Iyana Jones has joined the children's department of Publishers Weekly as editorial assistant. She was formerly digital advertising assistant at PW.
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group has several promotions. Joy Peskin has been promoted to executive editorial director at FSG Books for Young Readers, from editorial director. Emily Settle has been promoted to editor at Feiwel and Friends, from associate editor. Rachel Diebel has been promoted to associate editor at Feiwel and Friends, from assistant editor. Justin Krasner has been promoted to executive editor at Odd Dot, from senior editor. Danielle Imperiale has been promoted to design manager, marketing, from senior designer. Kaitlin Loss has been promoted to subsidiary rights manager, from assistant manager.
Random House Children's Books has several promotions and new hires. Natalia Dextre has been promoted to production manager, from associate production manager. Lili Feinberg has been promoted to publicity manager, from senior publicist. Tricia Ryzner has joined as manager, social media, paid promotions; previously she was a paid media manager at Darkroom. Meredith Wagner has joined as manager, social media, content and community; previously she was social media manager at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Regina Andreoni has joined as associate manager, marketing; previously she was associate marketing manager at Portfolio. Rachel Goldenberg has joined the digital team as marketing coordinator for the digital team; previously she was publishing assistant.
HarperCollins Children's Books has three promotions and three new hires. Mimi Rankin has been promoted to senior manager, school and library marketing, from manager. Marisa Rother has been promoted to designer, from assistant designer. Jenny Ly has been promoted to assistant editor, from editorial assistant. Christina Carpino has joined as marketing coordinator, school and library marketing; previously she was a librarian in the Essex Library System. Josie Dallam has joined as marketing coordinator, school and library marketing; previously she was sales coordinator at Little Bee Books. Carter Wilken has joined as editorial assistant.
Cheryl Lew has been promoted to senior publicity manager at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, from publicity manager.
Kathleen Morandini has joined Bloomsbury as children's assistant school and library marketing manager; previously she was a freelance marketing consultant.
Levine Querido has two promotions. Nick Thomas has been promoted to executive editor, from senior editor. Irene Vázquez has been promoted to assistant editor and publicist, from editorial and marketing assistant.
Kirk Benshoff has been promoted to associate creative director at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group, from art director.
Carolynn DeCillo has joined Candlewick as senior designer; she was previously a freelance art director and designer.
Melissa See has joined Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink as digital marketing coordinator; previously she was a marketing intern at Includas Publishing.
Hilary Brown has joined Little Bee Books as sales assistant; previously she was an intern at Writers House, Nancy Yost Literacy, and Pegasus Books.
Ann Rider, executive editor at Clarion and before that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has retired after more than 25 years with the company. Books that she edited won two Caldecott Medals, three Caldecott Honors, a Newbery Honor, three Sibert Medals, three Sibert Honors, and two Pura Belpré Honors. Authors she worked with include Joyce Sidman, Pamela Zagrenski, Carl Deuker, Beth Krommes, Melissa Sweet, Francisco Jimenez, Karina Yan Glaser, and Jacqueline Davies.
Joanna Cárdenas has been promoted to executive editor at Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers, from senior editor.
Random House Children's Books has six promotions. Nicole De Las Heras has been promoted to executive art director, trade picture books and preschool, from senior art director. Elizabeth Tardiff has been promoted to assistant art director, from senior designer. Jan Gerardi has been promoted to assistant art director, from senior designer. Brittany Ramirez has been promoted to junior designer, from assistant designer. April Ward has been promoted to executive art director, chapter books, middle grade, and young adult, from senior art director, middle grade. Jinna Shinhas been promoted to associate art director, interiors and paperbacks, from assistant art director.
Joanna Green has joined Insight Editions as editor; previously she was an editor at Disney Publishing Worldwide.
HarperCollins Children's Books has one promotion and two new hires. Ciera Burch has been promoted to assistant editor, from editorial assistant. Maddy Price has joined HarperAlley as assistant designer; she was previously a freelance designer. Jonathan Corby has joined as design assistant.
Saribel Pages has been promoted to literary associate at Gallt and Zacker Literary Agency, from agency assistant.
Lara Starr has been promoted to associate director of publicity at Insight Editions, from senior publicist and marketing strategist.
At Candlewick, Melissa Miller is moving into the role of reprints production controller, from promotional and sales materials production controller.
Random House Children's Books has one new hire and one promotion. Cat Reynolds has joined Dr. Seuss Publishing as editor; previously she was an editor at Sesame Workshop. Brittany Ramirez has been promoted to junior designer, from design assistant.
Michael Green has joined Marble Press as acquisitions editor for picture books, graphic novels, and middle grade. He was previously president and publisher of Philomel Books.
Lily Yengle has been promoted to associate director of children's marketing at Bloomsbury US, from senior marketing manager.
