PRINTER news

Phoenix Marketing Services has promoted John Collette to account executive, where he is now responsible for managing sales for the company’s Creative Design division. Collette first joined the Claremont, CA-based firm in 2003 as a prepress operator.

Baltimore-based Vertis Communications has tapped Charles Miotke, a 30-year industry vet, as president of direct marketing. Miotke comes to Vertis from Quebecor World where he held several senior leadership roles. He is now responsible for accelerating growth and improving productivity, quality and customer service at Vertis.

Jim Golden, who has worked in Orange County reprographics sales and service for 30 years, has rejoined Costa Mesa, CA-based Consolidated Reprographics as the company’s new territory manager for the Irvine, CA, area.

Public Printer Robert C. Tapella has appointed Herbert Jackson Jr. Chief Acquisition Officer for the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO). Jackson now directs the planning and management of GPO’s acquisition program, which includes multi-million dollar federal acquisition and procurement initiatives of technical and information systems. Jackson has been a GPO employee for 27 years, holding numerous positions in the acquisition area.

The new director of Web and media at Southeastern Printing, Stuart, FL, is Sheila Laughlin. She is now responsible for implementing Web design, cross-media marketing, PURLs, e-commerce, 1-to-1 marketing and response management.

John Roudebush has joined Valmeyer, IL-based MAR Graphics as an outside sales representative. MAR is a trade-only printing company offering direct mail, business forms, integrated documents, labels, digital printing and mailing services.

Two new customer service representatives have been hired at Cary Printing in Cary, NC. Michelle Laffler and Randy Simpson are now responsible for order processing and project management, interacting with account executives and nurturing client relationships.

Mobile Print, a full-service, small-format commercial printer based in Mount Prospect, IL, has named Raymond Mueller as its new outside sales representative. Also, Vincent Franchi has joined as the company’s lead printing press operator.