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| Linda Palladino |
Here's a brief professional biography of Linda Palladino, one of the three panelists who will join the Book Industry Guild of New York's (BIGNY) April 12, 2016 panel discussion "Groundbreaking Women: The Second Wave."
Linda Palladino has spent her career working in production for the children’s books divisions of several New York publishers. She began at Scholastic Inc., where she was Production Manager for its five children’s magazines, book clubs and their then newly-formed trade book division. She went on to work at two start-ups, Warner Juvenile Books and North-South Books, where she developed the infrastructure and built full service production departments. During her tenure at William Morrow she led the children’s Production Department, creating internal and external digital workflow systems to streamline all aspects of production, resulting in cost savings, greater quality control and more efficient delivery. Prior to joining Random House she was Director of Corporate Purchasing for Holtzbrinck Publisher where she was responsible for Corporate Purchasing for five companies which now comprise Macmillan Publishing.
Linda Palladino has spent her career working in production for the children’s books divisions of several New York publishers. She began at Scholastic Inc., where she was Production Manager for its five children’s magazines, book clubs and their then newly-formed trade book division. She went on to work at two start-ups, Warner Juvenile Books and North-South Books, where she developed the infrastructure and built full service production departments. During her tenure at William Morrow she led the children’s Production Department, creating internal and external digital workflow systems to streamline all aspects of production, resulting in cost savings, greater quality control and more efficient delivery. Prior to joining Random House she was Director of Corporate Purchasing for Holtzbrinck Publisher where she was responsible for Corporate Purchasing for five companies which now comprise Macmillan Publishing.
In 2003 she became director of Production for Random House Children’s Books, the world’s largest children’s trade publisher, and was promoted to
V.P., Director of Production in 2008. Linda and her team are responsible for
producing books for the division’s line of premier authors, illustrators, brands
and licensed characters. She works closely with her department to position
Random House Children’s Books as a company that sets the standard in
innovative, environmental and sound business practices.
Linda is
past President of the Bookbinders’ Guild of New York, now known as the Book Industry Guild of New York (BIGNY). Linda has participated in
and served on various industry educational seminars and committees including
Women in Production, which awarded her the Luminaire Award. She currently
serves on the Goddard Riverside NY Publishing Executive Committee.
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