Michelle Slater is the Senior Marketing Director, Americas Region for Indeed and is responsible for both the business and consumer marketing functions in Canada, the United States, Brazil and Mexico. She has more than two decades of senior-level marketing experience and has delivered award-winning campaigns across traditional, digital and social marketing channels. Before joining Indeed, Michelle spent six years at Twitter (now known as X), leading its Canadian business marketing function. Prior to that, she worked in progressively senior marketing roles at Royal Bank of Canada, culminating with her leading the creation of the bank’s social media function and marketing strategy. Michelle also contributes to a number of marketing associations and has been actively involved with career advancement for women. She is an avid sailor, she has run seven marathons and she is an unapologetic cat person.

Brendon Bernard is a Senior Economist at Indeed.com, based in Toronto. He has been the Canadian lead of the Indeed Hiring Lab since 2018, combining publicly available data with the wealth of information internal to the Indeed hiring platform to make sense of the Canadian labour market. Brendon was previously an economist with Finance Canada, analyzing the U.S. economy, and developing Canadian financial sector policy. He holds a Master’s in Economics from the Vancouver School of Economics at University of British Columbia.

Alexandra Tillo is a seasoned Talent Marketing Consultant at Indeed Canada, where she partners with HR and TA leaders in major Canadian organizations, delivering insights through best practices, thought leadership, and data-driven analysis. Thanks to over eight years at Indeed, Alexandra brings a wealth of experience, having transitioned to marketing after holding various sales roles with national accounts. Originally from France and based in Toronto for over a decade, she is fluently bilingual and brings a deep understanding of the Canadian hiring landscape. Her career has been defined by nurturing close client collaboration, leveraging her field expertise to meet clients’ needs and driving strategic outcomes. Outside of work, Alexandra is an avid traveller and a self-proclaimed white wine connoisseur.