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Jaime Leifer is promoted to VP & associate publisher.

Emily Bell will join as editorial director on April 15. She was head of editorial at Zando until earlier this year.

At First Second Books, Robyn Chapman has been promoted to senior editor.

At Holt Children’s, Mark Podesta has been promoted to editor.

Lindsey Whitt has been promoted to senior designer.

Mia Moran has been promoted to senior production editor.

Alexus Blanding has been promoted to associate publicist.

Jena DeBois has been promoted to manager, marketing licenses & proprietary brands.

Megan Barlog Hughes has joined as content marketing manager, audience engagement. She was previously a freelancer on the Random House Children’s audience engagement team.

Lauren Taglienti has joined as production associate. She was previously at Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.