Emily Farebrother, Associate Manager of Marketing

Emily joined Simon & Schuster in 2022, following positions at the Metropolitan Opera, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, and Milwaukee’s Skylight Music Theatre, where she spearheaded marketing efforts for a wide range of productions and world premieres.

Emily oversees the Simon & Schuster imprint’s social media channels and maintains the Simon Books Buddy influencer program, spearheading communication with thousands of content creators on a consistent basis. Emily has taken on various marketing campaigns that included Dakota Johnson’s TeaTime Book Club pick The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers and CBS New York Book Club pick Aftertaste by Daria Lavelle. Forthcoming campaigns in 2026 include Buyer Beware by Catherine Ryan Howard, The Story of Us by Olivia Levin, and Like This, But Funnier by Hallie Cantor.

A Midwest native, Emily is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse and holds degrees in Broadcast & Digital Media Communications and Theatre Performance.