The team

Our philosophy is to mix different disciplines of research and analysis, brand and communications planning, strategy development and commercial skills.

We bring the right mix of skills to meet each specific business challenge, uncover the market or customer opportunity and provide the practical direction to develop it.

Lucy Purdy is a communications and brand planner with a background in senior planning roles in global advertising agencies. Previously UK Board Director for Strategic Planning at Publicis UK, Lucy also spent 8 years in the USA as a Planning Director at Young & Rubicam New York, and then at J Walter Thompson New York.

Lucy is a Fellow of the Institute of Direct Marketing and a Member of the Marketing Society.

Colin Buckingham is a business and marketing strategist with a background in senior management in international research organisations. Previously CEO UK and CEO Global Business at WPP’s Research International Colin was also International Marketing Director with ACNielsen.

Colin is a Member of the MRS and a Member of the Marketing Society.

Beth Clayden is a brand strategist with a background in television, advertising and design. She was previously a Director of Brand Strategy at Interbrand, Director of Planning at Publicis and a Head of Research at Carlton TV. During her career she has worked for a number of ad agencies and design companies with a diverse range of b2b and consumer clients.

Soma Roskilly is a market researcher with a background in developing consumer insights for media and research agencies. Previously Research manager at Illuminas, Soma has also spent 6 years at Mediaedge:cia, half of which was heading up the insights and ROI (return on investment) department in Australia.

Colin Moyer is an experienced market researcher with a specialism in turning data from multiple sources into strategic and tactical insights for business. Colin is an expert in advanced analytics. Before joining Rainmakers, Colin was a Director in the Technology and Consumer Divisions of TNS-Research International. He has a PhD in Analytics in Archaeology from Cambridge.

RAINMAKERS CSI consultants and partners
provide an expertise which spans

  • Business and marketing strategy
  • Idea generation through workshops
  • Brand planning
  • Proposition development
  • Qualitative research
  • Quantitative research
  • Design
  • Media planning
  • Advanced analytics and modelling
  • Interactive data collection
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