Kim Shannon has been named senior v-p, sales, at Simon & Schuster, where she will be responsible for all sales and be a member of the S&S Executive Board. She was most recently executive v-p, adult retail & education sales and director of sales strategy at Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. She had worked at Penguin Random House since 2008. Earlier she was director, national accounts, for Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing and before that, held positions at Workman Publishing and Random House.
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S&S president and CEO Jonathan Karp said, "The leader of our sales division must possess a strong sense of the current marketplace, where it is headed, and how best to allocate our resources to meet its demands; an unceasing dedication to our mission on behalf of our authors; the ability to balance the concerns of our publishers with the needs of our bookselling customers; and a highly attuned radar for the latest trends amidst rapidly changing reading tastes. Kim exceeds these high expectations and brings a wealth of experience in sales and management to her new role. I know she will be the leader we need: a strong advocate for our authors and books, and a superb manager and leader who can take the Sales division forward in this exciting time in publishing."
Shannon, who joins S&S September 3, said, "I'm thrilled to be rejoining Simon & Schuster at such an exciting time. I look forward to working with the talented sales and publishing teams to accelerate growth and reach new readers in our rapidly changing marketplace."
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In other personnel news at S&S, Doug Stambaugh has been promoted to senior v-p, corporate development and business operations. He joined the company in 2007 as executive director, Simon & Schuster Digital, and since 2019, he has been v-p and director, strategic operations and business development. With his promotion, Stambaugh will add corporate development and mergers and acquisitions to his responsibilities, which have already included the purchase of Dutch publisher VBK.
In an announcement to staff about the promotion, Dennis Eulau, executive v-p, chief operations officer, added, "With Doug's leadership and collaborative spirit, we look forward to continuing to pursue this strategy on a global basis to help Simon & Schuster grow and better serve our authors in the future."