Creative Alignments

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THE WORKPLACE HAS EVOLVED

SHOULDN'T YOUR RECRUITING?

We're a flexible talent partner with mad skills.

(and we're often half the cost of traditional outsourcing)

Our Story

Peggy Shell founded Creative Alignments in 2010 with a firm belief that the traditional recruiting landscape needed a better alternative. Equipped with a unique hourly billing model and a powerful client-centric approach, Creative Alignments is taking the recruiting industry by storm. Our offices in Boulder, Denver, Chicago, and Austin serve growth companies throughout the U.S. with a special affinity for Colorado's entrepreneurial Front Range.

Our sophisticated team recruits across all functions in the technology, food & consumer products, professional/general services, construction and manufacturing industries. One size, traditional recruiting does not fit all. Our disruptive, time-based, cost effective model aligns with client companies to tap into great talent while saving money.

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

Meet Our Team

Our multi-talented, highly professional team still knows how to have a good time.
Check us out.

Katie Daiker

Partner, Director Consumer & Professional Services Practices

This midwestern transplant loves skiing and costume parties. On occasion, Katie is known to combine the two.

MJ McCoy

Senior 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.

Lee Mebel

Senior Recruiter

Chasing limits to exceed them, Lee likes staring down mountains from the top - after climbing them.

Nicole Lakovics

Technical Recruiter

Nicole left Chicago because she couldn't resist the pull of Denver. She wishes her dog, Chloe, could do hot yoga with her.

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.

Michelle Murphy

Senior Technical Recruiter

This Jeep fanatic, owning 5 previous Jeep models, is a self-described "music-aholic" and a Jimmy Buffett "Parrothead" fan.

Laura Brooks

Technical Recruiter

This Colorado-native can often be found on horseback or drinking wine - though not at the same time!

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.

Laurie Lazar

Senior Recruiter

A Boulderite for 13 years, this adventurous Long Island native enjoys improv, deep see diving, and snuggling kitties.

Steve Golab

Market Manager - Austin

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

Natale Wallis

Senior Recruiter

This native of our state loves all things Colorado, especially John Denver.

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.

Peggy Shell

Founder & CEO

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

Lori Obert

Senior Recruiter

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

Courtney Ogren

Operations Manager

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

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.