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Following Monday’s announcement of the formation of a union at Hachette Book Group, the company has responded with the following statement: “Hachette Book Group is aware of employee interest in unionization and respects employees’ rights to engage in that process and we remain committed to open dialogue.”

Theresa Collier is promoted to senior director, marketing & publicity for Workman, Artisan, and Black Dog & Leventhal.

Chief communications officer Louise Brockett adds to her responsibilities oversight of a newly-created joint Publicity & Marketing Department. It integrates three existing departments: trade publicity (which she has led for many years), marketing (under Meredith McGinnis), and paperback and academic marketing (under Alexa Pugh)

Trade group director Brendan Curry said to staff, “An integrated approach is essential in today’s changing bookselling landscape, where varied methods of outreach and attention must align to create a unified campaign.”

Erin Nelson has been promoted to senior editor at Zeitgeist.

Caroline Lee has been promoted to editor at Zeitgeist.

Chris Wellbelove has been promoted to joint managing director, alongside Lesley Thorne.

Emma Fulenwider has been promoted to literary agent.

Ellen Scott has joined as an associate agent, acquiring mainly faith-based properties in fiction and nonfiction, as well as select general market projects. Scott was previously at the David Black Literary Agency.

In the art department, John Vorhees is promoted to studio director and Peter Quach moves up to senior designer.

Sofie Parker has been promoted to senior marketing associate.

Brennin Cummings has been promoted to associate director of marketing.

Anne Meadows joins as publishing director and head of imprint, reporting to Cornerstone publisher Helen Conford, on June 22. She is currently publishing director at Picador.