Macmillan Children's Publishing Group has three promotions. Melissa Zar has been promoted to associate director, marketing, from senior marketing manager. Johanna Kirby has been promoted to senior marketing manager, from marketing manager. Jordin Streeter has been promoted to marketing coordinator, from marketing assistant.
David Gilmore has joined Random House Children's Books as marketing coordinator; previously he was a marketing coordinator at Barnes & Noble.
Jennifer Corcoran is joining HarperCollins Children's Books as senior director of publicity and events on October 21. Most recently she was senior director, communications at NBCUniversal for the cable network Universal Kids (formerly Sprout). She had previously been director of publicity at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, director of publicity at Disney Publishing Worldwide, and associate publicity director at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Senior publicity director Cindy Hamilton and publicity director Sari Murray will now report to her.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has four promotions and one new hire. Lisa Moraleda has been promoted to senior director of publicity, from director of publicity, for the Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, Margaret K. McElderry, Atheneum, and Beach Lane imprints. Caitlin Sweeny has been promoted to director of marketing, from associate director of marketing, for the Simon Pulse, Aladdin, Little Simon, and Simon Spotlight imprints. Anna Jarzab has been promoted to director of digital and social marketing, from digital marketing strategist. Kate Bouchard has been promoted to digital and social marketing coordinator, from digital marketing assistant. Kristin Gilson has joined as editorial director for Aladdin Books; she was most recently editorial director of Puffin Books.
HarperCollins Children's Books has four promotions and one new hire. Jacquelynn Burke has been promoted to associate director of publicity, from publicity manager. Lindsey Karl has been promoted to senior manager, conferences and conventions, from manager. Talia Chaves has been promoted to marketing associate, from coordinator. Tyler Breitfeller has been promoted to marketing associate, from marketing coordinator. Mimi Rankin is joining as manager, school and library marketing; previously she was marketing manager at Myrick Marketing & Media.
Alexandra Hightower has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as associate editor; previously she was assistant editor at Delacorte Press.
Matthew Sciarappa has been named marketing coordinator at Little Bee Books; previously he was executive assistant.
Annabelle Saks will join HarperCollins Children's Books on November 4 as director, media, a new position. She will serve as the main contact for HarperCollins Children's Books with agents, studios, networks, producers, and talent, and will advise the IP team on media potential for projects. She was formerly senior scout at Maria B. Campbell Associates.
Mary-Alice Moore has been promoted to executive v-p, business strategy and product development at Highlights for Children; previously she was senior v-p and publisher, Highlights Retail Group. Michael Eisenberg has been promoted to v-p and publisher, Highlights Book Group; previously he was associate publisher, Highlights Retail Group.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has two promotions and one new hire. Lisa Rao has been promoted to executive editor at Simon Spotlight, from senior editor. Beth Barton has been promoted to senior editor at Simon Spotlight, from editor. Shivani Annirood has joined as associate publicist; she was previously marketing and publicity assistant at Macmillan Children's Publishing Group.
Random House Children's Books has two new hires. Caitlin Whalen has been named manager, consumer and educator shows; she was formerly assistant marketing manager at Penguin Young Readers. Bhavna Anil has joined as publicity assistant.
Stephanie Pitts has been promoted to senior editor at G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, from editor.
Simon Pulse has two promotions. Nicole Ellul has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Sarah McCabe has been promoted to editor, from associate editor.
At Abrams, Trish McNamara O'Neill has been promoted to senior manager, digital and social media marketing, from manager.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has several promotions. Reka Simonsen has been promoted to editorial director, from executive editor, at Atheneum. Jenica Nasworthy has been promoted to senior managing editor, from managing editor, for S&S Books for Young Readers and Paula Wiseman Books. Chloe Foglia has been promoted to art director, from associate art director, for S&S Books for Young Readers and Paula Wiseman Books. Nick Sciacca has been promoted to art director, design and technology, from digital design manager. Greg Stadnyk has been promoted to associate art director, from senior designer, for S&S Books for Young Readers, Atheneum, and McElderry Books. Alex Borbolla has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor, for Atheneum and Caitlyn Dlouhy Books. Elizabeth Mims has been promoted to assistant production editor, from production editorial assistant, for Aladdin and Simon Pulse.
David Briggs will join Macmillan Children's Publishing Group on November 18 as v-p, managing and production editorial. Most recently he was v-p, executive managing editor at Penguin Young Readers.
At HarperCollins Children's Books, Ebony LaDelle has been promoted to associate director, teen marketing, from senior marketing manager, teen marketing.
At Pippin Properties, Ashley Valentine has been promoted to art manager, from agency associate. She will now oversee the company's illustrator program in addition to continuing her role as operations manager.
