People 11/30

Head of International Susan Jurevics is promoted to chief brand and international officer, adding responsibility for the development and execution of Audible’s global brand strategy, continuing to report to CEO Bob Carrigan.

James Finn joins her team in the new role of head of global brand and content marketing, overseeing Audible’s global social, creative and US content marketing teams. He worked at 20^th Century Fox for nearly 20 years, most recently as evp and head of marketing at FoxNext.

Erik Platt has been promoted to director, advertising & audience development.

Michelle Lecumberry has joined as marketing and social media associate for Sourcebooks Fire.

Antoaneta (Ant) Georgieva has joined as designer for Bloom Books.

Katrina (Katy) Turner has joined as production editor.

The organization’s International Freedom to Publish Award was given to Editorial Dahbar in Venezuela. Chair of the Freedom to Publish Committee Terry Adams said in the announcement, “Editorial Dahbar has exhibited tremendous courage and commitment in continuing to publish, even as the social and political environments in Venezuela have deteriorated, causing many others to flee the country. Today we applaud Sergio Dahbar and his colleagues for their bravery, even as we celebrate our shared belief that the dissemination of ideas and information through books is essential to the restoration and maintenance of democratic society.”

Andrew “AJ” Murphy has joined as sales director, North America.

Taline Najarian has joined as sales director, special markets and international.

Michael Zeoli has been named director of the publisher partner program.