Spokeo

Spokeo is a people search engine that makes the world more transparent with data. With over 14 billion records and 15 million visitors per month, we reconnect friends, reunite families, prevent fraud, and more.

Principal UX Writer

Laskie (acquired by Twitter)

Laskie is a job matchmaking platform that makes getting a tech job as easy as a dating app. Laskie was acquired by X/Twitter in 2023. 

$6M in funding from Bloomberg Beta, Peak State Ventures, AngelList Venture, Fourth Realm, Adapt Ventures, and more.

• Designed end-to-end user onboarding, messaging system, and flows to increase speed, conversion, and retention by 300-500%
• Partnered with engineering to build proprietary job matchmaking system (taxonomy, ontology, process) to make getting a job like a dating app
• Created product marketing materials: designed the Reverse Apply product to have jobs apply to people

Product/Content Lead

Cluster

Cluster is a vertical job marketplace that matches hardware and electrical engineers to companies like SpaceX and Tesla. Funded by Mark Cuban, ECMC Group, Dan Rosensweig (Chegg), Frank Britt (Penn Foster), Mark Pincus (Zynga), and Richard Sarnoff (KKR).

• Created unique values assessment tool and matching system to allow people to match to companies based on shared values
• Designed novel SMS onboarding process to 10x user engagement via text messages instead of in-app experiences
• Researched and pivoted company strategy to laser-focus on 3 core industries instead of 30 broader ones, leading to 5x increase in user engagement and successful user experiences

Product Operations Lead

Indeed.com

Indeed is the world’s largest job site, with over 300M unique visitors per month.

• Built Indeed Assessments, the largest assessments platform in the world (1B+ assessments completed per year)
• Designed and wrote end-to-end automated phone screen tool (5M+ completed per year)
• Designed assessments system, form factor, conducted market research and competitor intel to design unique product with product-market fit
• Designed quantified roadmap, proprietary method of calculating ROI of each assessment based on location, industry, and job title

Associate Principal Content Designer

Interviewed (acquired by Indeed.com)

Interviewed was a Y Combinator-backed assessments startup that we scaled quickly and was acquired by Indeed in 2017.

• Designed initial assessments library based on user research to quickly scale product from 10 to 1,000 customers
• Partnered with transition team at Indeed to redesign assessments form factor to prepare for successful acquisition and product merger
• Led content transition team efforts to ensure successful migration after acquisition by Indeed

Assessments Content Manager / Content Team Lead

Collegiate School

Collegiate is a top boys’ K-12 private school on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

• Designed new K-12 STEM curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) for top private school in NYC
• Researched cutting-edge educational and technological methods to make learning more engaging for students
• Produced and co-founded TEDxNYED, the first TEDx education conference in New York City featuring major speakers from USC, Columbia, and NYU

Technologist & STEM Faculty

Big Think

Co-created top-15 iTunes podcast “Think Again” with Jason Gots. Wrote various articles on politics, voting systems, and social issues for Big Think’s website.

Writer / Top-15 iTunes Podcast Co-Creator

The Thursday Problem

Wrote, directed, and/or produced over 20 plays in NYC. Wrote and directed a short film, “Cold Fusion.”

Playwright / Producer / Filmmaker

Round Seven Media

Co-founded film production company in NYC. Produced 4 short films which screened at festivals.

Co-Founder & Film Producer

The Center for Election Science

The Center for Election Science is the US’s pre-eminent voting reform organization, studying and advocating for better voting systems.

• Designed brand strategy for a pre-eminent voting reform organization, leading to 10x number of donors, increased engagement, and new chapters around the US
• Produced and presented events and talks such as The History of Voting Systems, featuring esteemed political scientists from NYU and UPenn
• Produced first video on “What Is Approval Voting”, leading to 295K+ views on YouTube

Director

Web2 is broken. I can help you fix it. 

Hi, I'm Eric! I make things that work, and I make things work. 

I’m a results-driven, highly-strategic, multidimensional Content Designer, UX Writer, and Digital Experience Strategist with 15+ years of experience. I built the content design system at Indeed that allowed us to quickly scale to become the largest assessments platform in the world (1B+ completed per year, $80M in revenue). 

I’m equally adept at building new experiences and fixing broken ones. I’ve helped build 3 successful startups (Interviewed was acquired by Indeed, Laskie was acquired by X), produced talks, videos, and conferences on technology, education, and voting systems (TEDxNYED, Left Forum, The Center for Election Science), created a top-15 iTunes podcast (Think Again for Big Think), and founded the STEM program at a top prep school in NYC (Collegiate). I've designed sports statistics, betting systems, and voting system algorithms since I was a kid. I've written multiple plays and films and associate-produced Broadway shows.

With my hybrid enterprise/startup/education/data/creative mentality, I thrive on cross-functional, multidisciplinary teams, and I can also roll up my sleeves and work alone to ship things. I write and design end-to-end flows, messaging systems, and product copy that maximizes conversion. I’m an expert in designing and running tests.

My expertise working alongside stakeholders includes: content design, UX writing, design systems, digital marketing, content strategy, product operations, mobile design, user research, A/B testing, QA, automation, user onboarding and education, project management, legal compliance, and accessibility.

Growth = UX + Content + Product + Data

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Eric Sanders

PurposeMed

Founded in Calgary in 2019, PurposeMed is on a mission to improve access to complex care for underserved communities. Through our innovative telehealth/med-tech platform, we connect patients with specialized clinicians so they can receive compassionate healthcare from the comfort of their own homes. We provide affirming and high-quality care, without judgment, and without the waiting rooms.

Talent Acquisition Partner

2404965 Alberta Ltd.

I selectively partook in paid speaking engagements, offered recruitment consulting services in the local Calgary market to startups and small businesses, and provided career coaching services to job-seekers across North America by way of advisory consultation sessions, resume reviews, interview prep, and sharing my expertise on networking and personal branding.

Speaker, Recruitment Consultant & Career Coach

HiHello, Inc.

Laid off due to US tech market downturn

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HiHello helps people around the world connect and share information. HiHello gives people a platform where they can create and share their own digital business cards, scan paper cards, and manage their contacts.

Recruiter

Avanti Software Inc.

Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Founded in 1980, Avanti is a leading, cloud-based, Canadian Human Capital Management software as a service (“SaaS”) company. Avanti is on a mission to streamline and simplify people management. Through our all-in-one, fully-integrated evergreen SaaS solution, we help Canadian businesses build a better workplace.

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Convergint Technologies

Acted as a key HR resource in supporting managers on recruitment and selection, including identifying advertising options, creating and posting job ads, phone interviewing, coordinating and facilitating in-person interviews, conducting reference checks and issuing pre-offer letters

Proactively sourced active and passive applicants by researching and contacting competitors, external employment/recruitment agencies, colleges/universities, etc.

Directly contributed to hiring 80+ colleagues over ~8 months, while also contributing to a ~10% year-over-year turnover reduction through effective screening and talent evaluation processes

Developed a steady pool of internal and external talent, maintained and updated Convergint’s Applicant Tracking System, ADP WorkForceNow, as well as candidate tracking spreadsheets/reports

Took ownership of and revived Convergint’s Campus Recruitment programs, establishing relationships with internal General Managers and hiring leaders country-wide to understand their longer-term talent needs, but also with 20+ colleges and universities, including Career Centre and specific faculty contacts, campus job postings for Co-op and New Grad Development Program roles, and on-campus Information Session presentations throughout the Fall 2019 semester

Contract Bilingual Recruitment Specialist

Goodfood Market (TSX:FOOD)

Worked closely with EVP and Directors in Western Canada to map out recruitment needs

Led all stages of the full cycle recruitment process from Operations Associate to Director level positions across Procurement, Logistics, Operations & Customer Service in Western Canada

Directly led and facilitated Goodfood Calgary’s rapid growth by 35+ employees (~+18%) in a span of less than 3 months

Performed proactive headhunting searches via LinkedIn Recruiter Lite to source higher quality passive candidates into the pipeline for 4 corporate and managerial roles

Acted as sole point of contact for 200+ employees in Calgary for any HR and Payroll transactions

Created and implemented a new Recruitment Tracker spreadsheet using Google Sheets to track all Salaried and Hourly new hires in Calgary, and to ensure that each step in the recruitment and onboarding process was followed for each candidate

Created a post-interview candidate rating survey using Google Forms for all interview process participants to quickly provide feedback on candidates while fresh in their minds that were relevant to the organization’s key recruitment criteria, and that provided a way to easily track, analyze and compare the data from wholistic feedback on candidates

Coordinated and oversaw the successful implementation of Goodfood’s Calgary Corporate Office Yoga Program and Corporate Retreat to Canmore in April 2019

Talent Acquisition Manager & HR Coordinator

Tervita Corporation

Contract role to support Tervita’s recent acquisition of Newalta Environmental Services

Acted as sole Recruiter for newly acquired US business unit and corresponding recruitment volumes, as well as former Newalta locations in Canada

Helped to review and communicate Newalta & US HR and recruitment processes to senior HR team members and management, aided in consolidation and creation of new joint-organization processes, documents and templates

Worked closely with recruitment team, internal IT, and external consultants, and played a key role in configuration, troubleshooting, development, and adoption of brand-new applicant tracking system, MS Attract, part of the D365 Suite

Managed full cycle recruitment process: Obtained approvals and create requisitions, wrote job descriptions, posted job ads, sourced and screened applications, completed phone screens, scheduled and led interviews, made recommendations on candidates to hiring managers, administered personality assessments, background checks, and pre-employment testing process, drafted and presented offer packages, collected and processed new hire paperwork, created employee files

Actively managed an average of 30 requisitions at a time, directly involved in hiring 35+ new employees in < 3 months: Key roles hired include GM of US Operations, Contract US HR Advisor, Health & Safety Advisor, Facility Manager, Facility Administrator, Operations Trainer, Operations Supervisor, various levels of Equipment, Plant, and Solids Control Technician Operators, and skilled tradespeople such as Millwrights, Power Engineers, and Mechanics

Gained knowledge and experience in US recruitment and employment law across various states, worked closely with US pre-employment vendors and processes such as DISA, Integrated Screening Partners, WorkSTEPS, and Accurate Background

Contract Recruiter

Rocky Mountain Equipment

Managed and coordinated full cycle recruiting process: requisitions and approvals, creating job descriptions, posting job ads, sourcing and screening candidates, completing phone screens, liaising between candidates and hiring managers, scheduling and leading interviews, making judgements and recommendations on candidates, administering personality assessments and backcheck process, putting together offer letters, etc.

Established, maintained and managed relationships with key stakeholders including but not limited to candidates, employees and managers from all departments, upper management and executive, agency partners, online job board partners, colleges and professional organizations, immigration lawyers, ATS representatives, etc.

Actively managed between 30-40 individual requisitions for positions such as skilled mechanics, sales consultants, parts technicians, agricultural optimization specialists, general labourers, all corporate and admin roles and all middle-to-upper operations management roles as needed

Directly contributed to the rapid hiring and growth, by ~15% over only 1 year, for a mature, established company of nearly 1,000 employees

Spearheaded relationships with 5+ third party recruitment agencies and online job board partners including Indeed, Job Bank, Jobillico and others, negotiated terms, managed day-to-day communications and transactions

Spearheaded relationships with colleges and professional organizations, planned and participated in campus and public recruiting events and presentations

Daily exposure to and use of ADP applicant tracking system, ~10 different online job sites, all MS Office Suites and functions including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and SharePoint, Concur Expenses software, Wiley Personality Assessment software, Sterling BackCheck

TELUS Spark

Guest Services Representative

Human Resources Student Association

Led and oversaw Executive team of 12 students in planning and completion of 2-3 informational, networking and practice interview events per semester

Communicated with corporate contacts about potential sponsorship, event attendance and future collaboration

Hosted monthly club meetings for updates, event planning, team-building etc.

Attended and contributed to monthly Haskayne Student Clubs President's Circle meetings

Volunteered in the Calgary community

Increased student engagement and event turnout by 50%+ during tenure of < 2 years

President

Acted as primary student liaison for industry contacts, sponsors, and event attendees; initiated communication and answered questions as they arose

Aided in planning and completion of 2 to 3 informational and networking events per semester

Volunteered in the Calgary community

VP Corporate Relations

Talented, driven, innovative, and bilingual Campus & Experienced Hire HR Recruiter & Leader. Leads Talent Acquisition strategy and implementation through a philosophy built on strong relationships, cultural fit, excellent communication, convenience, efficient use of technology, transparency of information, speed of action, diversity, youth, and innovation.

Graduate of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary with a major in Operations Management, With Distinction. 2016 International Summer University Programme participant at the prestigious Copenhagen Business School.

As former President of U of C's division of HRSA, I recruited and led an Executive team of 12 students in planning and executing various networking, informational and practice interview events. I also took up different volunteer opportunities provided through HRSA and the Haskayne School of Business.

Professionally, I am passionate about my employment background in human resources and talent acquisition, my educational background in Commerce operations and supply chain management, entrepreneurial thinking, innovative technologies, leadership, and strategic management.

In my free time, I enjoy spending time with friends, family, and my dog Astro, and learning about new technologies and trends. I am a former minor hockey player, an avid fan of the sport and casual beer-leaguer. I can also never get enough of travelling the world, live music, fine foods, and new experiences.

Advocate for mental health and post-concussion syndrome/CTE awareness, research and fundraising.

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