Jess Hitchman

Jess Hitchman is a picture book author of titles including IN EVERY HOUSE, IN EVERY STREET (Little Tiger Press / Penguin Random House), AVA IN CODE LAND (Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan), ALL KINDS OF AWESOME (Feiwel & Friends / Macmillan) and more exciting projects coming soon. Jess started her career as an online agony aunt on a dotcom boom website for teenage girls. Since then, she has worked for youth and entertainment brands including CBBC, Cbeebies, Radio 1, XFM, MTV and Nickelodeon. As a side project, Jess set up Oops Yay, a digital play studio. Her educational apps for preschoolers have been featured by Apple all over the world. Jess now works as a digital product consultant with a focus on kid tech. As Executive Product Manager at BBC Children's, she led the vision and strategy for some of the UK's most loved kids apps, including the BAFTA nominated CBBC Buzz and Cbeebies Playtime Island.