Email-focused market research company The Relevancy Group has hired Chris Marriott as its new VP of Services and Principal Consultant. Marriott was formerly the Vice President of Agency Services at StrongMail and held a similar position at Acxiom. The Relevancy Group's CEO and Co-Founder David Daniels cited Marriott's background in both the agency and marketer communities as useful in "implementing efforts to integrate e-mail with other digital channels."