Ella joined Hearst Magazines UK in 2011 as Group Publishing Director, and was promoted to Group Commercial Director in 2014. She is responsible for Hearst’s commercial strategy and since joining the business has developed new publishing strategies for its key brands Cosmopolitan, Red and Esquire. In her role as Group Commercial Director she reshaped the commercial sales operation to an audience and brand-led structure that offers our customers easy access to multi-platform solutions.
Prior to this, Ella held the role of Publisher at Grazia magazine, Publisher at the Mail on Sunday, and the combined Mail newspapers group. She began her career at AdMedia Ltd before joining Clear Channel UK, where she led the ad sales teams responsible for generating revenue for the Mail Newspapers’ magazine supplements, You and Weekend.