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Sam Dawson, Head of Creative Studio, OVO

Sarah Lillywhite is the Senior/ Lead copy/ content/ sub editor that brilliant creative studios are made of. She's a wonderful writer and editor, has an excellent strategic creative mind with real pragmatism around what excellent creative and copy needs to look like in commercial environments.

I've worked with Sarah in team leadership roles and in individual contributor roles, and she flourishes in both set ups. A fun, talented, inspirational and dynamic team player - she's an asset to any department/ business she works within. And maybe most importantly, she'll bring energy and fun to everything she does. I would absolutely advocate for for Sarah and relish the chance to work with her again!

Robert Gill,
VP marketing

Sarah is an exceptional editor and content leader, who is able to operate effortlessly across a broad spectrum of marketing, whether that is leading the content and tone of voice strategy, supporting on new proposition development, delivering impactful and creative content to an incredibly high standard or rolling up her sleeves and simply getting things done.

Sarah is a brilliant leader and someone who the team really respected and admired. Sarah is also very supportive, honest and consistently provided constructive and thoughtful feedback, which I really valued during the time that we worked together.

Siobhan Mallen, content and brand director

Sarah is an expert in her field. A big picture thinker, she has a talent for answering complex customer and business needs with unique, high performing, creative content. Equally strong at devising content and tone of voice strategy as delivering pitch perfect copy, she is a real grafter who is happy to roll up her sleeves and get the work done. Sarah is a supportive colleague, a team player and empathetic manager whose teams admire and respect her. I have been lucky enough to work with Sarah twice and I wouldn’t hesitate to hire her again in the future.

Julia Scirrotto, Editorial Director at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change

I've been lucky enough to work with Sarah on staff and later to commission her as a freelance writer, and I cannot speak highly enough of her creativity, professionalism and editorial know-how in both areas. As a writer, her pitches stood out as fresh and well-tailored to the brand, and she consistently filed strong copy to whatever deadline was thrown her way. On staff, she's one of the top editors and workflow directors I've ever worked with, able to bring out the best in any piece while of course delivering an error-free finished product. The word 'unflappable' also comes to mind.

Sophie Davis,
Digital Editor
and Workflow Director

Sarah is conscientious, hard working and incredibly capable, as well as being a top-notch writer and editor. She's also just a great person to have around. I'd love to work with her again one day.

Hannah Davies, Features Editor,
You & Your Wedding

It’s always a relief when Sarah has freelance availability, because she’s a writer I can truly rely on. Unfailingly professional and a delight to deal with, she follows each brief, producing excellent, well-researched copy that perfectly suits our tone of voice. Her feature pitches show she takes the time to truly understand the magazine before getting in touch. Sarah makes life so much easier, and the only reason I would hesitate to recommend her is because I don’t want her to be too booked up to work with us!

Kirsty Nutkins,
Editor, SATURDAY Magazine
at Express Newspapers

Sarah is one of our regular contributing writers and, as a freelancer, she is something of a rarity – she meets the brief, produces fantastic (and thoroughly proof-read) copy and delivers it on time, every time. She is a commissioning editor’s dream! Many journalists only have one niche area of expertise, but Sarah has many – she’s equally happy writing travel features as she is real life stories or trend and fashion pieces, and can edit copy as beautifully as she can write it. I wouldn’t hesitate to work with her again!

Elizabeth Chester, former Managing Editor,
You & Your Wedding

Sarah is an extremely bright and creative worker. She is wholly reliable and hugely personable, all the while working to a very high standard and going the extra mile, whether that's deputising for editors or navigating her way around new programmes. I thoroughly relied on Sarah during our time working together and have only positive things to say about her; I would be delighted to work with her again in the future.