Workman Publishing has three new hires. Megan Logan has joined the children's group as editor; previously she was assistant editor at Disney/Marvel Press. Riley Golberg has joined as editorial assistant. Daniella Graner will join as designer on January 10.
Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Mary Man-Kong has been promoted to senior executive editor, from executive editor. Lauren Clauss has been promoted to editor, from associate editor.
Little Bee Books has two promotions. Charlie Ilgunas has been promoted to editor, from associate editor. Jaime Gelman has been promoted to associate editor, from assistant editor.
Brann Garvey has joined Abrams Children's Books as senior designer; formerly he was senior graphic designer at Capstone Publishing.
Kari Sutherland has joined KT Literary as agent; previously she was an agent at Bradford Literary Agency.
Linda Kaplan at Kaplan/DeFiore Agency will be representing Disney Publishing Group in new translation license negotiations in all territories outside the US and Canada.
Jodie Cohen has joined Highlights as director of retail marketing, partnerships and licensing; previously she was director of marketing at Scholastic.
Erum Khan has joined Abrams Children's Books as editor, entertainment and licensed publishing; formerly she was an editor at Callisto Media.
Astra Books for Young Readers has one new hire and one promotion. Linette Kim has joined as senior marketing manager; previously she was marketing manager in HarperCollins's library marketing department. Lisa Taylor has been promoted to senior production manager, from production manager.
Ashley Mitchell is joining Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing as director of digital and social marketing on January 18; previously she was associate marketing director at HarperCollins.
Random House Children's Books has three promotions. Shana Corey has been promoted to editorial director at Random House Books for Young Readers, from executive editor. Jake Eldred has been promoted to associate director, managing editorial, from senior managing editor. Catherine O'Mara has been promoted to marketing associate, from marketing coordinator.
Candlewick Press has one promotion and one new hire. Maya Tatsukawa has been promoted to senior designer, from book designer. Jason Emmanuel has been hired as copyeditor/ proofreader; he was previously at the American Meteorological Society.
Random House Children's Books has a number of job moves. Michelle H. Nagler has been promoted to senior v-p, publisher, RHCB Brands and RH Graphic, from v-p, associate publisher. Sonali Fry will join Crown Books for Young Readers as v-p and co-publisher, Crown Books for Young Readers, and publisher, Little Golden Books and Sesame Street; formerly she was v-p and publishing director for Random House Books for Young Readers classic brands and preschool. Caroline Abbey has been promoted to associate publisher, Random House Books for Young Readers, from editorial director. Marianna Smirnova has been promoted to assistant art director, from digital art manager. Michelle Kim has been promoted to senior designer, from designer. Charlotte Roos has been promoted to assistant editor at Random House Studio, from editorial assistant. Joey Ho has been promoted to associate publicist, from publicity assistant. Jamie Yee has joined as designer/digital artist.
Penguin Young Readers has several promotions. Daniel Moreton has been promoted to publisher, licenses and brands at Grosset & Dunlap, from v-p and associate publisher. Rob Valois has been promoted to associate publisher, editorial director, Penguin Workshop, from editorial director. Mary Mekarnom has been promoted to senior director, creative and strategy, World of Eric Carle, from creative director. Ellice Lee has been promoted to v-p, senior art director, Viking/Flamingo/Philomel, from senior art director. Dana Leydig has been promoted to executive editor, Viking Books for Young Readers, from senior editor. Trevor Ingerson has been promoted to associate director, school and library marketing, from assistant director. Lauren Festa has been promoted to associate director, digital marketing, from assistant director. Danielle Presley has been promoted to marketing coordinator, from marketing assistant.
Samantha McVeigh has joined Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing as publicist; previously she was a publicist at Harlequin.
Erika Turner is joining Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as executive editor on January 31; most recently she was executive editor at comic book publisher IDW, and before that was senior editor at HMH's Versify imprint.
Candlewick Press has two new hires. Mary Beth Garhart has joined as editorial services coordinator; previously she was assistant managing editor at Page Street Publishing. Audrey Iocca has joined as commercial operations assistant.
Random House Children's Books has four promotions and a new hire. Kelly McGauley has been promoted to senior director, trade marketing, from trade marketing director. Ken Kong has been promoted to business manager, from financial manager. Hannah Hill has been promoted to editor at Delacorte Press, from associate editor. Lydia Gregovic has been promoted to assistant editor at Delacorte Press, from editorial assistant. Tia Resham Cheema has joined Random House Books for Young Readers as editorial assistant; she was previously an editorial intern at BrainPOP.
Aubrey Churchward has been promoted to senior manager, publicity at HarperCollins Childrem's Books; she was previously manager.
Ariana Abad has joined Bloomsbury Children's as associate publicist; she was previously assistant publicist at Riverhead Books.
Random House Children's Books has three job moves. Natalie Capogrossi has been promoted to marketing manager, from assistant manager. Erica Stone has been promoted to marketing associate, from marketing coordinator. Emily Harburg is joining Labyrinth Road as editorial assistant; she was formerly publishing coordinator for Random House Children's Books.
Allison Remcheck has been promoted to agent at Stimola Literary Studio, from associate agent.
Gaby Paez has been promoted to school and library marketing associate at Abrams Children's Books, from marketing and publicity assistant.