Full-Time

Manager – External Communications & Marketing

Black & White Zebra

Black & White Zebra

51-200 employees

Media tech for workplace skills

Compensation Overview

$90k - $120k/yr

+ Discretionary Bonus

Remote in USA

Remote

Remote within the United States.

Category
Growth & Marketing (2)
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Required Skills
Communications
Public Speaking
Social Media
SEO
Marketing
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • Experience creating and distributing thought leadership or content through external channels
  • Experience working with media, partners, or external platforms
  • Ability to translate content, data, and insights into compelling narratives
  • Experience securing placements, partnerships, or external opportunities
  • Experience running campaigns that drive visibility and audience growth
  • Understanding of how media placements and partnerships contribute to backlinks and search visibility
  • Ability to connect external activity to measurable performance outcomes
  • Strong communication, relationship-building, and positioning skills
Responsibilities
  • Translate video, written, audio, event content, reports, surveys, and data into market-facing campaigns
  • Package insights into clear narratives and points of view for senior decision-makers
  • Ensure each campaign has a defined distribution and amplification plan
  • Drive ideas into industry conversation through media, partners, and platforms
  • Build repeatable campaign formats that can be scaled across brands
  • Identify and secure speaking opportunities, panels, and partner events
  • Place content, insights, and voices into credible media and external platforms
  • Extend the reach of events and programming through external distribution
  • Support the promotion and distribution of events across external channels to drive awareness and attendance
  • Prepare editors, executives, and contributors with clear messaging and positioning
  • Build and manage relationships with media and strategic partners
  • Secure placements and partnerships that generate high-quality backlinks and increase authority
  • Distribute thought leadership through media placements, partnerships, and external channels
  • Use social as a strategic distribution channel to extend reach
  • Execute paid and sponsored distribution where it drives high-value audience acquisition
  • Develop and execute campaigns that drive event visibility, registration, and attendance among target audiences
  • Reinforce repeat exposure to build ongoing engagement and habit
  • Convert external audiences into subscribers and engaged community members
  • Ensure external distribution contributes to backlink growth and search visibility
  • Create and maintain a BWZ speakers bureau, aligning internal experts to external speaking opportunities that increase market visibility, reinforce authority, and drive ICP acquisition and engagement
  • Drive subscriber growth from external channels
  • Increase return engagement from audiences acquired externally
  • Strengthen direct and branded traffic through consistent visibility
  • Support partnerships, campaigns, and events that drive attendance and create revenue opportunities
  • Ensure external visibility contributes to ongoing audience consumption and retention
  • Your goal is to ensure visibility translates into engagement, loyalty, and business impact.
  • Define how success is measured across campaigns, placements, and partnerships
  • Track performance across media, partners, social, paid distribution, and search impact
  • Identify what is driving visibility, engagement, subscriber growth, backlinks, and revenue
  • Make clear adjustments to improve performance over time
  • Ensure all external activity is tied to measurable audience and business outcomes
  • Your work should lead to continuous improvement in visibility, audience growth, and revenue impact.
Desired Qualifications
  • Book of contacts from respected premium media outlets
  • Background with on the ground, experiential and in-person events
  • Experience using social and paid channels for distribution and amplification
  • Positioned media or content agencies
  • East coast time zone alignment (our major audiences are located in North America & Europe)

Black & White Zebra is a media tech company that helps millions succeed at work through publications and communities that build skills, confidence, and connections. It supports organizations by providing the right tools, knowledge, and skills to lead better teams. The product approach combines ready-to-use content and peer networks to deliver practical learning and collaboration at scale. Unlike others that focus on one channel, the company blends publishing and community-building to reach both individual workers and organizations, enabling continuous development. Its goal is to help people become more capable at work and for organizations to cultivate effective, well-equipped teams.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Vancouver, Canada

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • April 2026 hires in events and audience strengthen monetization beyond pure search traffic.
  • Crozdesk gives BWZ proprietary lead-generation infrastructure unavailable to pure-content competitors.
  • BWZ’s 78-person remote team and $1 million 2024 donations support recruiting and brand affinity.

What critics are saying

  • Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT cut traffic to review sites, crushing BWZ’s top-of-funnel economics.
  • BWZ remains unfunded and bootstrapped; cash stress hits fast if audience growth stalls in 2026.
  • AI content commoditization destroys review differentiation, forcing BWZ into lower-margin lead-gen competition.

What makes Black & White Zebra unique

  • BWZ combines media brands, lead-generation, and software recommendations through Crozdesk/SoftwareSelect.
  • Tim Fisher joined in September 2025 to embed AI across content, adtech, and audience products.
  • BWZ won Deloitte Fast 500 #467 and a 2026 top-employer award, signaling execution strength.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Remote Work Options

Hybrid Work Options

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Phone/Internet Stipend

Home Office Stipend

Professional Development Budget

Conference Attendance Budget

Training Programs

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Gift or Signing Bonus?

Stock Options

Company News

Black & White Zebra
Dec 4th, 2025
Black & White Zebra Ranked #467th Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Black & White Zebra ranked #467th fastest-growing company in North America on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500. November 2025 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Black & White Zebra ("BWZ") is proud to announce that Black & White Zebra has been ranked #467 with 141% growth on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500(TM), a prestigious list recognizing the fastest?growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America. Companies on this year's list were selected based on percentage fiscal?year revenue growth from 2021 to 2024, with BWZ earning its spot through continued expansion of its media technology portfolio, strong audience growth, and sustained success delivering millions of leads for B2B SaaS partners. BWZ's Founder & CEO, Ben Aston, attributes this recognition to the team's dedication to creating high?quality, high?impact media products: "Its growth this year reflects the creativity, resilience, and relentless focus of its team. Black & White Zebra has doubled down on experimentation, innovation, and building content experiences. I'm incredibly proud of what Black & White Zebra has built and even more excited about where Black & White Zebra is headed. Ben AstonCEO, Black & White Zebra Now in its 31st year, the Deloitte Technology Fast 500(TM) highlights companies pushing the boundaries of innovation across North America. To qualify, companies must own proprietary technology contributing to the majority of revenue, have operated for at least four years, and reach a minimum of USD $5 million in current?year revenue. About Black & White Zebra Founded in 2012, Black & White Zebra is an independent media tech company delivering targeted career content for niche, tech?driven audiences. Through its portfolio of digital publications - including The Digital Project Manager, People Managing People, The CTO Club, CX Lead, The CPO Club, and more - BWZ empowers millions of professionals with insights, tools, and community to help them succeed at work. BWZ generates millions of leads annually for SaaS partners such as Monday.com, ClickUp, and Smartsheet.

Black & White Zebra
Sep 2nd, 2025
Black & White Zebra Accelerates AI Transformation with Appointment of Tim Fisher as VP of AI

Vancouver, British Columbia - August 2025 - Black & White Zebra (BWZ), the media-tech company behind brands like The Digital Project Manager and People Managing People, today announced the appointment of Tim Fisher as Vice President of AI.

Black & White Zebra
Feb 14th, 2025
Black & White Zebra Named One of BC's Top Employers for 2025

Black & White Zebra (BWZ) has officially been named one of BC's Top Employers for 2025, a designation awarded by Mediacorp Canada Inc. to recognize companies that go above and beyond to create exceptional workplaces.

Black & White Zebra
Nov 8th, 2023
Black & White Zebra Ranked #107th Fastest-Growing Company in North America on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500

Vancouver, British Columbia: Black & White Zebra ("BWZ") today announced it ranked #107 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences, fintech, and energy tech companies in North America, now in its 29th year.

Black & White Zebra
Oct 2nd, 2023
Digiday Honors Black & White Zebra For Workplace Excellence in Worklife 50 Awards

Digiday honors Black & White Zebra for workplace excellence in Worklife 50 awards.