Dominique Cimina has been promoted to senior v-p, publicity, corporate communications, and author brand strategy at Random House Children's Books. Previously she was v-p, executive director, publicity and corporate communications.
Macmillan Children's Publishing Group has one promotion and one new hire. Allyson Floridia has been promoted to managing editor, from production editor. Emilia Sowersby is joining Roaring Brook Press as editorial assistant.
Talia Benamy has been promoted to editor at Philomel Books, from associate editor.
Joy Bean has joined Arctis Books USA, an imprint of W-1 Media, as lead editor. She was previously senior editor at Boyds Mills & Kane and Little Bee Books. She has also held editorial roles at Marshall Cavendish and Random House Children's Books, and was associate children's book editor at Publishers Weekly.
Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group has five promotions. Morgan Rath has been promoted to senior publicist, from publicist. Katie Quinn has been promoted to senior marketing manager, from marketing manager. Teresa Ferraiolo has been promoted to marketing manager, from associate marketing manager. Gabriella Salpeter has been promoted to associate marketing manager, from marketing coordinator. Mark Podesta has been promoted to associate editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, from assistant editor.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has two promotions. Esther Cajahuaringa has been promoted to editor, from associate editor. Regan Winter has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor.
Will Reber has been named digital content controller at Candlewick; he was an intern at Candlewick, and also worked as a book trailer designer for Albert Whitman.
Eddie Gamarra has been named v-p of literary affairs at Nickelodeon and Awesomeness, charged with sourcing literary material to option and develop into animated and live-action content. He was formerly v-p of studio business development at Nickelodeon.
Chelsea Hunter has joined Abrams Children's Books as senior designer. She was formerly a designer at Holiday House.
Sylvie Frank will join Disney Publishing Worldwide on June 21 as executive editor for Disney Hyperion, and will head up the picture book program. Previously she was senior editor at Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books; she joined the imprint in 2013.
At Abrams, Anne Heltzel has been promoted to editorial director, entertainment publishing and content development. She was previously executive editor of Amulet Books.
Celia Lee is joining Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers as executive editor. She was most recently senior editor at Orchard Books and Cartwheel Books.
Random House Children's Books has two promotions and a new hire. Sarah Hokanson has been promoted to art director, from associate art director. Nicole Gastonguay has been promoted to assistant art director, from senior designer. Taline Boghosian has joined as a designer; she was previously a designer at Starry Forest Books.
Heather Kelly has been promoted to assistant art director at Appleseed and Abrams Books for Young Readers, from senior designer.
Disney Hyperion has several promotions and new hires. Jocelyn Davies has been promoted to executive editor, from senior editor, and will oversee all new and reimagined Disney IP development. Brittany Rubiano has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Rebecca Kuss joins the Rick Riordan Presents imprint as senior editor; previously she was an editor at Inkyard Press. Elanna Heda joins as editorial assistant; previously she was an editorial assistant at Legacy Research Group. Ashley Fields joins as editorial assistant.
Kerry Martin has been promoted to creative director for Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink; previously she was art director for Holiday House.
Scholastic has two promotions and a new hire. Brittany Schachner has been promoted to assistant manager, frontlist planning, from trade planner. Jess Harold has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor. Kelsey Albertson has joined Scholastic as associate manager, special markets; she was previously national accounts representative, special markets at Abrams.
Candlewick Press has one promotion and two new hires. Hilary Van Dusen has been promoted to senior executive editor, acquiring all MIT Kids and MITeen titles; she was previously executive editor. Morgan DuBose has joined as sales assistant. Tif Bucknor will be joining on June 28 as art department administrative assistant.
Random House Children's Books has one new hire and a promotion. Katy Miller has joined as a managing editor; she was previously an associate managing editor for Random House Adult. Emily Hoffman has been promoted to assistant managing editor, from managing editorial assistant.
Holiday House has one promotion and a new hire. Jim Secula has been promoted to senior marketing designer for Holiday House and Pixel+Ink, from marketing designer. Nicole Gureli has joined as design assistant; previously she was an intern at Random House Children's Books.
Bloomsbury Children's has a promotion and a new hire. Phoebe Dyer has been promoted to assistant marketing manager, from marketing associate. Yelena Safronova has joined the art department as designer.
Brittany Groves has joined Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as editorial assistant; she was previously an intern at Feiwel and Friends.
