Kids Can Press has three promotions and one new hire. Amelie Roberge has been promoted to operations manager, from digital business development manager. Alison Lapp has been promoted to sales associate, from sales and rights assistant. Kate Patrick has been promoted to marketing associate, from marketing assistant. Patricia Esteves has joined as sales and rights assistant.
Jennifer Murphy has joined APA Publishing's Magination Press as assistant marketing manager; previously she was marketing coordinator at Harper.
Selena Beaumont has joined Holiday House as a contracts assistant. She was previously administrative assistant at Charlotte Sheedy Literary Agency, and an intern at Writers House.
Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to assistant art director, from senior designer. Monique Razzouk has been promoted to junior designer, from assistant designer.
Katy Hershberger has joined School Library Journal as senior editor, YA. Most recently she was social media manager and a bookseller at McNally Jackson Books in New York City, and prose editor at 3Elements Literary Review. She had previously worked in publicity at Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, Bloomsbury Children's Books, and St. Martin's Press.
Algonquin Young Readers has a new hire and a promotion. Megan Harley has been named marketing manager; she was previously promotions manager at Workman. Sarah Alpert has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor.
Michaela Whatnall has been promoted to school and library marketing coordinator in children's marketing at Chronicle Books. Previously she was special projects marketing assistant.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has one promotions and one new hire. Alissa Nigrohas been promoted to marketing manager for Aladdin and Simon Pulse, from associate marketing manager. Amelia Jenkins has joined as production coordinator; she was previously production assistant at AMACOM Books.
Alexa Higbee has joined Holiday House as associate publicist; she was formerly sales and marketing associate at David R. Godine.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has one new hire and five promotions. Samantha Gentry has joined as editor; she was formerly associate editor at Crown Books for Young Readers. Saho Fujii has been promoted to senior art director, from art director. Karina Granda has been promoted to associate art director, from senior designer. Nikki Garcia has been promoted to editor, from associate editor. Katharine McAnarney has been promoted to publicity manager, from senior publicist. Hannah Milton has been promoted to assistant editor, from editorial assistant.
