Anna Erickson has joined the Minnesota-based Creative Company as v-p of retail sales, managing the Creative Editions and Creative Paperbacks imprints. Erickson was previously director of distribution client services at Chronicle Books and, before that, director of marketing at Ten Speed Press.

Later this week, Julianne Shapiro is leaving Kensington Publishing as marketing coordinator, where she began in November, to start at Vook as the acquisitions B2B marketing manager.