Sukup Manufacturing Co. announced it has hired two marketing and communications professionals. Jaime Copley (right) has been hired as advertising manager, and will also serve as media liaison for the company. She brings more than two decades of television news experience to the job. A former news anchor/producer and television reporter, Copley most recently oversaw two newsrooms in Iowa and Minnesota as news director of KIMT News 3 in Mason City. Sheffield-based Sukup has also hired Renee Hansen (left) as external communications manager. Hansen will promote, market and represent the company in the Ames/Des Moines metro area while working closely with Iowa State University and other education institutions, as well as handling government affairs. She brings 20 years of strategic marketing, event planning, digital media, public relations and graphic design experience to the job. Hansen has worked in numerous industries, from ad agency to nonprofit, most recently with precision ag and distribution company Premier Crop Systems LLC in Des Moines.