Employee Spotlight: Ryan Van Haaften

Employee Spotlight: Ryan Van Haaften

Role: Creatis Studio Project Manager
Client(s) Served: UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Royal Bank of Canada, Thrivent, Ameriprise

You could say that Ryan Van Haaften wears an apron as well as a button-up. 

Cooking up delicious dishes alongside his wife is one of his great passions outside of work. And he loves his work and cooking (and most importantly, his wife!). Ryan's quick to compare what he does in the kitchen to his responsibilities as a marketing project manager in the Creatis Studio. Whether mixing ingredients or juggling multiple projects, Ryan believes that making recipes and serving clients aren’t such different tasks in the end; they’re both about adding what is needed at the right time. 

Ryan’s professional journey with Creatis is the kind of warm, tenured relationship that Creatis strives to maintain with all our clients, employees and alums. We know we only find success when our partners find it, too. The Ryan Van Haaften and Creatis story is a Venn Diagram of overlapping connections, consistent follow-up, and good timing. In April 2018, all three elements lined up.

Ryan worked on-site for UnitedHealthcare as a Creatis employee for 9 months. He supported a team that needed help during a busy open-enrollment period - a peak time throughout the organization, when having extra marketing experts on-site becomes an asset for our clients. Ryan worked as a project manager, managing and routing creative work through complex business units like the legal and compliance departments. Through this engagement, he got to know the UnitedHealthcare matrix, brand and style guide. 

This inside knowledge proved to be invaluable, because it made Ryan the perfect fit for the Studio Project Manager role at Creatis which opened near the end of 2018. We needed a full-time strategic doer who knew how to best serve and manage significant client accounts, including UnitedHealthcare. 

Sometimes dubbing himself a full-time “plate spinner,” Ryan’s expertise is best revealed when anticipating and meeting individual client needs. Because he’s worked on the client side of the fence and walked in their shoes; interpreting direction and integrating feedback are his superpowers. He anticipates what’s needed and has a sixth sense for project timing and delivery. 

Ryan’s been cooking up client satisfaction at Creatis for almost two years. One client even suggested he change his name from Ryan Van Haaften to “Ryan Van Halen” because of how much his service rocked. How's that for positive feedback?

Ryan is ready to help your team get more work done right now! Contact Ryan to learn more about our Creatis Studio services: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..