AKRON, OHIO — Plastics News has strengthened its marketing staff by hiring Nancy Humes for the newly created position of promotion coordinator.
Humes will assist marketing manager Linda Whelan, and will develop and proofread advertising, sales support materials, direct mail and media kit content. She also will help with trade show and special event planning.
Humes currently is production manager for Waste News, a sister publication to Plastics News in Akron. She had been Plastics News' production manager from 1989 until January 1999.
``Nancy's production background and knowledge of Plastics News and the plastics industry make her an asset to the publication. We're happy to have her as part of our team,'' Whelan said.