Publishing Trends

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

June Park has joined as art director, previously she was senior designer at Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Keith Hayes has joined as senior art director, he was previously creative director at Flatiron Books. Hachette has promoted Kirin Diemont to associate art director at Little, Brown and Company.

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Publishing Trends

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

At Sourcebooks , Tim Hall has joined as childrens art director. PROMOTIONS At Penguin Random House , Jessica Cashman has been promoted to assistant director, foreign rights. Minhee Bae has been promoted to senior manager art operations. Michael Morris has been promoted to art director, One World.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Anita Okoye , formerly assistant editor at Marvel Comics , has joined Abrams ComicArts as editor. Yale University Press Director John Donatich will retire at the end of June 2025. At Open Road Integrated Media , Amanda Schaffer has been promoted to associate art director.

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MARCH 3, 2025

At Macmillan , Mina Chung has been promoted to art director. At Sourcebooks, Scott Eells has been promoted to associate director of automation and AI. Mandy Chahal has been promoted to associate director of publicity and marketing, Poisoned Pen Press. Makayla Tabron has been promoted to associate editor at Amistad Books.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Dan Vidra , international sales director has departed the company. Celeste Knudson has joined as senior art director for children’s. At Andrews McMeel Publishing , Jessica Rodriguez has joined as children’s and graphic novel art director. Simon & Schuster has promoted Natalia Olbinski to associate art director.

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JULY 23, 2024

PEOPLE Hachette announced a series of promotions and realignments on July 15th that included: Running Press and Workman will combine into Workman Running Press Group as of January 1st, 2025. Shannon Fabricant is being promoted to publisher at Running Press , effective Jan 1st, 2025.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Nadine Sferratore has been promoted to executive director, special sales. Eli Mock has been promoted to associate art director. Pam Notarantonio has been promoted to VP and creative director for children’s books and Comicarts. Raymond Pun has been elected as the 2025-2026 President of the American Library Association.

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