Brian Buerkle to Join Kingfisher
January 04, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 3rd, 2012
BRIAN BUERKLE TO JOIN KINGFISHER
Brian Buerkle will be joining the New York office of Kingfisher as Associate Publisher, Director of Marketing on January 9th 2012. He will report to Martina Challis, Publishing Director of Kingfisher, and Geoff Duffield, Group Sales and Marketing Director of Pan Macmillan; both of whom are based in London.
Brian joins Kingfisher, from Marshall Cavendish where he has been in charge of children’s sales, marketing, and publicity for nearly seven years. Prior to Marshall Cavendish, Brian held positions atRandom House Children’s Books and Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers.
Based in the Flatiron building, Brian will oversee the publishing operations for Kingfisher in North America, including the sales, marketing and publicity efforts. In addition to two staff members, he will work closely with the distribution services department of Macmillan Inc. and the Macmillan children’s sales force.
“I am delighted to have Brian Buerkle on board for Kingfisher’s next big step,” said Martina Challis. “He comes with exactly the skill set and experience that’s needed and will join a fantastically talented and proven team to take our publishing to its widest possible audience in the US market.”
“I’m coming onboard at a most opportune moment,” said Brian Buerkle. “In March 2012 Kingfisher is launching Kingfisher Readers, a dynamic leveled-literacy series that hooks the interest of emerging readers with irresistible nonfiction topics. This new series, along with Kingfisher’s strong nonfiction backlist, will enhance our ability to reach educators struggling to find quality informational material that meet the new Common Core State Standards. This will be an area of importance Kingfisher NA.”
Brian replaces Angus Killick who recently transitioned to Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group as Vice President, Associate Publisher.
PROMOTION FOR MARINA CAMBARERI
Senior Marketing Manager, Marina Cambareri, was recently promoted to that role from Marketing Manager at Kingfisher. She has been with the company for almost three years. She will now report to Brian Buerkle.
About Kingfisher
Kingfisher has been setting the standard in quality nonfiction publishing since it was founded in 1978. Recognized as a publisher of reliable information, accessibly presented, Kingfisher delivers books that parents, teachers, and librarians want to share and children love to read. Kingfisher is a subsidiary of Macmillan Children’s Books, a division of Pan Macmillan Ltd. Kingfisher is distributed by Macmillan Inc. in the North America.
Pan Macmillan is a subsidiary of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck, GMbH, a global media company based in Stuttgart, Germany.
Contact:
Marina Cambareri
Senior Marketing Manager
Kingfisher
646-307-5448
Marina.cambareri@macmillan.com