Before discovering his love of qualitative research and brand strategy, Ludwig spent time shoring up his project management and strategic research experience at IBM Austria and a London-based Fund of Hedge Funds. Ludwig’s interest in qualitative research began during his MSc in Politics and Government in the European Union at the LSE. He then went on to hone his skills across the consumer, public sector and professional services teams at FreshMinds Research. He recently joined Face to embrace the world of co-creation. Ludwig is a member of the AQR and speaks fluent German.

Outside of Face, Ludwig loves to contemplate the bigger questions of life: new places to eat, interesting books to get lost in, and perhaps most importantly, warm places to go on holiday.

Riki left Nottingham University after completing a Masters course combining psychology and technology design. Focusing on qualitative methods and online social behaviour, he used his major project to assess co-creation techniques in designing musical software for primary education. After 3 years working in commercial market research at GfK NOP; he now continues his passion for co-creation and the integration of new technology with research.

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Jessica completed a BA in Anthropology at LSE and a research Masters at UCL before deciding to swap the study of remote Papua New Guinea tribes for commercial research into the equally exotic UK consumer. After starting her career focusing on financial and public sector projects and interviewing respondents from company directors to the unemployed, she joined Face in 2010 to follow her interests in social media, technology and online research methods. Jessica now works at the intersection of qual and quant research doing real-time web and social media research for clients such as O2.

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Linda has worked in the Mobile Gaming sector and brings with her solid Project Management experience working alongside developers. She joined the Production team in January 2012 and is part of the team that “makes things happen” ensuring that our research platforms run smoothly. She holds a degree in Advertising and Marketing Communications, and is currently studying part time for her Masters in Business Management with Durham Business School.

In her spare time Linda is an avid follower of fashion. She also loves reading and writing poetry or short stories and reckons in another life she would have been a fashion designer or a writer.

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