Publishing Trends

MARCH 19, 2024

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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JANUARY 8, 2024

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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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

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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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Shane Eichacker has been promoted to assistant art director. John Wyffels has been promoted to senior digital artist. At Pantheon , Zach Phillips has been promoted to editor. DULY NOTED Scott Momaday , Pulitzer Prize winner and author of House Made of Dawn died January 24th at 89.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

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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APRIL 6, 2023

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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