Hire, Promo At McGraw-Hill
Ron Martirano has been named editor for sports books in McGraw-Hill's consumer group. Martirano arrives from Penguin, where he worked for the Chamberlain Brothers imprint. Deborah Brody has been promoted from senior editor to executive editor in the consumer group.
Richardson to HM
Julia Richardson has joined Houghton Mifflin Children's Book Group as paperback director. Most recently editorial director of Aladdin Paperbacks at Simon & Schuster, Richardson has worked with authors Ellen Hopkins, Hilari Bell, Anne Ursu and Niki Burnham. Richardson, who will begin working from Houghton's New York office, will be based in Boston starting in 2007.
O'Donnell to OUP
Andrew O'Donnell has joined Oxford University Press as director of direct response marketing and sales. O'Donnell was deputy director of marketing for an executive conference firm and, before that, worked for Aspen Publishing, Harcourt Brace and Thomson Publishing. Also at OUP, Joe Zito has been promoted from e-commerce marketing associate to online marketing manager.
Promos, Hire At DBD
At Diamond Book Distributors, Josh Hayes has been bumped up to associate director of sales and marketing, and Donnie Lewis has been named customer service manager after being assistant manager of data processing at Diamond Comic Distributors, DBD's parent company.
Barney to Putnam
Stacey Barney has been named editor at Putnam Books for Young Readers. Barney, who's worked as a teacher, launched a YA African-American imprint at Kensington Books.
Clarification
Sandra Dear, recently promoted to v-p of group company, custom and proprietary sales at Penguin Group (PW, Nov. 27), was formerly v-p of merchandising warehouse clubs for AMS.
