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Alberta Health Services

CA$33.16 - CA$43.42/hr

... solving, and decision making skills. You will be guided by your education, experience, and ... Hours per Shift: 10.5 * Length of Shift in weeks: 2 * Shifts per cycle: 3 * Shift Pattern: Days ...

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Staff, Machine Learning Engineer

Calgary, AB · On-site

$100 - $130/hr

Knowledge of MCP, agent orchestration patterns, or related approaches for building multi-step AI systems * Strong proficiency in Python and SQL * Experience making sound technical decisions around ...

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SAP AI Solution Architect

Calgary, AB

We are always looking for the best and brightest talent and are committed to making your job a ... Understanding of LLM architectures, embeddings, and integration patterns. * Architecture & Security:

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Staff, Machine Learning Engineer

Calgary, AB · On-site +1

Knowledge of MCP, agent orchestration patterns, or related approaches for building multi-step AI systems * Strong proficiency in Python and SQL * Experience making sound technical decisions around ...

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OMNI Department Manager

Stettler, AB · On-site

CA$17.75/hr

... traffic patterns. What you'll do... 1. Participates in the training and development of all OMNI ... making purchase decisions. The minimum rate of pay for this position starts from $17.75. Le taux ...

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What are some common challenges faced by Pattern Makers in the apparel industry?

Pattern Makers often encounter challenges such as accommodating unique design specifications while ensuring garments maintain proper fit and functionality. Balancing creative vision with technical limitations, especially when working with new fabrics or manufacturing processes, can require innovative problem-solving. Additionally, managing tight deadlines and frequent iterations with design and production teams demands strong organizational skills. Collaborating closely with designers, sample makers, and production staff is key to overcoming these challenges and achieving high-quality, finished products.

What is a Pattern Making job?

A Pattern Making job involves creating templates or blueprints for garments, accessories, or other textile-based products. Pattern makers translate design sketches into accurate patterns that guide the cutting and sewing process in production. They use specialized software or manual techniques to ensure proper fit, proportions, and construction details. Precision and attention to detail are essential, as patterns dictate the final look and functionality of a product.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in the Pattern Making position, and why are they important?

To thrive in Pattern Making, a strong understanding of garment construction, dimensional accuracy, and textile properties is essential, often supported by coursework or experience in fashion design or apparel technology. Familiarity with pattern drafting software like Gerber, Optitex, or CAD systems is typically required, and formal certifications can be an advantage. Attention to detail, creative problem-solving, and effective teamwork are important soft skills for success in this role. These skills ensure the creation of functional, well-fitting garments and facilitate smooth collaboration within the production team.

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Senior Editor, Research & Intelligence

Black & White Zebra

Calgary, AB • On-site

Full-time

Re-posted 11 days ago

Job description

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Editor, Research & Intelligence to help us understand what our audience actually cares about and turn that into content, products, and measurable audience growth.

This role sits at the center of our audience and editorial strategy. Your job is to gather real-world input from interviews, surveys, events, strategic partners, and market activity, and turn it into clear insights that shape what we publish, what we build, and how we grow our subscriber base.

This is not a traditional editing role. It is about identifying patterns, making sense of information, and helping the organization make better decisions based on real audience needs.

Your work will directly improve content quality, increase conversion, and drive audience growth.

Who You Are:
  • You are someone who naturally asks, "What is actually going on here?" and then goes and finds the answer.
  • You are comfortable working with both qualitative and quantitative inputs, including conversations, interviews, survey data, partner insights, and performance data, and turning them into something useful and clear.
  • You do not just collect information. You connect dots, spot patterns, and explain what it means and what to do next.
  • You are also a strong editor and communicator. You can take complex ideas and make them simple, structured, and actionable.
  • You do not stop at insight. You push through to what should happen next.
What You'll Be Doing (Responsibilities): 
1. Build a clear understanding of our audience: You will lead how we gather insight about senior decision-makers across our brands.
  • Run surveys and research to capture first-party data
  • Conduct and synthesize editorial interviews and expert conversations
  • Pull insights from events, community discussions, and market activity
  • Gather and synthesize insights from strategic partners and external collaborators
  • Identify patterns in what our audience cares about, struggles with, and prioritizes
Your goal is to build a consistent, reliable view of what matters most to our audience.
 
2. Turn inputs into clear, usable insights: You will take what we learn and turn it into direction.
  • Translate research and observations into clear insights tied to decisions
  • Bring together internal data and partner insights into a single point of view
  • Connect insights directly to recommended actions and expected outcomes
  • Translate insights into clear reports and briefings that leadership and teams can act on
  • Inform editorial direction, content strategy, and audience targeting
  • Ensure major initiatives are grounded in real audience understanding
Your work should answer: What does this mean, and what should we do differently because of it?
 
3. Lead insight-driven content and research: You will create the outputs that demonstrate our authority and drive audience growth.
  • Develop reports, surveys, and insight-driven content
  • Partner with strategic partners on co-created research and intelligence projects
  • Support experiences designed to convert readers into subscribers, including interactive tools and insight-driven email content
  • Package findings into formats that attract and convert subscribers
  • Ensure insight-driven content and research directly contribute to subscriber growth
  • Partner with revenue, sponsorship, and events teams to ensure this work supports commercial opportunities
These outputs should drive credibility, subscriber growth, and measurable performance.
 
4. Measure performance and make recommendations that drive audience growth: You will own how insight-driven work is evaluated and improved, with a clear focus on driving audience growth.
  • Define how we measure the performance of insight-driven content and experiences
  • Track and analyze performance to understand what is driving subscriber growth and what is not
  • Make clear, actionable recommendations tied directly to audience growth
  • Deliver clear, actionable reports to leadership and teams that inform decisions and next steps
  • Partner with editorial, audience, and product teams to apply those recommendations
  • Use insights from partners to inform what we prioritize, measure, and scale
Your work should lead to continuous improvement and measurable audience growth.
 
5. Build a repeatable system for insight: You will create a system, not one-off projects.
  • Establish a consistent pipeline from input to insight to output
  • Incorporate partner-driven insights into ongoing workflows
  • Create repeatable ways to gather, analyze, and apply insights
  • Ensure we are continuously learning and improving
  • Help the company stay ahead of audience needs and market shifts

The goal is to make insight part of how we operate every day.

How Your Success Will Be Measured:
  • Growth in subscribers from our target audience through insight-driven content
  • Improved conversion rates on research, reports, and insight-based experiences
  • Increased return engagement from audiences acquired through these efforts
  • Successful delivery of co-created research or insight projects with partners
  • Clear, actionable recommendations and reporting that lead to measurable audience growth
  • Evidence that insights are shaping editorial, product, and audience decisions
Your Skillset Includes:
  • Experience working with research, insights, or audience data in a way that influenced decisions
  • Strong interviewing and synthesis skills, with the ability to turn conversations and data into clear insights
  • Ability to connect qualitative inputs and performance data to recommendations and next steps
  • Experience creating content, reports, or products based on research or insights
  • Experience designing and running surveys or structured research projects
  • Experience turning research or insights into subscriber growth or audience-facing products
  • Experience working with external partners to gather insights or develop joint initiatives
  • Comfort working across editorial, audience, product, and partnerships
  • Strong judgment and clarity in how you communicate findings
Nice to Haves:
  • Experience synthesizing insights from executive-level interviews with senior decision-makers
  • Experience informing event programming or cross-channel initiatives based on research or insights
  • Experience collaborating with external partners on co-created research, surveys, or insight-driven content
  • Familiarity with using AI or emerging tools to analyze audience behavior or surface insights
Why This Role Matters:

This role ensures we are building for real people with real needs, not assumptions.By grounding our content, products, and strategy in actual audience and partner insight, this role helps us:

  • Create more relevant, higher-performing content
  • Build stronger trust with senior decision-makers
  • Drive audience growth through insight-led content and experiences
  • Convert more effectively and retain attention over time
  • Strengthen strategic partnerships through shared intelligence
  • Continuously improve how we perform and grow
$120,000 - $155,000 a year
Salary Statement:
This full-time position is available as either a remote or hybrid position (depending on location), with an annual salary in the range of $120,000 to $155,000 CAD. The range is a guide for the expected skills, knowledge, and experience for new hires based in Canada only. Seniority level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. This means ranges will vary for candidates based outside of Canada and/or at different seniority levels. In addition to annual salary, full-time employees are also eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

About Us:
We're a rapidly growing, independent media tech company headquartered in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. Since 2012, our portfolio of influential digital publications has been helping millions of people succeed at work.

Our brands cover thought leadership for executives in project management, people management, product management, tech, marketing and many others - with the goal of connecting people with knowledge, skills and tools they need to succeed professionally in the age of AI.

We got our start in 2011 as The Digital Project Manager blog, founded by our CEO Ben Aston. Since then, we've grown into an international team of 70+ creators, strategists, and innovators with a portfolio of more than 15 online publications. We enjoy an impact-driven environment that combines the agility of a startup with the creativity of an agency and the diversity of a global company.

We've previously ranked #30 in The Globe and Mail's Fastest Growing Companylist as well as Deloitte'sFast 50 program, received a CMI award for Best Digital Publication for The Digital Project Manager-and we're listed in both Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers, and Best Employers in BC!

All of this growth is driven by our commitment to our mission: In a world of evolving skills, practices, and technology, we're creating a playbook for the future of work and empowering communities to create it with us.

Want to learn more? Watch this video to learn why the team love working at BWZ!

Diversity Equity and Inclusion: 
Black and White Zebra is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran's status (including protected veterans, as may be required by federal law), sexual orientation or any other category protected by law. We celebrate all backgrounds and attributes that continue to help make our team impactful, iterative, adaptable, and fun!

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