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Emily Esposito

Emily Esposito

Emily Esposito is Sr. Marketing Manager, New Business Corporate & Databases on the Institutional Marketing team, based in New York. She works with the Corporate markets on topical campaigns and data and content solutions that create connections with corporate information managers and R&D departments.

Una Farr

Una Farr

Una Farr is a Content Marketing Manager, based in the London office. She is passionate about finding creative ways to share knowledge across the research community, with a particular focus on discovering new trends and insights to support librarians, information professionals and research administrators.

Saskia Hoving

Saskia H

Saskia Hoving is a Marketing Manager in the Community Content Marketing team, based in the Dordrecht office. She manages 'The Link' blog, creates web content for the webpages and produces the monthly Link newsletter to keep the research community updated on trends and news.

Jovial Toh

Jovial Toh

Jovial Toh is Senior Marketing Manager in the Community Content Marketing team, based in Singapore. She supports organizations worldwide to pave the way for OA publishing, offering insights into trends and equipping them with practical tools and services to guide their researchers on their OA journey.