People 9/30

Meri Croft has been promoted to director, production editorial.

Amanda Crimarco has been promoted to senior manager, library marketing.

Ashley Herzig has been promoted to sales coordinator.

Arriel Vinson joins Holt as marketing manager.

Joshua Judd Porter joins Farrar, Straus as assistant publicist.

Jazz Key joins as associate sales manager, special markets.

Lauren McNamara joins as coordinator, custom sales.

Ryan Hemmer has been named editor-in-chief of Fortress Press.

Independent Publishers Group will reorganize UK-distributor United Independent Distributors, which it acquired last year, resulting in consolidation and layoffs. They write in a release that they have a four-part plan to integrate and stabilize the division, which includes: “consolidating the Eurospan unit distribution through Marston Book Services’ systems” as of October 1; reorganizing the UK management team into “a shared services model;” a one-time reduction in staff; and “a managed exit” of the Turpin Distribution unit.

As a part of the leadership team reorganization:

Joe Matthews, global ceo, will spend equal time with the UK and US divisions.

Frank Autunnale will take over as global cfo.

Julie Barnes has been named UK director of HR.

Mark Chaloner will remain UID group coo, overseeing facilities, warehouse management, and interdepartmental communication, reporting to Matthews.

Imogen Adams, md of Eurospan, remains responsible for the health of Eurospan publishers but will join the global business development team, which will allow her to offer services in both the UK and US domestic markets along with the global network of sub-distributors and agents. Adams’s team will include Michelle Zappa, head of sales, and Catherine Lawn Edwards, head of marketing. Zappa will continue to manage international academic sales, with her US-based counterpart, Scott Hatfill, handling international trade sales as the US and UK international programs are merged. 

Andrew Boughton with Eurospan will become director of operations, overseeing client and publisher service departments, based in London. Boughton’s team will include head of distribution services Tracy Hopkins, head of data and online operations James L. Smith, head of publisher services Sarah Knapton, and a customer services manager to be determined.

Eleanor Maxfield will join the company in the new year as publisher of a new imprint focused on cooking and wellness. She is currently publishing director of Hamlyn.

In turn, senior commissioning editor Natalie Bradley moves up to editorial director on October 1, as the Octopus imprint plans a relaunch in 2023. She will report to Stephanie Jackson, publisher of Aster, Gaia, Godsfield and Hamlyn.