Jr Videographer/Photographer – Full Time
Location: Head Office, Burnaby, BC (On-Site)
Part Time / Full Time: FULL TIME
Overview
QE Home | Quilts Etc. is a designer bedding retailer with over 75 stores across the country and a thriving e-commerce business. Proudly Canadian and family-owned since 1992, we are passionate about providing sleepers with beautiful, accessibly-priced, and sustainable bedding solutions crafted by our in-house design team. Our Sleep Stylists pride themselves on delivering exceptional, expert customer service across all our channels.
We’re currently seeking a Junior Videographer/Photographer to be based in our Burnaby offices.
In this role, you’ll help shape the shopping experience for millions of customers each year and explore the various touchpoints of an omnichannel brand. You will work collaboratively with our marketing and product teams to help tell a visual story for all aspects of the brand voice, copy, visual and overall creative for print and digital campaigns and internal communications. Don’t lose sleep if you don’t match 100% of the requirements below. If our values are aligned and you’re motivated to learn - we want to hear from you!
QE Home Values
- Act from the heart - We care, deeply. We act wholeheartedly. We own and approach our roles with sincerity.
- Do right by all - Integrity never sleeps. We strive to do what’s right — for our customers, teams, and communities.
- Take charge - We’re proactive, adaptive, and in charge. We lead by example and take on challenges with energy.
- Know your stuff - Knowledge is power. Power to improve, contribute, and grow. We’re never complacent when it comes to learning.
- Play for the team - We are not our own four walls. We support each other, share wins, and own mistakes.
- Deliver comfort - Through every exchange, no matter how small, comfort is at our core. That means acting with kindness, empathy, and respect.
Requirements & Responsibilities
- Working in tandem with our Photography, Product & Marketing Teams, clearly understand our customers, products, and company’s vision and goals to help ensure a consistently branded customer experience across all internal and external channels.
- Ensure that equipment and products for a shoot are present and working.
- Update, maintain and track in-house studio equipment.
- Work independently, as well as part of a team, to establish project deliverables.
- Perform other projects as assigned.
Videography (70%):
- Capture and create compelling multimedia content for product marketing videos, external promotional social videos, recruiting videos, corporate training, internal company announcement videos and other company-wide projects.
- Script, storyboard, allocate resources, set deadlines and select optimal forms of media for each project.
- Edit footage in post-production.
Photography (30%):
- Capture and create on-brand and compelling imagery to help sell our products in advertising, signage, packaging, e-commerce site, emails, social media, digital advertising, etc.
- Retouch and edit raw images from photoshoots.
- Develop templating systems, with proper file set-up and creation, to streamline production processes.
- Assist in any in-house studio operations including lighting, and equipment, plan and organize photoshoots.
Technical Skills
- 1+ years of experience as a commercial videographer/photographer in studio with a proven track record of strong creative judgement to engage a wide audience across different channels.
- Proficient Adobe Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, Photoshop and Lightroom knowledge.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to interpret the briefing process to ensure creative execution meets and exceeds the business needs.
Soft Skills
- Detail-oriented with a positive team spirit — you are comfortable providing and receiving constructive feedback to help improve the design process and finished product.
- Critical thinker and problem solver — always prioritizing the customer experience and ready to take on new challenges.
- Ability to think strategically and innovate in both established and new formats.
- Showcase a constant desire to learn, think outside the box, and continuously improve.
- Able to work collaboratively with cross-department teams, in a dynamic environment.
- Upbeat, optimistic, passionate, friendly, and authentic.
- Flexible, self-starting, and autonomous.
Bonus Skills ~ Nice to have, but not necessary
- Working Adobe After Effects knowledge.
- Familiarity with BigCommerce or similar.
- Familiarity with interior design, industrial design, and/or retail.
- Fluency in French.
*Applicants must include a portfolio with résumé.
Education
Diploma or Degree in Film or Photography from a recognized program.
Schedule
Monday to Friday
Core Hours: 9:00–5:30
Ability to commute/relocate:
Burnaby, BC
What We Offer
- Work from home flexibility
- Paid time off + flex/sick days
- Dental care, vision, extended health care, & life insurance
- Store discount + a set of free luxury sheets upon completion of training!
- Commuter benefits & plenty of on-site parking
- Professional development/education budget
- Referral bonus program
- Casual dress (sometimes you’ll even catch our teams wearing our robes in the office)
Key Relationships
Reporting to the Photography Team
How to Apply
Send your résumé to resume@quiltsgroups.com
Please use "Join The Team - Junior Videographer / Photographer" in your subject line.
