PRH Christian Publishing Group is delighted to announce the addition of two key roles to the publishing team. Jeff Miller is joining as Art Director, and Rebecca Schriner is the new Assistant Director of Publicity, both starting March 17.
“As we continue to grow our division, I am thrilled that Jeff and Becca are joining our Creative Services and Publicity teams, respectively,” said Campbell Wharton, SVP and Publisher PRHCPG. “Jeff’s immense talent as a designer is going to be a huge asset for our authors and books as we build out the best-in-class design department for our adult program. Becca’s extensive knowledge of the Christian and mainstream media landscape will be valuable assets as we guide our authors in taking them to the next level. We warmly welcome them both to PRH Christian.”
As Art Director, Miller will oversee the adult jackets program in the Creative Services department, reporting to Kristopher Orr, Creative Director. Miller comes from the award-winning Faceout Studio where he has been the Associate Creative Director for the last 18 years. Miller holds multiple awards from ECPA’s Top Shelf Book Cover competition that include Darkness Calls The Tiger, Biblical Typology, The Plurality Principle, Gun Lap, Running from Mercy, A Light So Lovely, What Blooms From Dust, and others. Over his impressive career, he has developed jackets for such notable books as How to Fast by Reward Sibanda, A Good Life by Pope Francis, Kevin DeYoung’s Crazy Busy, Jon Acuff’s Soundtracks, the repackage of Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages, and many, many more. His vast experience across genres makes him well-rounded and able to tackle any project that comes his way.
Miller holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Oregon State University in Applied Visual Arts, and resides with his family in Redmond, Oregon.
Schriner will lead publicity campaigns for titles across all PRH Christian’s imprints and will report to Beverly Rykerd, VP, Publicity Director. Becca was with Zondervan where she has been a Publicity Manager working on campaigns for recent releases such as Melissa Dougherty’s Happy Lies, Lee Strobel’s Seeing the Supernatural, and Gov. John Kasich’s upcoming Heaven Help Us. Previously, Schriner was a Publicist at Baker Publishing Group for Bethany House and Chosen Books, working with such authors as Tara-Leigh Cobble, Manny Arango, and Joshua Giles. She got her start in publicity at Torchflame Books, handling fiction and nonfiction titles. Schriner has a background in planning and executing innovative media campaigns that bridge Christian and mainstream audiences.
Schriner is an ECPA Emerging Leader Mentor and has spoken at ECPA events. She holds a master’s degree in public relations from Ball State University and a bachelor’s from Taylor University in professional writing. Schriner lives in Minneapolis, Minn.
WaterBrook, Multnomah, Image, and Forum are imprints of PRH Christian Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.
