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People Round-Up, Mid-April 2023

Publishing Trends

Ritsuko Okumura has been promoted to senior director and will sell foreign rights for Putnam, Avery, and Portfolio, reporting to Khan. Brittany Vibbert has been promoted to associate creative director, calendars & gift. John Aardema has been promoted to senior art director.

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People Round Up, Early April, 2024

Publishing Trends

She was most recently executive director at Tarcher Perigee and Avery. She was previously senior editor at Portfolio. Podium Audio has named Kate Runde head of acquisitions and Shannon Frost has been named director, growth marketing. At Basic Books Group , Jessica Breen is promoted to executive director of marketing.

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How 3 Serious Brands Engage Humanly on Social Media

Content Marketing Institute

Leaf through a portfolio of social media award winners, and you’re likely to see entrants from the tourism, cooking, and fashion industries. CalSTRS is well known as the largest educator public pension; it provides benefits for more than 914,000 California educators and their families and has an investment portfolio worth over $213 billion.

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People Round-Up, Early March 2023

Publishing Trends

Most recently she was Assistant Editor at Portfolio. At Workman , David Schiller moves up to VP and Creative Director. Joanne Redmond , lately Associate Publicist at Columbia University Press , joins Basic Books as Publicist. At Public Affairs , Kimberly Meilun joins as Associate Editor. At Macmillan , Ben Allen joins St.