Random House Children's Books has three promotions in the licensed and proprietary brands marketing department. Krister Engstrom has been promoted to assistant director, from senior designer. Tara Grieco has been promoted to associate marketing manager, from marketing coordinator. Jena Debois has been promoted to marketing coordinator, from marketing assistant.
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group has four promotions and one new hire. Jennifer Healey has been promoted to executive managing editor, from senior managing editor. Hayley Jozwiak has been promoted to managing editor, from assistant managing editor. Perry Minella has been promoted to assistant managing editor, from managing editorial assistant. Starr Baer has been promoted to senior production editor, from production editor. And Louis Grilli has joined as managing editorial assistant.
Semareh Al-Hillal has been named publisher of Groundwood Books, effective May 7. She is currently associate publisher at Kids Can Press.
Hanna Lee has been promoted to senior manager of digital marketing at Random House Children's Books, from manager.
Whitney Berger has joined Little Bigfoot at Sasquatch Books as marketing and publicity coordinator; she was previously children's marketing manager at the King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City.
Alia Almeida has been promoted to marketing manager at HMH Books for Young Readers, from marketing specialist.
Alex Garber has joined Penguin Young Readers as director of digital marketing; he was previously associate director of digital marketing and consumer engagement at HarperCollins Children's Books.
At Random House Children's Books, Casey Moses has been promoted to junior designer, from assistant designer.
HarperCollins Children's Books has three promotions. Alison Klapthor has been promoted to art director, from associate art director. Erin Fitzsimmons has been promoted to art director, from associate art director. David Curtis has been promoted to senior designer, from designer.
Lindsay Wagner has joined Macmillan Children's Publishing Group as managing editor; previously she was a project manager at Hal Leonard Performing Arts Publishing Group.
Elizabeth Stranahan has been promoted to assistant editor at Crown Books for Young Readers, from editorial assistant.
Amanda Bruns has been named children's reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, effective May 15. Most recently she was the children's book specialist and buyer at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, and before that was managing editor for Aite Group.
Holiday House has two new hires. Raina Putter has joined as a managing editor; most recently she was a client relations manager at the Ingram Content Group, and previously worked at Random House Children's Books, Hyperion Books for Children, and Harlequin Books. Judy Varon will join as production manager on May 1. She currently works part-time in production at the company, and previously worked at Hachette Group USA, Quad Graphics, and Bantam Doubleday Dell.
