Following her appointment in June as chief operating officer at Insight Editions, Tara Catogge has restructured the company's editorial, sales and marketing departments. Among the changes:
Vanessa Lopez has been promoted to v-p and co-publisher, in recognition of her contribution to the expansion of the company's licensing and strategic partnerships. In almost a decade with Insight Editions, Lopez has led the company's entertainment, gaming and brand licenses, developing distinctive publishing programs. In her new role, Lopez will manage the licensing program company-wide and oversee in-house divisions each headed by a publishing director. They include:
Insight Gift, Lifestyle, and Entertainment, headed by Jamie Thompson, who has just joined the company. Thompson was previously an executive editor at Chronicle Books, overseeing the gift product lines across all divisions; held executive positions at Knock Knock; and was an executive and producer at Twentieth Century Fox, Castle Rock Entertainment and other production companies.
Insight Games, Sports, and Music, headed by Mike Degler, former v-p and general manager of Penguin Random House's Prima Games. Degler manages content creation from such licenses as Pokémon, Minecraft, Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft.
Insight Film, headed by Chris Prince, an editor of deluxe art books and collectible editions in collaboration with such filmmakers as Guillermo del Toro, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg and Kevin Smith.
Vicki Jaeger has become v-p, group managing editor. Jaeger joined Insight Editions as editorial director in 2021 and was promoted to v-p in April 2022. Previously she was the development editor for Readerlink and worked in licensing at Mattel.
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Catogge said that the new structure "positions Insight Editions to build on the success we've experienced over the last year," which has included net sales growing 34% for the year to date. She added: "We hold more licenses than any other publisher. Marquee brands from Disney to Warner Bros. to Netflix trust us to be creative, innovative partners with deep knowledge of the fandoms we represent."
At the same time, the sales and marketing departments have been streamlined under Chris Bauerle, who has been promoted to executive v-p, sales & marketing from v-p, North American sales and operation. Bauerle joined Insight Editions earlier this year from Sourcebooks, where he was v-p, director of sales and marketing. He will partner with Rachel Kempster Barry, v-p of marketing, who joined Insight Editions in 2021 from DK, where she was v-p of marketing and publicity.
Bauerle commented: "Our new team structure puts a lightning focus on what matters to us most as publishers: putting books in the hands of readers and fans. Our aspirations for the coming years in business development, publishing, and expansion are massive, and this structure will allow us to scale effectively in response."