Knopf announced yesterday that Thomas Dombrowolski has been named Assistant Manager of its Domestic Rights Division. "Since his arrival two years ago, Thomas has become a key member of the department, demonstrating a keen awareness of the rights marketplace," said Domestic Rights Director Sean Yule in the announcement. "He has a good sense of what can work as an excerpt and has arranged major serial placement for authors including Daniel Kehlmann, Olaf Olafsson, Marjane Satrapi and Neal Pollack." Dombrowolski began his publishing career in 2002 as an assistant in the contracts department at Doubleday Broadway, and has also worked at Bantam Dell and HarperCollins.