Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has three promotions. Nicole Russo has been promoted to executive publicity director, from senior publicity director. Tara Shanahan has been promoted to senior publicity director, from publicity director. Lisa Quach has been promoted to associate marketing director for Aladdin, Little Simon, Simon Spotlight, Simon Pulse, McElderry Books, and Scarlett Press, from senior marketing manager.
Cameron Moore has been promoted to associate national account manager, libraries and educators at Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree, from sales assistant.
Random House Children's Books has four promotions and one new hire. Lauren Adams has been promoted to senior director, marketing, brand and licensed publishing, from director. Jena DeBois has been promoted to assistant director, marketing, brand and licensed publishing, from manager. Emma Bohrer has been promoted to associate, marketing, brand and licensed publishing, from marketing assistant. Claire Rivkin has been promoted to senior manager, subsidiary rights, from manager. Sydney Niegos has joined as associate marketing manager, trade marketing; most recently she was trade marketing associate manager, middle grade at Scholastic.
Levine Querido has three promotions. Antonio Gonzalez Cerna has been promoted to VP, director of marketing and publicity, from marketing and publicity director. Irene Vázquez has been promoted to editor, from associate editor. Danielle Maldonado has been promoted to managing editor, from associate managing editor.
Lindsey Odorizzi has joined Candlewick Press, Holiday House, and Peachtree full-time as sales assistant, educational and library; she previously temped for the sales team.
Penguin Young Readers has three promotions. Dana Leydig has been promoted to associate publisher and executive editor, Viking Children’s Books, from associate director of publishing and executive editor. Garrett Bond has been promoted to senior publicity manager, brands, from publicity manager. Jordana Kulak has been promoted to publicity manager, from senior publicist.
Lee & Low Books has two promotions. Shaughnessy Miller has been promoted to marketing manager, from assistant marketing manager. Jennifer Khawam has been promoted to marketing associate, from marketing coordinator.
Sian Rips has joined Holiday House as graphic novel designer; previously she was a temp designer at HarperAlley.
Linda Epstein is stepping away from agenting after 15 years in the industry and 10 at Emerald City Literary Agency. She will continue writing novels and is pursuing other opportunities; she can be reached here.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has three promotions. Caitlin Sweeny has been promoted to executive director, marketing for Little Simon, Simon Spotlight, Boynton Bookworks, Aladdin, Simon Pulse, McElderry Books, and Scarlett Press, from senior director of marketing. Erin Toller has been promoted to executive director, marketing for S&S Books for Young Readers, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, Caitlin Dlouhy Books, Denene Millner Books, Sarah Barley Books, and Beach Lane Books, from senior director of marketing. Antonella Colon has been promoted to publicist, from associate publicist.
Random House Children's Books has one retirement and one new hire. Rich Romano, executive VP, publishing operations, will be retiring at the end of this year. Karen Lo will be joining as VP, director of finance and business strategy on November 10; most recently she was senior director of finance for trade publishing at Scholastic.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has four promotions. Amy Lavigne has been promoted to marketing manager in digital marketing, from assistant marketing manager. Cassandra Fernandez has been promoted to senior marketing manager for S&S Books for Young Readers, Atheneum, and Beach Lane Books, from marketing manager. Amaris Mang has been promoted to marketing manager for S&S Books for Young Readers, Atheneum, and Beach Lane Books, from assistant marketing manager. Remi Moon has been promoted to marketing associate, from marketing coordinator.
Sarah Rubio has been promoted to publishing director of children's books at WaterBrook, from executive editor.
Alli Brydon has joined Quarto as publisher for the North American market; previously she was a freelance children's book publishing consultant.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has one new hire and five promotions. Lex Higbee has joined as publicity manager; most recently she was publicity manager at Bloomsbury Children's. Anum Shafqat has been promoted to associate editor for McElderry Books and Atheneum, from assistant editor. Miloni Vora has been promoted to associate editor for Caitlyn Dlouhy Books at Atheneum, from assistant editor. Tionne Townsend has been promoted to assistant editor for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers and Denene Millner Books, from editorial assistant. Jin Soo Chun has been promoted to assistant editor for Atheneum, from editorial assistant. Jessica Egan has been promoted to assistant editor for Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, from editorial assistant.
Amy Goppert has joined Little Bee Books as senior manager of PR and marketing; previously she was publicity manager at Brown Books Publishing.
Catherine Frank is leaving Peachtree Publishing as editor-at-large and can be contacted here.
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing has two promotions. Sarah McCabe has been promoted to executive editor at Margaret K. McElderry Books, from senior editor. Kate Prosswimmer has been promoted to executive editor at Margaret K. McElderry Books, from senior editor.
Scholastic has six new hires. Amanda Larsen has joined as associate art director, Tangerine Press; previously she was senior manager, design, at National Geographic Kids. Nikolai Muth has joined as senior editor for manga and Graphix; he was formerly project manager for the City of Yokohama, Representative Office to the Americas. Maddy Price has joined Scholastic as senior designer, Graphix; previously she was designer at HarperAlley. Chris Russo has joined Scholastic as senior designer, Graphix; previously he was senior designer at Holiday House. Julia Bianchi has joined Scholastic as designer; previously she was associate designer at Macmillan. Ceci Hughes has joined Scholastic as assistant production editor; previously she was publishing assistant at Experiment.
Joe Hennes has joined Random House Children's Books as editor, Dr. Seuss Publishing; most recently, he was creative development editor of original kids' content at Audible.
