We’re looking to hire a talented and seasoned senior editor with a strong background in editorial strategy and business journalism who is passionate about making excellent content and building exciting and impactful brands that help people win at work!

You will lead the audience building strategy for The Ecomm Manager, building and actioning a robust content plan of best-in-class stories—primarily focused on the topics related to the business of ecommerce—that are insightful, delightfully original, and hyper relevant. You will leverage the brand identity and authority of The Ecomm Manager today to push it forward and create the sort of elevated and high-quality, share-worthy written content that not only accelerates the growth of our readership in the short-term, but turns casual readers into brand lovers. You will be instrumental in transforming The Ecomm Manager into an indispensable industry publication.

As a part of the BWZ media team, you will report to the Managing Editor.

You have done it all, from producing deeply researched and reported features and quick turnaround news & trend stories, to managing ambitious editorial calendars and tentpole content packages. You have extensive experience covering ecommerce or related topics. You are an ace editor who obsesses over finding the most compelling angle for any story, and push your writers to dig deeper into the right details to transform a good article into a great one. Even when you’re in the weeds, you’re keeping your eye trained on the strategy behind each piece of content.

You're dedicated to maintaining high standards of quality, and make sure that every piece of content published under your watch is top-notch. Beyond creating whip-smart headlines and checking grammar and heading structure, you’re also alert for details that others might miss (weird link, citation without a source, a list that should really be turned into bullets, keyword stuffing, a meta description that could be improved). You catch things that other people don’t!

You have a nose for a great story, and are always on the hunt for the next one—with a preternatural ability to stay abreast of the latest research, news, data, and trends to understand what's going to resonate deeply with your audience. You love a good content planning brainstorm session, but recognize the breaking stories that are worth jumping on in real time. You're deeply committed to honing your expertise on the industries and subjects you cover, and are a quick study on topics you don't know a lot about. 

$120,000 - $150,000 a year

This full time position is available as either a remote or hybrid position based on location and offers an annual salary in the range of $120,000 to $150,000 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 eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package. In addition to annual salary, full time employees are eligible for a discretionary bonus and a comprehensive benefits package.

Black and White Zebra is 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 project management, product management, people management, customer experience, quality assurance and others, with the goal of connecting people with the knowledge, skills and tools they need to succeed professionally.

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 50+ creators, strategists, and innovators with a portfolio of more than 12 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 recently ranked #30 in The Globe and Mail’s Fastest Growing Companylist and 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.

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!