Responsibility for list strategy, commissioning, list-building, budget management, programme delivery, contract negotiation, and management of the editorial team.• Grew revenues strongly across picture books and fiction.• Drove brand development and sales growth of key brands such as Winnie and Wilbur, Pippi Longstocking and Isadora Moon.• Led the development of the list from a largely library-led literary fiction list to a broader, more dynamic, and more commercially successful list, balancing commissioning a vibrant frontlist with nurturing a significant backlist.• Introduced and led initiative to develop more IP in-house, with significant success in rights markets.• Commissioned prizewinning and bestselling authors and illustrators such as Lauren Child, Gill Lewis, Ali Sparkes, Philip Reeve, and Sarah McIntyre.• Represented OUP at conferences, industry events, and writing courses.• Won the Branford Boase Award, the Lollies, the Blue Peter Book Award, the Costa Book Award, the UKLA Award, and numerous regional prizes, and shortlisted for every other major prize.

Joint responsibility for planning and building the fiction list. Commissioned and project managed titles from first concept through to finished product.• Edited all three books in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.• Discovered and edited Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines.• Worked on editing and brand management for series such as Goosebumps, The Babysitters Club and Point Horror.

Copy-edited and proofread all fiction, picture books, and marketing materials produced by Walker Books.

Managed administrative and editorial tasks for David Fickling, then Publishing Director at Scholastic Children's Books.