Including Some Rebounds

IDW Publishing announced a series of hires in sales, marketing and operations, including several employees returning to the company.



The top hire announced was Rebekah Cahalin, who was hired as General Manager / Head of Operations. In that role she will manage Information Technologies, Human Resources, and Operations, and work on process improvements. Calahin returned to the company; she was at IDW from 2009 to 2018, beginning as a temp and leaving as Digital Publishing Director.Tara McCrillis joined the company as Director of Design & Production; in that role she’ll handle project management between Editorial, Digital Design and Operations departments and assign work related to comic and graphic novel design and production. McCrillis comes to IDW from Fodor’s Travel, where she was Director of Publishing Operations.Jud Meyers has been hired as Sales Director; in that role he’ll be responsible for developing the company’s sales strategy, initiatives and campaigns. He comes to IDW after a stint at Humanoids as Director of Sales and Marketing (see " Humanoids as Director of Sales and Marketing "), and a previous career as an Eisner-winning comic retailer.Rosalind Morehead has returned to IDW as Direct Market Sales Manager, responsible for the company’s relationships with comic book retailers. Morehead spent time in an earlier span at IDW as Marketing & PR Manager and Book Market Director of Sales, then went to DC as Consumer Marketing Manager (see " Rosalind Morehead Moves to DC ").IDW has hired Ana Morrow as Marketing Director to manage the company’s overall B2B and B2C marketing strategy, including publicity, digital marketing, advertising, conventions, and events. Morrow comes to IDW from DC Comics, where she was Marketing Manager for the Book, Library and Academic markets.IDW also announced a number of other new staff and promotions of existing staff:Zac Boone has been promoted from Assistant Marketing Editor to Associate Editor.Chance Austin-Brecher has been promoted from Assistant Warehouse Manager to Assistant Operations Manager.Elizabeth Brei has been promoted from Assistant Editor to Associate Editor.Lorelei Bunjes has been promoted from VP, Digital Services to VP, Technology & Information Services.Deon Carrico III has joined staff as Associate Product Manager, Games.Hector Castellanos, Jr. has joined staff as Royalty Staff Accountant.Joshua Cureton has joined staff as Contracts Coordinator.Jasmine Gonzalez has joined staff as Office Coordinator.Ryan Jones has been promoted from Associate Product Manager to Product Manager, Games.David Mariotte has been promoted from Associate Editor to Editor.Andrea Palasi has been promoted from Social Media Coordinator to Social Media & Digital Marketing Manager.Alonzo Simon has been promoted from Editor to Senior Editor.