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The Phelps advertising agency has hired veteran marketing executive Mike Jackson as president. Jackson, a former top General Motors advertising executive, most recently ran his own consulting firm in Detroit. But Jackson closed that office late last month to move to Los Angeles to join Phelps, a mid-sized Santa Monica agency that specializes in integrated advertising and public relations campaigns. Jackson's responsibilities are expected to be recruiting new clients to help grow the firm, which has about 90 employees, and helping plan marketing strategies for existing clients.  Phelps represents Panasonic, City of Hope, Panera Bread, Public Storage, Santa Monica Place,...