Who we are
We're a youth specialist research consultancy and panel & data services provider.
About us
We make companies more successful by helping them connect better with the next generation
Founded in 2004, we are an independent youth research business, fully focused on the under 30s market. As well as being a research agency, we own the UK’s largest youth research panel, with over 150,000 members. We're longstanding Market Research Society (MRS) Company Partners and Fair Data members. We're a youthful business ourselves, with a bright team of researchers, bursting with ideas, ready to help you.
Our Insight business helps brands such as O2, BBC, Sport England and over 100 UK universities secure their future markets by answering the single most important question they face: how to succeed with their next generation of customers? We posses a treasure trove of trend data, generated from five tracking studies so when you work with us, your projects never start from zero. We examine your challenges through the lens of youth culture and deliver the critical knowledge and contextual insights that inspires action and drives real commercial impact.
Our Panel and Data Services (PDS) business helps clients such as Kantar, C-Space and Ogilvy access The OpinionPanel Community, the largest and most engaged youth research panel in the UK. PDS serves research agencies, marketing services agencies, in-house agencies and consultancies, offering sample provision, qualitative recruitment, omnibus surveys, vox pop videos and a full range of scripting, sampling, fieldwork and tabulations services.
Vision
We make companies more successful by understanding the next generation of consumers.
Values
We are an honest inspiring agency. Our advice is based on solid evidence from cutting-edge thinking, to provide clients with profound and inclusive answers.
Vibe
Our culture is fun, collaborative and driven. We go the extra mile to ensure our clients achieve greater commercial success.
Our History
Empowering clients to become more competitive for over 16 years.

Launch
YouthSight is founded by Ben Marks, and there is just one member of the team.

Product Launch
We launch our first tracking product for the HE Sector: Undergraduate Success.


Rebrand
We rebrand from the OpinionPanel to YouthSight. The OpinionPanel becomes it's own sub-brand for our panel community.




Product Launch
We launch our 5th tracking product, this time tailored for brands: State of the Youth Nation.

Finalists
We are MRS award finalists for 'Best Technology Effectiveness'.

Restructure
YouthSight decides to restructure into two divisions with two new MDs for: Panel & Data Services and Research Consultancy.

4000th Project
We win our 4000th project and £4m is paid out in Amazon rewards to our panellists

Growth
We go from strength to strength - our team expands to 30 people and we celebrate with a day of white water rafting.

New Office
We remain in Shoreditch but move into bigger premises to accommodate our expanding team.
The team
Introducing our talented team. Do you need researchers or community data experts? We’re here to help you.

Ben Marks
Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer
Ben Marks
Ben founded YouthSight in 2004 and has grown the business organically, focusing on building a great team and client relations. Ben has worked in market research since 1999, first at Hobsons (a DMGT publishing business) then at a financial services market research consultancy. Ben started his career in sales at Nikkei Group (1994-6) and Financial Times Information (1996-7).
Ben graduated from Manchester University with a degree in History and Sociology in 1991 and obtained an MBA from City University (now Cass Business School) in 1998.
Ben has spoken widely at youth and higher education marketing conferences and was honoured to be made a Fellow of the Market Research Society in 2020.

Josephine Hansom
Managing Director, Insight

Managing Director, Insight
Josephine Hansom
Josephine heads up the Insight side of YouthSight; namely our Brand and Higher Education market research teams. She joined the company in 2013 and immediately hit the ground running, winning over clients such as Sky, Channel 4, Sport England, Ofcom, and Endsleigh. In 2014/5 Josephine launched State of the Youth Nation; a subscription based tracking study providing clients with access to the most up-to-date youth trends and data. Josephine began her market research career in 2001. Her first five years were in social research managing evaluation projects for clients such as the Home Office, DECC, DCLG, Ofsted, and BIS. In 2006 she joined GfK and started providing market research to clients including BMW, Google, Facebook, BT and BBC.
Josephine is a regular on the research and youth marketing conference circuits, having presented at the MRS Conference, the SRA Conference, ESOMAR 3D, the YMS Youth Marketing Strategy Conferences. She has also attended and contributed to regular press interviews including guesting on Radio 4’s The Bottom Line on ‘Selling to Millennials’ (read more in our recent events section). Josephine holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from King’s College London and a BSc in Social Psychology from Loughborough University. She is a Certified Member of the Market Research Society. Other things to know about Josephine: she's a regular at her local Women’s Institute where she tries to play lawn bowls and learn the history of her neighbourhood.

Tatenda Musesengwa
Managing Director, Panel & Data Services

Managing Director, Panel & Data Services
Tatenda Musesengwa
Tatenda joined YouthSight in 2010 as a Project Manager. His commercial savvy and entrepreneurial spirit led to a quick succession of promotions through the company and in 2018 Tatenda became a Board member and was promoted to MD of the PDS division, running both a sales team and the operational side of the overall business.
Tatenda holds a degree in Economics from the University of Manchester and a postgraduate degree in Entrepreneurship from the University of Nottingham. He is an Affiliate Member of the Market Research Society (MRS). Before joining YouthSight, Tatenda completed an internship as a research assistant for Transport Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick.
Other things to know about Tatenda: he’s a fitness freak. He plays five-a-side football at Beckenham Power League and he recently discovered his love for fitness boxing. He brings the same level of energy to his job as he does to his fitness regime!

Andréanne Orsier
Divisional Director, Higher Education

Divisional Director, Higher Education
Andréanne Orsier

Emma Quinn
Head of Client Services

Head of Client Services
Emma Quinn

Becky Taylor
Associate Director

Associate Director
Becky Taylor

Hayley Adonis
Head of Project Management

Head of Project Management
Hayley Adonis

Kate Robinson
Head of Marketing

Head of Marketing
Kate Robinson

Zion Tavares
Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager
Zion Tavares

Joey Jones
Senior Research Executive, Higher Education

Senior Research Executive, Higher Education
Joey Jones

Vanessa Patel
Research Manager

Research Manager
Vanessa Patel

Jenny Channing
Financial Accountant

Financial Accountant
Jenny Channing

Alexandra Strevens
Operations Manager

Operations Manager
Alexandra Strevens

Leah Spinoza
Research Manager

Research Manager
Leah Spinoza

Charlie Pierce
Account Executive

Account Executive
Charlie Pierce

Conner Smith
Graduate Research Executive

Graduate Research Executive
Conner Smith

Anna Parker
Insight Intern

Insight Intern
Anna Parker

Caroline Knowles
Community Support

Community Support
Caroline Knowles

Tobias Parker
Junior Project and Account Executive

Junior Project and Account Executive
Tobias Parker

Ellie Harman
Research Executive

Research Executive
Ellie Harman

Sophie Derham
Marketing Executive

Marketing Executive
Sophie Derham

Laurence Symons
Senior Data Processing Executive

Senior Data Processing Executive
Laurence Symons

Karishma Patel
Project Executive

Project Executive
Karishma Patel

Lawrence Gould
Non-Executive Director (Finance)

Non-Executive Director (Finance)
Lawrence Gould

Richard Sheldrake
Non-Executive Director

Non-Executive Director
Richard Sheldrake
Join the Team
Like the sound of our Vision, Vibe and Values? Interested in our work, our contributions to news, debates or events? Then why not consider joining the team? We'd love to hear from you! Find out how you can help shape the future success of the world's biggest brands - the next step in your career could start here.

Partnering with People
We support a number of initiatives that are driving positive change in our industry and beyond. We work with companies to help raise awareness on issues that we care about and that are important to our staff and panel members. Check out some of our recent partnerships.

YouthSight are Proud Supporters of The Colour of Research
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Student Space Offers Students Support During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Josephine Hansom Joins MRSpride
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Latest Events

Events
Josephine Hansom Co-hosts the MRS Pride Podcast
Josephine Hansom co-hosts on the latest episode of OUTsights bought to you by MRS Pride and featuring guests from The FA and CORe.

Events
YMS Online Europe | 23-25 February 2021
We will be exhibiting at YMS Online Europe from the 23rd - 25th February. Join us there for the world's largest festival of youth marketing.
