Hayley Gonnason is joining Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing on December 17 as a publicist. Most recently she was a publicist at Holiday House.
Holiday House has two promotions. Kelly Loughman has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor. Sally Morgridge has been promoted to assistant editor, from editorial assistant.
Erin Murphy Literary Agency has two new hires. Tara Gonzales has joined as assistant to Erin Murphy, working remotely from Tallahassee, Fla.; she was previously an intern. Jackee Alston has joined as office assistant and social media administrator for the office in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Workman has promoted Netta Rabin to a newly created role, associate art director and editor. As of January 1 she will take the lead design position on all children’s books, will edit and develop children’s books, and will will continue to acquire and conceptualize adult books and calendars. She was previously senior designer and editor.
Scholastic has a number of promotions. Anamika Bhatnagar has been promoted to publishing director, Scholastic Press; she was previously executive editor. Amanda Maciel has been promoted to executive editor, Scholastic; she was previously senior editor. Phil Falco has been promoted to art director; he was previously associate art director. Christopher Stengel has been promoted to art director; he was previously associate art director. Yaffa Jaskoll has been promoted to art director; she was previously associate art director. Rick DeMonico has been promoted to art director, licensed publishing; he was previously associate art director. Whitney Lyle has been promoted to senior designer; she was previously designer. Emily Heddleson has been promoted to marketing manager, conventions/author events; she was previously associate manager. Antonio Gonzalez has been promoted to marketing manager; he was previously associate manager. Emily Seife has been promoted to editor; she was previously associate editor. Emellia Zamani has been promoted to associate editor; she was previously assistant editor. Becky Shapiro has been promoted to associate editor; she was previously assistant editor. Zack Clark has been promoted to associate editor; he was previously assistant editor. Marisa Polansky has been promoted to associate editor; she was previously editorial assistant. Vanessa Gattinella has been promoted to assistant manager, digital marketing; she was previously marketing coordinator. Krista Kucheman has been promoted to assistant marketing manager; she was previously marketing coordinator. Emily Morrow has been promoted to assistant marketing manager; she was previously marketing coordinator. Latisha Burgos-Wallace has been promoted to assistant manager, operations; she was previously senior operations analyst. Harmonie Rosenberg has been promoted to marketing coordinator; she was previously marketing assistant.
Scholastic also has two new hires. Megan Bender has joined Scholastic Press as editorial assistant; she was previously an intern. Elizabeth Tiffany has joined the production department as assistant production editor, digital; she has previously be an intern.
Egmont USA has two new hires. Jordan Hamessley will join the company as an editor on December 18, acquiring middle grade and YA. She was previously an associate editor at Grosset & Dunlap/Price Stern Sloan, where she worked on middle-grade and chapter-book fiction and licensing. And Georgia Morrissey has joined as part-time art director. She has worked as a designer and art director at several publishing houses, including Random House, Scholastic, and Hyperion.
Gina Rizzo has joined HarperCollins Children's Books as senior publicist. She was a publicist at Tarcher Books at Penguin.
