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Eric A. Schmidt will join as executive editor on April 29. Schmidt was most recently senior acquisitions editor at the University of California Press.

Erica Chan has been promoted to executive designer for Bloomsbury’s trade and special interest divisions.

Rachel Ewen has been promoted to marketing and publicity director for Bloomsbury’s special interest, Osprey, and Head of Zeus divisions.

María Núñez has been promoted to assistant editor for Fairchild Books.

Hali Han has been promoted to assistant editor for literary studies at Bloomsbury Academic.

Rachel Moore has been promoted to acquisitions editor for music and sound studies at Bloomsbury Academic.

Jennifer Hutchinson has been promoted to editorial specialist in the ABC-CLIO editorial database team.

Ellie Scott has been promoted to assistant marketing manager at Bloomsbury Academic.

Eloy Bleifuss joins as literary agent with a focus on adult fiction and nonfiction. Previously he was at Janklow & Nesbit.

Malaika Eyoh has joined as marketing associate for Knopf Canada and Knopf Doubleday Group.

Taylor Rice has joined as marketing & publicity coordinator.