Kendra Levin has been promoted to executive editor at Viking Children's Books, from senior editor.
Random House Children's Books has two promotions and one new hire. Lauren Adams has been promoted to marketing manager, from associate marketing manager. Colleen Nuccio has been promoted to marketing coordinator, from marketing assistant. Kristin Vogt joins the brand marketing team as marketing assistant; she was previously a communication development intern at the Children’s Institute.
Katie Martinez has joined Simon & Schuster as associate production editor for Simon Spotlight and Saga Press. She was previously an editorial and production assistant at Akashic Books.
Andy Ball has been promoted to director, managing editorial, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; he was most recently senior managing editor.
Janine Perez has been promoted to digital marketing coordinator at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; she was previously marketing assistant.
Olivia Russo has been promoted to publicity manager at HarperCollins Children's Books; she was previously senior publicist.
Emily Bamford has joined Random House Children's Books as associate publicist. She was previously an associate publicist at Atria Books.
Amanda Mustafic has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as publicist; she was previously associate publicist at Penguin Young Readers.
Christi Sheehan has joined DK as associate publicist; she was previously publicity assistant at Harlequin.
Jean McGinley has been promoted to v-p, subsidiary rights at HarperCollins Children's Books. She was previously senior director, subsidiary rights.
Lauren Festa has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as a marketing manager. She was previously marketing manager at Scholastic.
Random House Children's Books has three promotions. Wendy Loggia has been promoted to senior executive editor at Delacorte Press, from executive editor. Krista Marino has been promoted to senior executive editor at Delacorte Press, from executive editor. Monica Jean has been promoted to assistant editor at Delacorte Press, from editorial assistant.
Jessica Almon has been promoted to executive editor at Razorbill; she was formerly senior editor.
Chronicle Books has two promotions. Naomi Kirsten is being promoted to senior children's books editor; she was previously editor. Melissa Manlove is being promoted to senior children's books editor; she was previously editor.
Simona Stith has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as executive assistant. She was most recently assistant to the editor-in-chief at Travel + Leisure.
