Employee Spotlight: Deb Olson
Deb Olson - Marketing Project Manager
Who do you call when you need a triple threat candidate with healthcare marketing expertise, adaptability and strong values? Deb Olson.
That’s just what we did 2 years ago, when one of our relationship managers connected with Deb while searching for a project manager for a contract position at one of our high-profile clients in the healthcare industry. We knew from the get-go that Deb was not only a skilled and seasoned marketer - bringing 20 years of experience, including 16 years in and around the healthcare industry - but what also drew us to Deb was her immediate understanding of the Creatis model. Deb, in turn, found that the Creatis team offered something different from the other staffing agencies she’d worked with: a real commitment to long-term partnership. In her own words, “When I saw first-hand how supportive Creatis was to their employees, I sent my resume in near the end of my contract [with another staffing agency] and got an assignment with Creatis immediately.”
Creatis employees like Deb are an integral part of our extended team. What Deb’s story shows is how our model provides individual employees of Creatis with an opportunity to work on different teams, explore new responsibilities, and still have the security of knowing that when their assignment is winding down, we are hard at work to place them in another great role. But that hard work comes from both sides - our best employees also help themselves secure more work too, as Deb has done repeatedly through her roles at our healthcare client.
In 2 years, Deb has already worked on 3 separate teams at the same company and received glowing work reviews from each of her supervisors. She was able to transition between assignments as a Creatis employee in part because of her proactive communication. For example, as her first Creatis assignment wound down, she heard of an opening on another team within the organization that seemed to be a perfect match, so Deb let her dedicated Relationship Manager know about the potential opportunity and was place with a fantastic new client in the process. Our commitment to fostering lasting professional relationships – even through job and role transitions - is a big part of why we’restill growing as a company.
To Deb, partnering with Creatis is truly exciting. It allows her to keep learning, add further to her impressive resume, and to connect with many different professionals in the marketing industry. On being asked what makes it exciting, Deb said, “I really like the projects where I’m learning something new – new skills, new info, etc. Typically, I work as part of a team but this summer I was assigned a project where I led it. The timeline and clients were extremely challenging, but it will meet the deadlines and satisfy the clients,”
Deb made such a great impression on Creatis as a company that our team chose to honor her as the winner of our 2018 “Shared Journey” Core Value Award. Because she’s contributed to Creatis’ success over the long-term, taken personal responsibility and performed with excellence, there's no one who deserves this award more than her!
