Portland+Austin Creative Staffing Agency Hires Jor

PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 30, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mathys+Potestio, a creative and marketing industry staffing and recruiting firm, today announced they have hired Jordan Livingston, former senior career advisor for Art Institute/Portland. Helmed by Jackie Mathys and Steve Potestio, Mathys+Potestio's primary service offerings emphasizes temporary staffing, recruiting for full-time positions, and HR consulting to the creative, digital, and marketing communities in Portland, OR and Austin, TX.

"Jordan is an excellent addition to our team as he has been instrumental in placing creative industry graduates into careers for the last 6 years. He has a great eye for talent, but also a strong ability to understand the types of roles and companies that best match an individual's talents and potential. Our staff all have strong backgrounds working in the creative field, and Jordan really adds to that expertise and experience."

Mathys+Potestio offers a breadth of services including: temporary employee staffing, recruiting and placement of full-time employees, headhunting and search, and HR consulting services including: organizational structure, growth strategies, talent and personnel management. To learn more about how Mathys+Potestio can help grow your business, please visit www.mathys-potestio.com .

ABOUT JACKIE MATHYS AND STEVE POTESTIO

Jackie launched and ran Protem Staffing's successful creative division, and later became a partner in Mathys McCleod Creative Staffing. In 2002, she began headhunting and placing creative standouts as Jackie Mathys Studio Staffing. Prior to creative staffing, Jackie was a freelance copywriter for the action sports industry and a staff writer and editor at POWDER Magazine. She has a bachelor's degree in Journalism from California State University Fullerton.

Steve Potestio has been in the creative industry for over 26 years. He has launched three successful businesses focusing on creative industry recruitment, talent management, HR, and staffing. He is a board member for Portland Advertising Federation. He has worked closely with over 100 agencies up and down the West Coast and internationally on staffing and recruitment, internal talent management issues, growth strategies and building positive cultures. He has worked as a copywriter, graphic designer, project manager, account manager, and was director of operations for Portland's largest digital agency bridging the dot com days. He drives a 1977 International Scout and will always stop to pet a Chihuahua.

Editorial Contact: Steve Potestio Mathys+Potestio @Potestio @MathysPotestio 503.740.7803