Revelation is pleased to announce that Simon Chadwick, Managing Partner of Cambiar, the management consultancy dedicated to the market research industry, has joined the company’s Board of Directors.

In commenting on Chadwick’s appointment, Steve August, founder and CEO of Revelation, said, “We are very excited to welcome Simon to our board. In addition to the wealth of experience and industry leadership Simon brings, he shares our vision of truly unleashing qualitative research. We cannot think of a better person to help guide Revelation’s growth in the coming years.”

“Revelation is a prime example of how technology and inspired design can unleash new possibilities in the world of market research,” commented Chadwick. “Revelation Project, the firm’s core product, not only eases the pain and cost of organizing qualitative research but also conjoins qualitative and ethnography online and offline in a powerful way. I am delighted to help Revelation’s management fulfill its dreams and ambitions.”

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We’re looking for a graphic design intern to help us with our marketing endeavors. This individual will work closely with our Design and Marketing teams to synthesize communication ideas into visual forms. She or he must possess a passion for design and an appetite for challenging creative work.

THE APPLICANT SHOULD CONVEY:

• Solid understanding of color, form and shape
• Tasteful comprehension of typography
• Skill in crafting both raster and vector objects
• Familiarity with design production processes
• Resilience when thoroughly critiqued

BONUS POINTS FOR THE FOLLOWING:

• Communication by sketching
• Proficiency with HTML & CSS
• Illustrative prowess

Please send us a resumé, cover letter and (a copy of or a link to your) portfolio. Submissions without a portfolio will not be considered. Please no phone calls.

Since Revelation has grown so much over the past year, it has become harder and harder for me to find the time to be able to explore ways to use the online medium for qualitative research and then share what I've learned through writing, speaking, blogging, etc.  This is such a key part of what drives Revelation - being as driven about methodology as we are about technology -  that we have created a position that focuses on these activities. We call the position Methdology Evangelist. Here's what a Methodolgy Evangelist does and needs to bring to the table:

Methodology Evangelist              

Passionate, entrepreneurial-minded researcher sought for a unique position. Revelation, a Portland, OR creator of online qualitative tools (www.revelationglobal.com), is seeking a dynamic Methodology Evangelist to help market and advance our company’s product and methodology offerings.  At Revelation, the Methodology Evangelist will:

Engage and Inspire

Evangelist will constructively engage with and contribute to the research, design, marketing, and advertising communities.  Publish papers, speak at conferences, blog, tweet and otherwise participate in conversations on forums, groups, lists and other social media.

Market, Sell

Evangelist will  be a key cog in Revelation’s sales and marketing efforts by demo-ing products and solutions, working with sales and marketing to create proposals and participating in paratrooper marketing trips.

Consult

Assist customers with developing engaging and insightful activities and work with the customer experience team to ensure the success of customer projects.

Explore, Create

Push the boundaries of online qualitative methodology. Areas of interest: developing activity models that make the most of the online medium, in-context research, accelerating qual analysis, projective techniques, concept and ad testing, applying game theory. Conduct research projects to test methods and ideas. Conduct research to further product development and participate in designing product and service offerings.

Share, Teach

Build on Revelation’s current educational offerings. Give or host webinars on the latest research thinking and practice, lead classes, create educational events.

Requirements

1. Must be fluent, passionate and non-dogmatic regarding qualitative research methods
2. Must have experience conducting asynchronous online qualitative research via blogs, bulletin boards, Revelation or other online tools
3. Must be irrepressibly excited about online as a medium for qualitative research
4. Must be able to credibly engage and excite a wide diversity of researchers and research tool buyers, including: research directors, design researchers, qualitative research consultants, product manager, marketing managers, ad researchers and account planners,
5. Have excellent presentation and people skills
6. Able to roll with a start up environment
7. Advanced degrees helpful, but online qual experience and communication ability is more important

Salary depends on experience. Benefits include health insurance and participation in stock option plan. Ideally person would be located in Portland, OR but will consider candidates based in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, London.

Candidates should forward a cover letter and resume to jobs@revelationglobal.com

Elizabeth MacLaughlin has joined us as Associate Customer Experience Manager.  She will be focusing on our Helping Hands project management services. Elizabeth comes to us with a full service market research background.  She most recently worked at Market Strategies International here in Portland. We are happy to have Elizabeth join our team.  Her customer service skills are already winning rave reviews from our clients.  And we know her extensive market research knowledge will be a great addition to our team. 

Welcome, Elizabeth!

It's a great day here at Revelation as we posted another quality release last night. Here's what's new:

• Improved Participant Video! We've improved the experience for participants uploading videos to Revelation. Participants  are now able to upload much larger files (meaning longer videos) and, the system does a great job of keeping folks apprised of their upload status.  Participants and researchers are also able to play back videos in a YouTube style video player. Sweet.
• New Languages! We posted the beta release for EU Spanish, Italian and  Japanese, expanding Revelation's language capabilities to seven, including the current English, Latin American Spanish, French and German.

Kudos to Dan Herrera, James Pozdena and Max Ogden for getting the video release out the door. And further thanks to the Dev team and Rachel Bell for shepherding the newest languages through the translation and QA process!

Revelation customers are out in force this Spring / early Summer, speaking at some of the industry's leading conferences.  It's great to see some of our long time customers and some new faces out there sharing their experiences with the rest of the market research. Here's who doing what where:

Gretchen Gehrett, president of G2 Marketing, will present "Researching Experiences: The Perfect Tool to Capture Experiences as They Happen" at the Annual MRA conference on June 5, 2009. She will examine immersive research, illustrate how Revelation studies tap into deeper emotions -- and capture responses with rich data.

Paul Tambeau of Macphie presented at the MRIA conference (Canada's market research industry association) and showcased the study we executed earlier this year. It was entitled: "A Case Study: Using Netnography in the Not-for-Profit Sector". Paul spoke about the study, but also about netnography as an emerging methodology and the opportunities web 2.0 tools provide us to engage participants in new and exciting ways.

Kristin Schwitzer of Beacon Research presented with Andy Rieger of United Health at the QRCA Symposium in Chicago on May 7th on using multiple methodologies - including Revelation, of course -  can garner deeper insights than possible with a single approach. The twist in this study was that the study featured participants who ere 55+ and proved that online can be an excellent solution for obtaining learning from older people.

Congrats Gretchen, Paul and Kristin!

Submitted by Steve on Tue, 2008-12-30 00:51.

Congratulations to Revelation customers Kristin Schwitzer of Beacon Research and Dana Slaughter of Slaughter Branding! Their work with the Arnold Agency  agency in New York in partnership with the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has won the Ad Council's award for best public service advertising campaign. Entitled "Think Before You Speak," the messaging was designed to discourage use of the slur "That's so gay" by school students.

Kristin and Dana used Revelationto test print, TV, and outdoor concepts and their work was intstrumental to honing the campaign. Read more about the campaign here.

Submitted by Steve on Fri, 2008-10-10 19:01.

Revelation is pleased and honored to announce that we have been selected to present at Venture NW on October 30, 2008.  Oregon Entrepeneur Network's Venture Northwest is the premier forum for new and emerging investment opportunities in exciting companies from Oregon, Washington, and throughout the Pacific Northwest. This annual conference draws institutional investors and investment bankers from across the western US who are interested in the emerging companies that the Northwest has to offer. Companies that have presented at Venture Oregon have raised over $1.3 billion in venture capital since 1996 and over $68 million in angel investment.

We are honored to be part of this even along with other great Oregon companies like Aboutus.org,  Splashcast and EndOutdoor.  Learn more about Venture Northwest here.