competition for consumers’ attention than ever before, every piece of marketing material — from a trailer to a 15-second digital ad — needs to be as compelling as possible to ensure maximum impact. We help our clients craft the most dynamic and effective marketing campaigns possible, whether the goal is to determine the broadest positioning or to refine creative materials so that every second holds viewers’ attention. We combine a globally integrated approach with specialist teams focused on US and international audiences to provide clients with a consolidated perspective. We go beyond obvious answers, using our deep experience in analytics and normative benchmarking to create more effective campaigns. Our unique infrastructure yields fast, high-quality results with a range of testing methodologies using industry-leading content security protocols.
What is the advantage of MarketCast? The tangible strengths and resources we apply to create solutions — rich comparative data, focused Media and Entertainment experience, international reach, a depth of specialized expertise, and more.
President
University of California, San Diego
MA Literature in English
University of California, Davis
BA Literature in English
Jeremy transforms the story behind research problems into dynamic, actionable strategy, and he supports clients through the execution of that strategy. As executive vice president, Jeremy provides direction on all aspects of MarketCast’s business and leads a team of analysts who serve the company’s core clients. He’s been the primary contact for marketers, executives, and key stakeholders on hundreds of theatrical, OTT, and home entertainment releases. He has particular expertise in developing marketing strategy for franchises in the comic book, family animated, and action/adventure genres.
Since joining MarketCast in 1999, Jeremy has held a variety of titles and worked in many capacities. He has always focused on refining the company’s voice and analytical approach and ensuring that he and his team meet their clients’ needs.
At home, Jeremy is an ardent student and avid consumer of pop culture, usually with his wife and two daughters by his side. This means that a focus group of three is always ready to help him brainstorm on whatever problem he’s wrestling with.
Managing Director, International Client Development
University of St. Andrews
MA Modern History
Based out of London, Henry oversees MarketCast’s international business and assists MarketCast Group companies in tailoring their services for international clients. As part of his role, he guides clients in using an array of techniques and inputs — whether qualitative or quantitative research, social or transactional data, stated or emotional response — to understand the dynamics of each international market.
Henry worked in research on behalf of a range of global TV companies before developing Nielsen Entertainment’s international video games and movie research businesses. He joined MarketCast in 2008 to help establish its international division and has since developed a specialist team that regularly conducts projects in over 30 countries.
He loves a wide range of screen-based entertainment, as well as old-fashioned paper books, and is a fan of the unusual sides of mainstream sports. His recent discoveries include ‘real’ tennis and ski mountaineering.
Managing Director
University of Michigan
BA English Literature
Greg designs research studies for long-standing MarketCast clients to help answer pressing questions and provide the much-needed voice of the consumer. He focuses on OTT, film, television, and home entertainment, and he works with the research and creative departments to develop projects, shape marketing campaigns, and identify core audiences.
Since 1991, Greg has worked to position MarketCast’s offering to clients who face a continually evolving industry.
He is a leading collector and dealer of classic movie posters from the 1920s and 1930s.
Executive Director, International
Kingston Business School
MA Marketing
University of Nottingham
BA Political Science
Chris finds that the best way to understand how different cultures tell stories is to pay them a visit and listen. Their stories help him to understand the stories they like to hear.
He leads the International Campaign Analytics group. He is responsible for client strategy, planning, and senior client management.
Early in his career, Chris focused on implementing campaigns at advertising agencies. He later tuned into the strategic thought that shapes creative marketing. He followed his heart to the entertainment sector and worked with UIP and Paramount for eight years on the client side with a media and research focus before joining MarketCast in 2012.
Outside of work, his passions are culture and outdoor adventure, especially in the Nordics, which he shares with his wife and three sons. They literally never stop moving!
Senior Director, Franchise & Content Strategy
The College of William & Mary
BBA Marketing and English
Matthew leads MarketCast’s video game research practice and consults on research for film, television, and online streaming. He uses visual and verbal stories to communicate findings, and he strives to always make research accessible and intuitive for end-users. He believes that market research is elevated by the perspective of contextual knowledge.
He has spent his career studying how consumers interact with entertainment, including how they go to the movies, play video games, and stream content online. Prior to joining MarketCast in 2011, he worked for the media and entertainment practice at Penn Schoen Berland, a WPP company.
In addition to gaming, Matthew is an avid moviegoer and streamer of TV and anime.
Senior Director, Campaign Analytics, International
James brings together data, experience, and learning to unearth insights and strategies.
He helps clients understand and adapt to a changing landscape by performing tracking, researching the roles and contributions of media, and monitoring trends and innovations in the digital world. James works on touchpoint effectiveness studies, media optimization research, digital landscape assessments, and digital creative strategy and execution testing.
James has 17 years of experience working in market research and strategy with a skew towards media and digital for the last 12 years.
He is a keen athlete and reigning UK Masters champion for javelin. He is a husband and dad of two young boys, who are also aspiring athletes.
Senior Director, Franchise & Content Strategy
New York University
BA Politics
Curious as a cat without a death wish, Andrea transformed her ravenous consumption of pop culture into a career in research and marketing. She partners with her clients to answer complex questions that impact brand, content, and marketing strategy.
Andrea has a diverse background in research, marketing, brand management, and product development. Prior to joining MarketCast in 2017, she worked at AT&T, where she developed the go-to-market strategy for DIRECTV NOW and oversaw VOD marketing for the DIRECTV satellite service. Prior to AT&T, Andrea founded Hulu’s consumer insights practice and oversaw product development for all features relating to user engagement. She began her research career at Penn Schoen Berland, where she led the firm’s video games practice and consulted for clients in the film, TV, OTT, and CPG industries.
Andrea is an avid movie fan, watches way more TV with her Ewok-sized Maine Coon than she should, and bakes a mean (and sweet) macaron.
Senior Director, Campaign Analytics, International
Washington University in St. Louis
BA English Literature and Psychology
Kathleen helps her clients connect stories with consumers around the world. She identifies regional-specific points of appeal and universal elements that translate across cultures.
She leads the International Campaign Analytics team in London. Kathleen and her team inform the development of marketing materials — including trailers, short form AV, posters, and digital assets — for theatrical and OTT releases. She oversees research conducted in 12-14 markets across Europe, Asia, and Latin America for clients that include Universal, Netflix, Sony, Paramount, Disney, and Fox.
Kathleen began her career in the entertainment market research industry in 2005. She initially worked in domestic home entertainment before moving into international theatrical research, where she discovered her passion for cultural nuance. Kathleen joined MarketCast International in 2009.
Outside of work, her two young boys keep her on her toes. She enjoys spending quality time with family and friends.
Senior Director, Campaign Analytics
Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California
MA Communications Management
Cal Poly Pomona
BA Marketing Management
Connecting a story to its audience is both an art and a science. The most gratifying part of work for Bart is experiencing that “aha” moment when the nuance of qualitative opinions converges with the science of research to indicate the best road map forward.
In addition to serving as a manager within the Campaign Analytics department, Bart is actively involved in working with clients to tell their stories in the most effective way possible. He manages, facilitates, and conducts quantitative and qualitative testing and works on campaigns from the early stages of development to the final rollout of the materials.
Before joining MarketCast, Bart served as director of research at the Screen Actors Guild. His first professional track was in home entertainment, where he penned a weekly research column for a leading trade publication and later developed the industry’s first point of sale rental tracking system.
Of course, his love of film has kept his job interesting over the years. Besides that particular passion, Bart loves novels, theater, and chilling out at his family cabin in Montana.
Director, Campaign Analytics
UT Austin
BA Politics
Diane analyzes open-ended responses to ferret out insights, tease out subtext, and detect differences among demos. She relishes in helping clients hear and understand what people are saying.
She leads an outstanding team of talented individuals who provide qualitative analysis and coding support to Campaign Analytics and Franchise & Content Strategy groups in both domestic and international offices. Diane and her team support a wide range of projects, including ad testing, positioning, and post-release and brand studies.
Diane began her career as a political consultant. She then produced a film that premiered at Sundance and worked at The Hollywood Creative Directory while writing screenplays. She joined MarketCast at its Boston office and loves doing work that traverses the pop culture landscape.
She enjoys hanging out with family, going to movies, reading, and catching up on current events. Pilates helps her unwind after a long day. She also loves discovering new restaurants off the beaten path.
Director, Campaign Analytics
Arizona State University
MA Political Science
Smith College
BA Government and English Literature
Kate is passionate about entertainment and popular culture and seeks to understand how and why they bring people together.
As director of campaign analytics, Kate conducts quantitative and qualitative research for theatrical and home viewing campaigns across a range of platforms. She works with a variety of genres and IPs. Many of her projects focus on franchises and their fans, both the avid core and the more casually engaged.
Kate joined MarketCast in 2013 with a background in international political consulting and broad consumer research. She’s well-versed in quantitative and qualitative processes, and over the course of her career, she’s designed and executed complex multi-modal research in more than a dozen countries. Kate is also an in-house moderator for MarketCast and has conducted hundreds of focus groups, IDIs, and ethnographies in the US and abroad.
Outside of work she can often be found in front of the latest single-player RPG or in front of her sewing machine, helping kids’ superhero dreams come true.
Director, Franchise & Content Strategy
University of Southern California
BA Public Relations
Kristin places the cultural ecosystem of brands and content at the forefront to bring clients relevant and actionable insights that represent the “voice of the consumer.”
As a director on the FCS team, Kristin is responsible for leading custom research projects in the Franchise & Content Strategy team on behalf of major entertainment brands, films, and TV programming.
Before joining MarketCast in 2018, she worked at Kantar Added Value, a WPP company, in advertising and marketing effectiveness research. Prior to that, Kristin was a research director at Lieberman Research Worldwide, where she worked across industries, including mobile electronics, insurance, and retail.
When she’s not busy adding to her sizeable shoe collection, Kristin enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, son, and two small doggies.
Director, Franchise & Content Strategy, International
Edinburgh University
BSc Neuroscience
Claire ensures that the customer’s voice is heard and communicated to clients in simple, actionable terms.
As head of the international arm of FCS, Claire manages a small but effective team of report writers. She designs and manages multi-market qualitative and quantitative studies and keeps up with trends in a rapidly evolving global marketplace.
Claire was the first to join Henry Piney at MarketCast’s London office and feels fortunate to have worked in numerous roles with MarketCast over the years. As a senior researcher, she was head of international ad testing for two years at the Los Angeles office before returning to London to establish and lead the FCS hub.
Prior to MarketCast, Claire worked on in-house marketing teams at private equity firms. She enjoys attending immersive events (theatre, cinema, and dining) around London. Claire is also an avid fan of tea and is proud of her legacy at the Los Angeles office of introducing PG Tips.
Senior Associate Director, Campaign Analytics, International
Louise works with all departments and knits together their ideas and needs. She performs thorough research to meet expectations and make intuitive decisions. She manages the International Field and Operations team and day-to-day operations at the U.K. office. Louise is responsible for making sure that all fieldwork is run accurately, efficiently, and timely. She ensures the use of best practices and effective workflows and processes.
Louise has been with MarketCast for nine years and has 18 years of film market research experience. She started at NRG in 1999 and moved to First Movies in 2004. This long-standing knowledge of the industry has aided her in running a first-class field department that is proactive, adaptive, intuitive, and industry leading.
She is a keen gardener and enjoys spending time with her family. Louise also enjoys socializing with friends at the theatre.
Director, Data Operations and Research, Campaign Analytics
Bentley University
BA International Studies (Business Minor)
Bernard visualizes data to tell stories in efficient and easily understood ways.
He manages the Campaign Analytics data operations team in Los Angeles, Boston, and the U.K. and ensures its smooth operation across departments and offices. He works on ad hoc projects based on historical data. He also created all data templates and syntax for Source of Influence.
Bernard started with MarketCast as a temporary worker in 2008. Since then, he has worked full-time in the Boston, Los Angeles, and London offices.
During his spare time, he enjoys motorcycling and collecting Star Wars Legos.
Associate Director, Campaign Analytics
California State University, Long Beach
BS Business Administration – Marketing
Stephanie has always been interested in helping people through listening and understanding. She gives consumers a voice and guides clients to optimize their businesses.
As an associate director on the Campaign Analytics team at MarketCast, Stephanie leads analysis for entertainment clients at several top movie studios. She focuses on trailer and TV campaigns and is also involved in digital ad testing.
Her research experience spans several industries, including entertainment, retail, CPG, technology, gaming, travel, finance and banking, and more. Stephanie has a strong interest in digital media, e-commerce, brand positioning, entertainment, and lifestyle topics.
Outside of work, Stephanie loves spending time with her friends, family, and cat and two dogs. This often involves a lot of eating!
Associate Director, Campaign Analytics
New York University
BA Media and Marketing
Matthew finds the connection between media and audiences by avoiding preconceived notions and letting the numbers guide conclusions. Once these rules are established, potential new avenues are clear.
He focuses primarily on seeing film campaigns through the trailer and TV process and into home entertainment. Matthew is also involved in exploring the burgeoning opportunities of social media for film campaigns. Finally, he takes a big picture look at data by refining and tailoring questionnaires to better reflect the realities of the marketplace and the outcomes of campaigns.
Matthew has been at MarketCast for over ten years, prior to which he worked on the creative side writing copy.
He has seen every film in the Criterion Collection and considers himself a hardcore cinephile. Matthew also wrote two books: a humor book and an edition of the 33 and 1/3 series on classic albums.
Associate Director, Data Operations and Research, Campaign Analytics
Claremont Graduate University
MS Financial Engineering
California State University, Long Beach
MS Applied Statistics
To connect data with conclusions, Thomas seeks proven scientific methodologies and theories and real-world applications. While the theoretical and real-world ideologies often clash, he strives for a balance between the two realms.
His primary responsibilities include investigating problematic data sets, conducting statistical analyses for internal and external clients, and providing numerical expertise and insight on challenging titles. While Thomas is a home-grown MarketCaster, his academic background in mathematics, statistics, and computer science fits perfectly with his role.
He would like to consider himself a passionate and dedicated photographer, one who spends countless hours with the nature. It would be a dream come true if his works were published by National Geographic.
Associate Director, Campaign Analytics
Emerson College
BA Film Production
Craig seeks out connections between context and outcomes by having an inquisitive mind and taking straightforward action.
His primary role is managing materials testing for domestic movies and TV series. He also focuses on supporting and helping to shape Campaign Analytics while making the department a fun and comfortable place to work.
Craig started with MarketCast after graduating from college. He enjoys hiking in Griffith Park, working on woodcraft projects for his friends’ kids, and reading travel memoir books.
Associate Director, Research Operations
University of California Irvine
BA Business Administration (Statistics, Psychology and Social Behavior Minors)
Becky makes data-driven decisions to help her team better understand quantitative survey respondent behavior. Data enables her to contextualize real-world observations and continuously perfect her team’s research approach and processes.
Becky oversees research logistics for quantitative projects, from pre-survey operations to data processing. She manages development initiatives to improve survey capabilities so MarketCast can deliver high-quality and timely results. Becky also partners with other departments to provide training on operational best practices and ensure the research process is seamless and efficient.
With a background in marketing and data analytics, Becky joined MarketCast in 2014 as part of its growing research operations department.
Outside of work, you can find her binging on different types of television shows, new and old, and she is always looking for new recommendations!