Kelly Moran is joining Little, Brown Books for Young Readers as senior publicist; previously she was public relations associate at Villanova University, and prior to that was associate publicist at St. Martin’s Press.
Sophia Chunn has joined Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing as design assistant and art coordinator.
HarperCollins Children's Books has several promotions. Ann Dye has been promoted to executive director, children’s publishing and marketing operations, from senior director. Jennifer Corcoran has been promoted to executive director, publicity and events, from senior director. Audrey Diestelkamp has been promoted to senior director, marketing, teen team, from director. Sabrina Abballe has been promoted to associate director, marketing, middle grade team, from senior manager.
Little, Brown has several promotions. Alexandra Hightower has been promoted to senior editor, from editor. Bill Grace has been promoted to senior marketing manager, from marketing manager. Hannah Klein has been promoted to associate publicist, from publicity assistant. Andie Divelbiss has been promoted to marketing coordinator, from marketing assistant. Allison Broeils has been promoted to marketing operations associate, from marketing operations coordinator.
Zohra Ashpari has been named senior editor at Papercutz; previously she was associate editor at Tapas Media.
Leslie Owusu has been promoted to assistant editor at Scholastic, from editorial assistant.
Adelaide Cronin has been promoted to sales coordinator at Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink, from sales assistant.
Little, Brown has several promotions. Milena Blue Spruce has been promoted to assistant editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, from editorial assistant. Leyla Erkan has been promoted to assistant editor at Christy Ottaviano Books, from editorial assistant. Angelie Yap has been promoted to senior designer, from designer. Prashansa Thapa has been promoted to designer, from junior designer. Gabrielle Chang has been promoted to designer, from junior designer. Patrick Hulse has been promoted to junior designer, from assistant designer.
Workman Publishing has several promotions and a new hire. Moira Kerrigan has been promoted to senior director, marketing, from marketing director. Nicole Higman has been promoted to director, digital marketing, from associate director. Ilana Gold has been promoted to associate director, publicity, from assistant director. Meghan O’Shaughnessy has been promoted to publicist, from associate publicist. Katie Campbell has been promoted to assistant editor on the Educational Resources team, from editorial assistant. And Karolyn Mena is joining the company as publicity assistant.
Lora Wanta has joined Scholastic as trade digital workflow associate; previously she was operations coordinator at WorldStrides.
Isabelle Snyder has joined Random House Children's Books as junior designer on the Brand and Licensed team.
Maria Modugno has been promoted to v-p, executive director of Random House Studio, from executive editorial director.
Lindsay Warren has joined Pixel+Ink as assistant editor; previously she was assistant editor at Candlewick Press/Walker US.
Gunjal Patel has been promoted to associate managing editor, Penguin Young Readers, from assistant managing editor.
Alison Tarnofsky has been promoted to marketing manager, trade at Holiday House, Peachtree, and Pixel+Ink, from associate marketing manager.
