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Karen Halpenny joins the educational resources team as senior editor. Most recently, she was a freelance children’s editor and editorial project manager.

Karen Smith joins the trade team as editor. She was previously at Penguin Random House Children’s Books.

Molly Magnell joins as designer. She previously held internships at Facebook and 72AndSunny, before collaborating with Bao Bao Learns Chinese on a series of bilingual sound books aimed at teaching kids Mandarin.

Lauren Dooley has joined as marketing manager. She previously worked as assistant marketing manager at Bloomsbury.

Zachary Polendo has joined as publicist. He was previously an associate publicist at Hachette Book Group.

Allyson Lord Cullinan has joined as PR specialist to lead publicity for its commercial fiction imprints. She was previously publicity manager at the Random House Publishing Group.

Rebecca Springer has joined as managing editor. She was formerly at Harper Collins.

Kirsten Drew has joined as publishing partnerships manager.

Curtis Cass joins as IT manager.

Ceylan Akturk is promoted to senior contracts manager.

Danielle Amatucci is promoted to production associate.

Jorge Cabrera is promoted to office manager.

Lingxi Li is promoted to managing director-PUP China.

Emma Morgan is promoted to international rights manager.

Larissa Skurka is promoted to senior manager of business systems integration.

Angela Shanteì Johnson has joined as its diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging consulting partner for the 2022-23 fiscal year.