Who Are We

Ginger Research are long-time colleagues 
Amy Smith and Jill Barnett.
Our experience and track record of conducting 
high-quality research together means that you can 
rely on us to deliver.

AMY

Amy has 29 years’ experience of leading mixed methods research projects for public, private and not-for-profit sector clients and delivering findings candidly and constructively.

Highlights include:

Researching regulatory compliance and digital innovation amongst UK SME businesses.

Supporting not-for-profit organisations to deliver publicly funded services for audiences with protected characteristics including Terrence Higgins Trust and Money Advice Trust.

Delivering insights masterclasses to government policy and communications specialists, presenting to government research buyers on behalf of the Cabinet Office and to policy teams at Number 10 Downing Street.

Innovating ways of creating social value whilst we conduct research e.g. our commitment to carbon reduction and partnership with our corporate charity, OneYMCA.

JILL

Jill has worked in research in various different guises for over 30 years.

She’s a quallie at heart but, after a career break and a spell living in the US, returned to research as a field manager and mixed methods project mastermind.

Highlights include:

Jill’s forte is all things operational, which includes running Ginger’s own independent field force.

As a trained qualitative researcher, Jill makes sure we design practical and respondent-friendly methodologies.

Jill is also responsible for finance. Despite having a degree in English from Oxford University, she is very fond of playing with spreadsheets and Xero.

When not at her desk, Jill is likely to answer the phone at the tennis court or allotment.

STEPHANIE

Also supporting the team is Stephanie Rowley (another former colleague) and regular collaborator.
Steph has over 25 years’ research experience and has worked for a variety of agencies including Kantar Millward Brown, Research Works and BVA-BDRC.