Monika is a senior publishing professional with 19 years’ experience in academic and professional publishing, with a strong track record of delivering revenue growth and profitability across both digital and print portfolios. She is highly experienced in all aspects of new digital product development from concept to launch. Monika is skilled at developing publishing strategy, leading commissioning and content development at scale, setting up scalable workflows, defining business models, as well as overseeing product roadmap development.

As Director of Content at the STEM start-up Proprep, Monika has led global publishing strategy and content development for their new video-learning platform for universities, Boost. Prior to that, she was an Associate Director at Sage where she built the flagship digital library product suite, Sage Research Methods (SRM), into one of the highest revenue generators in the division. As SRM global strategic lead, she developed and executed long-term product strategy, managed the editorial department and led a global cross-departmental product team. Under Monika’s leadership, revenue doubled in two years. Her new publishing strategy of innovative multimedia and video collections continued to fuel multimillion pound growth and cemented SRM’s position as the unrivalled market leader in research methods.

Previously, Monika was Senior Commissioning Editor at McGraw-Hill Education where she led the publishing strategy for Open University Press and managed diverse social science academic book lists, publishing some of the imprint’s top sellers and delivering year-on-year growth. She was also responsible for setting up revenue enhancing strategic partnerships with external organisations and spearheading the launch of McGraw-Hill Professional UK Consumer & Business list.

A published author, Monika has a PhD in English Literature. She is also an experienced, professionally accredited executive coach and leadership mentor.