Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Josh Redlich has been promoted to assistant director, publicity, from publicity manager. Kristopher Kam has been promoted to assistant director, publicity, from publicity manager.
Noreen Herits has been promoted to v-p, executive director, publicity and media strategy at Random House Children's Books; previously she was executive director, publicity.
Hannah Boardman has joined the TvS Media Group as publicity assistant.
Nathalie op de Beeck has been named West Coast correspondent for Publishers Weekly. She is a longtime contributor to Children's Bookshelf, and is an associate professor specializing in children's literature and environmental studies. Contact information is available here.
Random House Children's Books has two promotions. Whitney Aaronson has been promoted to associate product director, digital marketing, from senior product manager. Jena DeBois has been promoted to associate marketing manager, from marketing associate.
Lauren Moye has joined Abrams Children's Books as marketing and publicity assistant; previously she was sales staff assistant at Abrams.
Rosemary Brosnan has been promoted to v-p, publisher for Quill Tree Books and Heartdrum at HarperCollins; previously she was v-p, editorial director.
The Children's Book Council has two promotions and one new hire. Jena Groshek has been promoted to marketing manager, from marketing coordinator. Sommer Wisner has been promoted to marketing assistant, from intern. Paulina Ramirez has joined as marketing associate; previously she was an intern at Cinco Puntos Press.
Abrams Children's Books has one promotion and one new hire. Lora Grisafi has been promoted to associate art director, Diary of a Wimpy Kid; previously she was senior designer, marketing. Maggie Moore has joined as production associate; she was formerly assistant to the publisher at Street Noise Books.
At Penguin Young Readers, James Akinaka has been promoted to manager, digital marketing, from digital marketing coordinator.
Amanda Ramirez has been named children's reviews editor at Publishers Weekly, starting March 7, joining senior children's reviews editor Amanda Bruns. Previously she was associate editor at Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Janine Le is launching Janine Le Literary Agency, representing children's book authors and illustrators; previously she was agent and foreign rights manager at Sheldon Fogelman Agency.
Rebecca Frazer has joined AMEET Publishing in the newly created position of executive editor of LEGO Books; most recently she was editorial director at Gakken Books.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has two new hires. Cassie Malmo is joining as associate publicity director; previously she was senior publicity manager at Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing. Camryn Cogshell is joining as assistant designer; most recently she was a freelance designer with Clarion Books. Both will start on February 28.
Candlewick Press has three promotions and one new hire. Melanie Blais has been promoted to senior contracts and licensing manager, from contracts, rights and licensing manager. Angela Dombroski has been promoted to senior fiction production strategist, from senior production manager. Alyssa Fowle has been promoted to senior production controller, from reprints and imprints production controller. Julie Landy is being promoted to sales materials and book production controller, from production assistant. Jennifer Freilach is joining as editorial services assistant manager; previously she was a production editor at HMH.
