The Super IC: How to Find, Pay & Keep Exceptional Individual Contributor Talent

​AI is changing how we work, and companies are asking more of their people than ever. Deep expertise, cross-functional skills, strategic thinking, and the ability to roll up their sleeves and get things done.

Enter the “Super IC": A key hire who can have an outsized impact without managing a team.

What makes someone exceptional in one company might look completely different in another. So how do you find your unicorn? And once you’ve found them, how do you keep them?

Join Artemis Canada and Bright + Early for a candid conversation about hiring and retaining Super ICs. We’ll talk about what to look for, how to assess candidates, what makes an opportunity compelling to them, and how to set them up for success through compensation, leadership, tools and opportunities to grow.

Spoiler: it’s not just about the money.

Bring your questions! This will be an interactive session. We’d love to hear what you’re seeing and navigating on your own teams.

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​Artemis is a Waterloo-based executive search firm partnering with ambitious technology companies to hire the leaders and specialists to shape what comes next. We focus on high-impact hires, from senior executives to highly specialized individual contributors, where exceptional talent is hard to find and getting the decision right really matters. We work closely with founders and leadership teams to understand what their business needs, identify and engage exceptional people, and build a thoughtful, effective hiring process. From defining the role through to onboarding, we bring the expertise, perspective, and hands-on support to help companies make great hires with confidence.

​Bright + Early is a modern HR consultancy focused on building the world’s best workplaces. As a team with a strong background in designing progressive organizations across Canada and the USA, we specialize in working with startups and scale-ups who want to approach HR differently. We take a custom and creative approach to everything we build, ensuring it’s inclusive, compliant, and aligns to your unique employer value proposition.