GROW Participants for 2012 Announced

Bonnier's exchange program has announced the participants for 2012. The GROW program allows employees to work in another job, another company and another country, it's a full cultural experience. First held in 2009, the program remains extremely popular - this year some 179 people applied for the 20 original positions announced. Due to changes at some of the companies, several of the positions were ultimately not possible to offer.

For the position of publicity & marketing assistant at The Five Mile Press in Australia:

• Karin Porshage, Adlibris, Sweden;
• Jessica Levine, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.;
• Colleen Nicosia, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.

For the position of designer, also at The Five Mile Press:

• Annika Johnsson, Bonnier Tidskrifter, Sweden;
• Nicole Boehringer, Carlsen Verlag, Germany.

For the position of project at Bonnier China:

• Tony Stepanow, MTV Media/Sub, Finland;
• Henriette Gharib, Bonnier Publications, Denmark;
• Liisa Siitonen, MTV3, Finland.

For the position of marketing specialist at Äripäev, Estonia:

• Martina Schwinn, Piper Verlag, Germany;
• William Jacoby, Bonnierförlagen, Sweden.

For the position of photo editor at MTV Media in Finland:

• Zack Stovall, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.;
• Verena Vogt, Ullstein Buchverlage, Germany.

For the position of web developer at Bonnier Publications, Finland:

• Olivia Longley, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.

For the position of book production controller at Carlsen Verlag in Germany:

• Nathan Grice, Weldon Owen, Australia;
• Pontus Dahlström, Bonnierförlagen, Sweden.

For the position of web journalist at Dagens Medisin in Norway:

• Eva Nilzon, Tv4, Sweden.

For the position of senior layout/graphic designer at Časnik Finance in Slovenia:

• Lindsey Behrends, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.;
• Simon Weisdorf, Bonnier Publications, Denmark.

For the position of digital specialist at Bonnierförlagen in Sweden:

• Kristine Lepore, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.;
• Nikki Sørensen, SF Film, Denmark.

For the position of layout at Bonnier Tidskrifter, Homes & Fashion, Sweden:

• Victor Maze, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.

For the position of online sales optimizer at Adlibris, Sweden:

• Paige Lester, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.

For the position of pr0ject manager at Bink in Sweden:

• Mark Poulation, Bonnier Corporation, U.S.;
• Anneli Maidla, Äripaev, Estonia.

For the position of production assistant at Templar Publishing in the U.K.:

• Leena Saalo, MTV3, Finland;
• Irini Hedin, Bonnier Tidskrifter, Sweden;
• Christiane Bauer, Piper Verlag, Germany.

For the position of project editor at Autumn Publishing in the U.K.:

• Andreas Lundberg, Bonnierförlagen, Sweden;
• Charlotte Jenkinsson, Bonnier Tidskrifter, Sweden;
• Yvette Sittrop, The Five Mile Press, Australia.

For the position of digital producer at Bonnier Corporation in the U.S.:

• Mari Rasimus, MTV Media/Sub, Finland;
• Andreas Wiss, TV4, Sweden;
• Adam Gardefjord, Bonnierförlagen, Sweden.