People 12/7

Jennifer Barth joins as svp, executive editor on January 17, after 15 years at Harper, working with publisher Reagan Arthur and editor-in-chief Jordan Pavlin “to direct our growth and acquisitions strategies across the entire Knopf list.” Arthur writes: “I’ve long admired Jennifer’s great taste and her publishing expertise—the breadth of her interests, her fierce devotion to her authors and their books, and her sharp editorial eye make her the perfect addition to our team.”

In a realignment of the editorial department, Carole Baron, Ann Close, John Freeman, Peter Gethers, Dan Halpern, Erroll McDonald, Diana Miller, Jon Segal, and Vicky Wilson will newly report to Pavlin. Barth, Lexy Bloom, Deb Garrison, Jenny Jackson, Andrew Miller, and Pavlin all report to Arthur.

Elizabeth Drooby has been promoted to assistant manager, online retail, catalogs, and specialty wholesale across all imprints.

Andrew Yackira has joined as developmental editor, reporting to Mauro DiPreta. He was at Tarcher Perigee.

Alexandra Bruell clarified that she will cover news and magazine publishing for the paper. (Jeffrey Trachtenberg still covers book publishing.)

Cassie Malmo has been promoted to senior publicity manager.

Miyako Singer becomes writing programs operations coordinator.

Kayla Burson joins the special markets team as senior specialist markets manager, e-Commerce.

Michael Clark joins as director, production editorial.

Gail Friedman joins as production editor.

Marianne Tatepo joins in the newly0created role of publishing director on January 24. She is currently commissioning editor at Ebury.