Sally Wehmeier worked in the English Language Teaching Division of Oxford University Press since 1987. She was the first editor of the popular and successful Oxford Wordpower Dictionary, before undertaking a major revision and edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, published in 2000 (seventh edition).
Before she joined Oxford University Press, Sally was a teacher of German and English as a Foreign Language. Her career included eight years teaching English at all levels in a grammar school in Frankfurt on Main. Editing dictionaries for learners combines her interest in language and teaching.