Claire Israel

Claire Israel has extensive work experience in business development and growth initiatives. Claire currently holds the position of Vice President of Business Development, Publishing at Book.io, where they started in October 2022. Prior to this role, they worked as a Senior Business Development Consultant at Book.io from June 2022 to October 2022.

Before joining Book.io, Claire worked as a Business Consultant at WEBTOON from March 2022 to August 2022. Claire also served as the Head of Business Development & Growth Initiatives at Legible from July 2021 to April 2022.

Claire's previous experience includes roles at Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. as a Business Development Specialist from September 2020 to April 2021, and at Barnes & Noble, Inc. as a Senior Director of Business Development from June 2016 to August 2020. Claire held various positions at Barnes & Noble, Inc. from September 2009 to June 2016, including Senior Director, Content Acquisition - Global, Director, Digital Content, and Freelance.

Earlier in their career, Claire worked as a Consultant at Kaplan from April 2009 to September 2009, and they held the position of Regional Vice President at Rosetta Solutions from April 2008 to January 2009. Claire also worked as a Director of Business Development at TurnHere, Inc. from January 2008 to April 2008, and as a Director of Business Development at Simon and Schuster from April 2004 to December 2007.

Claire Israel attended Emerson College from 1987 to 1990, where they obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree with a focus on creative writing.