Random House Children's Books has five promotions. Casey Moses has been promoted to assistant art director, from senior designer. Bessa Zenebework has been promoted to senior manager, advertising, from manager. Tricia Ryzner has been promoted to senior manager, advertising, from social media manager, paid promotions. Jordan Bishop has been promoted to senior associate, audience engagement, from associate. Kortney Hartz has been promoted to publishing manager, from publishing associate.
Alison Weiss has left her position as acquisitions editor at Pixel+Ink and can be contacted here.
Ainslie Campbell-Schwartz has been promoted to associate editor at Candlewick Press, from assistant editor.
Makena Cioni has joined Delacorte Press as editorial assistant; previously she was an editorial intern at Macmillan.
Frankie Degiorgio has joined Scholastic as administrative assistant.
Hillary Godwin has joined Stimola Literary Studio as literary agent assistant; she was formerly a submission reader for Roaring Brook Press.
Charlotte Johnson has joined SteelWorks Literary as agency assistant.
Albert Whitman publishing director Sue Tarsky has left the company, and can be contacted here.
KT Literary has one new hire and two promotions. Kait Feldmann has joined as agent; most recently, she was senior editor at HarperCollins. Laurel Symonds has been promoted to senior agent, from agent. Chelsea Hensley has been promoted to agent, from associate agent.
Karen Menzie has joined Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree as senior national account manager to Amazon; most recently she was director of sales at Zibby Books.
At Random House Children's Books, senior copy editor Barbara Bakowski will retire on July 3. Lea Lopez has joined as editorial assistant, Random House Brands.
Anuoluwapo Ohioma has joined Disney/Freedom Fire as editor; previously she was associate editor at Penguin Workshop.
MacKenzie Kurtzner has been promoted to planning coordinator at Scholastic, from proprietary planner.
Olivia Blackmer has joined Nosy Crow as marketing assistant.
Astra Books for Young Readers has three promotions. Susan Dobinick has been promoted to assistant publisher, from executive editor. Kerry McManus has been promoted to marketing director, from senior marketing manager. Millie von Platen has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor.
Sarah Homer has been promoted to editor at HarperCollins, from associate editor.
Candlewick Press has one new hire and two promotions. Martha Kennedy has returned to the company as assistant art director; most recently she was an art director at Simon & Schuster. Hayley Parker has been promoted to assistant art director, from senior designer. Tif Bucknor has been promoted to book design assistant, from art department administrative assistant.
Kate Renner has been promoted to art director at Viking Books for Young Readers, Philomel, and Flamingo, from associate art director.
Emily Seife has been promoted to executive editor at Scholastic, from senior editor.
Clare Perret has joined Random House Children's Books as a senior copy editor; most recently she was managing editor at Kensington.
Rory Lake has joined Candlewick Press as promotions designer; most recently she was community engagement coordinator at Emmanuel College.
