Your success is driven by talented people.

Our Time-Based Recruiting® model is better at ﬁnding great talent quickly and cost effectively. You only pay for the time it takes to ﬁnd the employees you’re looking for. You pay no commissions or retainers.

A team of senior recruiters is dedicated to your goals.

Our model sets up an enjoyable, transparent and collaborative partnership to find you quality talent. We are your internal recruiting team – one with deep industry connections and knowledge, recruiting expertise and tools, and the ability to scale up when you need us, and be gone when you don’t.

The money you save on your next hire becomes an investment in your long-term growth.

We partner with you to drive your success. Because we’re not focused on the short-term windfall of a commission after each hire, we’ve got your back for the long haul. We’re constantly solving your hiring challenges with you.

: HERE'S THE DEAL :

You could spend up to 30% of salary on your next hire. Or you can use our time-based-recruiting^® model, and spend about half of that for each position hired.

Our Story

Peggy Shell founded Creative Alignments in 2010 with a firm belief that the traditional recruiting landscape needed a better alternative. Her solution was a unique hourly billing model and powerful client-centric approach – one that has led Creative Alignments to become a significant leader and trusted partner among growing companies.

Our experienced team recruits across all functions in the natural products, food, consumer goods, technology, professional services and manufacturing industries. We have offices in Boulder, Denver, Chicago, and Austin to serve companies nationally.

We Get People^™

Specializing in Technology, Food & Consumer Products, Manufacturing and Professional Services

Technology Companies

"The Creative Alignments team is rock solid and does a great job accelerating our hiring success during critical growth phases of our company. Anyone looking to scale an organization rapidly, without sacrificing hiring quality, would be well served by working with CA."

— Dave Cahill,
VP of Strategic Alliances, SolidFire

Manufacturing

"The decision to outsource the exempt talent acquisition needs for a multinational company was huge for us, but thankfully, our trusted recruiting partner, Creative Alignments, has made the process seamless for over 2 years now. The construction / manufacturing industry was a new foray for Creative Alignments, but their bright and responsive team was quick to dive in, do their research and learn our business. With their client-aligned model, they've filled more than 30 positions for us across a broad range of functions and U.S. locations. We couldn't be happier with their work!"

— Edward Hernandez,
VP HR, GCC

Food & Consumer Products

"We're thrilled to have a recruiting partner that is not only a joy to work with but continues to identify and secure exceptional candidates from within the food and beverage industry. Their unique model has saved us a significant amount of money compared to other recruiting options, while still unearthing impressive candidates. Creative Alignments thought about our brand and organizational needs as if they were in-house. We are big fans!"

— Brook Eddy,
Founder & CEO, Bhakti Chai

Professional Services

"I have been trusting Creative Alignments Founder & CEO Peggy Shell for the past fourteen years with understanding our company and supporting our personnel needs in the form of HR and all our hiring. As a busy agency with billable employees, it's been great to have them to hand off this time-intensive work."

— Tre Musco,
CEO, Tesser

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Meet Our Team

Our multi-talented, highly professional team still knows how to have a good time.
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Kathleen Casanova

Food & CPG Recruiter

Recruiting expertise and a life-long love of cooking are baked into Kathleen's recruiting mojo. You can also find her exploring the great outdoors with her mini Wiener dog, Mac Daddy.

Peggy Shell

Founder & CEO

Can't find enjoyment in an interaction with Peggy? Seek professional care. She is our guiding light extraordinaire!

Chuck McCoy

Senior Partner, Director of Technology Practice

For Chuck, water is life -literally. He swims in it, skis through it and drinks lots of it, even in wine.

Frank Milianti

Senior Director, Chicago

Frank is an avid Chicago Bears, Bulls and Whitesox fan. When not recruiting, you can find him playing sports and hanging with his wife and son outdoors.

Kat Stefanski

Food & CPG Recruiter

This obsessive compulsive trail runner swears by Crested Butte. Model state citizen? Definitely.

Rory Shell

Chief Barketing Officer

Rory, companion to CEO Peggy Shell, earns his kibble by warning us about intruders (the mailman), chasing squirrels off the lawn, and keeping up office morale.

Courtney Ogren

Operations Manager

The oil to our motor - this Chicago native runs our world.

Eric Keifer

Recruiter

This recent Colorado transplant and devoted boxer-pup owner is getting used to the mountain air, and continuing to nurture his addiction to cold-brew coffee.

Lori Obert

Senior Food & CPG Recruiter

Usually smiling and laughing about a random assortment of things, Lori holds down the fort at our Denver digs.

Dee Ryan

Client Services Director, Tech

Fluent in Spanish, Italian (and dare we say English), we’re lucky this Irish transplant found a home here.

Kyle Wilmot

Client Services Director, Tech

The calmest sports-loving farmer from Wyoming who puts everyone at ease.

Steve Golab

Food & CPG Recruiter

Steve's pride in Austin stems from its honest, communal judgement-free zone. We’re glad to have an Austin evangelist.

Brittany Tartarilla

Technical Recruiter

If Brittany isn't recruiting, she's out in nature. She has her PhD in building campfires, and she'll be testing her survival skills soon on a river trip down the Grand Canyon.

Adam York

Senior Technical Recruiter

A mega fan of the UNC Tar Heels, Adam’s recruiting expertise is only surpassed by his love and knowledge of college basketball.

Leah Haney

Food & CPG Recruiter

Leah finds joy in good food, furry friends, and the words of John Muir. When she’s not recruiting, she can be found adventuring in the mountains with her dog, Boomer.

Jessica Gard

Technical Recruiter

Jessica works her recruiting magic with broad experience in recruiting, human resources, and business. And if you want outdoor adventure, this Colorado native can show you how it's done.

Jenny Jones

Recruiting Coordinator

Jenny is a dessert baking, dog walking, math tutoring wife and mother of 3, born and raised in Chicago.

MJ McCoy

Senior Food & CPG Recruiter

For MJ, "living the dream" is studying jazz piano, hunting for great art, learning from scientific studies, swimming and exploring the world with her family.