Richard Haines has joined the Penguin Children’s Group in the newly created role of acquisitions manager for the media and entertainment division. Reporting to Eric Huang, publishing director, Haines will hunt for up-and-coming media brands to grow the media and entertainment publishing list, a leading licensing program of books and apps in the U.K.
Haines joins Penguin from HarperCollins, where he worked for almost five years in a variety of marketing, brand management and licensing acquisitions roles.