At Bloomsbury, Mary Kate Castellani has been promoted to publishing director, children's trade; she was previously editorial director.
Helen Seachrist has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as senior production editor; previously she was production editor at HMH.
HarperCollins Children's Books has several promotions. Luana Horry has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Mabel Hsu has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Clarissa Wong has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Sarah Homer has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor. Sara Schonfeld has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor. Arianna Robinson has been promoted to assistant editor, from editorial assistant. Lena Reilly has been promoted to associate publicist, from publicity assistant.
Nadine Britt has been promoted to senior v-p, executive director, production, Penguin Young Readers, from v-p, executive director.
Insight Editions has two new hires. Sara Miller has been named associate publisher and is responsible for children’s publishing. Previously she was editorial director at Melissa & Doug and also worked at Disney Publishing and Scholastic. Lara Starr has joined as senior publicist and marketing strategist; previously she was senior publicist for children’s publishing at Chronicle Books.
HarperCollins Children's Books has several promotions and a new hire. Rae Gande has been promoted to senior project manager, marketing operations, from project manager. Vaishali Nayak has been promoted to senior manager, marketing, from manager. Katie Dutton has been promoted to senior marketing associate, school and library marketing, from marketing associate. Shaelyn McDaniel has been promoted to assistant manager, digital marketing, from digital marketing associate. Caitlin Lonning has been promoted to senior production editor, from production editor. Kat Keating has been promoted to senior digital production editor, from digital production editor. Erin Hamling has joined as senior production editor; previously she was a development editor at Oxford University Press.
Delacorte Press has four promotions. Wendy Loggia has been promoted to v-p and senior executive editor, from senior executive editor. Krista Marino has been promoted to v-p and senior executive editor, from senior executive editor. Kelsey Horton has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Alison Romig has been promoted to assistant editor, from editorial assistant.
Victoria Reynolds has joined Abrams Children's Books as digital and social media marketing coordinator; previously she was marketing coordinator at University Press of Florida.
The newly merged marketing/publicity department for Holiday House, Peachtree Publishing, and Pixel+Ink has several new hires and promotions. Alison Tarnofsky has joined as associate marketing manager, trade; she was previously assistant manager at Bank Street Bookstore. Aleah Gornbein has joined as associate publicist; she was previously marketing assistant at Macmillan International Higher Education. Mary Wolford has joined as marketing/publicity assistant; she was previously a marketing and publicity intern at Publisher Spotlight. Annie Rosenbladt has joined as marketing assistant, school and library; she was previously an archival assistant at St. Olaf College Library. Alex Howard has been promoted to digital marketing coordinator, from marketing and publicity assistant.
Laura Kincaid has joined Holiday House as editorial assistant.
Candlewick Press has two promotions. Jackie Shepherd has been promoted to senior designer, from designer. Drew Devereaux has been promoted to inventory supervisor, from inventory coordinator.
Alisha Zucker has joined Workman's children’s editorial department as senior editor, with a focus on curriculum titles; she worked at Scholastic for over a decade, most recently as an executive editor of Early Childhood Mathematics.
HarperCollins Children's Books has three new hires. Sam Fox has been named director of digital marketing; previously she was director, brand marketing at Condé Nast. Andrew Aguirre has joined as publicity administrative assistant; previously he worked at Long Island Stuttering and Speech Pathology Center.
Carina Licon has joined Henry Holt Books for Young Readers as editorial assistant; previously she was editorial assistant at MTV Books.
Brianne Johnson has joined HG Literary as agent; previously she was an agent at Writers House.
Christine Engels has been promoted to associate editor at Candlewick Press, from assistant editor.
Frances Gilbert has been promoted to v-p, editor-in-chief at Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
Penguin Young Readers has several promotions, effective June 16. Tamar Brazis has been promoted to associate publisher of Viking Books for Young Readers, from editorial director. Aneeka Kalia has been promoted to associate editor, Viking Books for Young Readers, from assistant editor. Meriam Metoui has been promoted to assistant editor, Viking Books for Young Readers, from editorial assistant. Ellice Lee has been promoted to senior art director, Penguin Young Readers, from art director. Kate Renner has been promoted to associate art director, Penguin Young Readers, from assistant art director.
Andrea Hall has joined Beaming Books as senior acquisitions editor; she was formerly an editor at Albert Whitman & Company.
Katharine McAnarney will be leaving Little, Brown Books for Young Readers on May 28 to try a new industry. She can be reached here.
