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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

At Barnes & Noble Education , Hunter Blankenbaker joins as VP of Investor Relations. Lisa Beech joins Nelson Books as Director of Publicity; previously, she was Associate Director of Publicity at WaterBrook & Multnomah. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. PROMOTIONS.

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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. Rachel Ake has been promoted to associate art director at Modern Library.

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People Round Up, Mid March, 2024

Publishing Trends

The American Booksellers Association announced Preethi Kannath has joined the education team as lead instructional designer. Katrina Damkoehler has been promoted to associate art director at Random House Children’s Books. At Black Dog & Leventhal , Katie Benezra has been promoted to art director.

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People Round-Up, Early September 2023

Publishing Trends

Watson has been named chief financial officer at Barnes & Noble Education. At Crown Publishing Group , Derek Gullino becomes senior vice president, executive director, bookmaking. Serena Sigona has been promoted to production director. Andrea Lau has been promoted to art director.

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People Round-Up, Early April 2023

Publishing Trends

Most recently she was Division Director of Curriculum, Digital Media, and Communications at the Smithsonian Science Education Center. At First Second , Kirk Benshoff has been promoted to Creative Director, while Sunny Lee moves up to Associate Art Director and Samia Fakih becomes Assistant Editor.

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People Round-Up, Mid November 2023

Publishing Trends

Oliver Munday has returned to Doubleday , from Knopf , as creative director. Kelly Blair has been named senior art director for the Knopf Cooks line. At Sourcebooks , Nicole Lecht has joined as associate art director for Bloom Books. At Milkweed Editions , Joanna Demkiewicz , marketing director is leaving.

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People Round-Up, Mid-January 2023

Publishing Trends

Dan Berkowitz becomes Executive Director, Paid Marketing at Open Road Integrated Media. At Scholastic , Brian LaRossa is now Executive Art Director, Katie Carella is now Editorial Director, and Andy Lopez Soberano becomes Assistant Editor. Niki Marion has been promoted to Educational Sales Associate.