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Hello, it’s very nice to meet you.
If you’re on this page, you already know who we are – an integrated creative agency specializing in a range of services from creative design and branding, photography and film production, and to marketing and PR.
Very Polite has a uniquely dynamic office culture that promotes creative thinking, strategic ideation and collaboration. (We also have a fully-stocked open bar, and if this speaks to you – you’re definitely in the right place).
As an agency, we always want to push the limits of what’s possible and be inspired to deliver our best for each client. Our roster of diverse and innovative work has been featured on various platforms – most recently Dezeen, Creative Boom and Dieline.
Now, it’s your turn. We are always seeking to meet top talent as we continue to expand. All available roles posted below.
Current Roles:
Do you identify as a cool connector? Are you sociable, convivial, and always in the know? How many currently happy couples have you introduced? More than 5? Great. Then maybe you are our human.
We are looking for a Market Specialist to join our agency team in Toronto. In office. We are very much a “creating together and in person” type of group.
In this role you are responsible for growing our brand awareness and agency partnerships, educating the market on our capabilities and driving market desire for our incubator projects. You will partner with business development leadership to articulate priorities, opportunities and mitigate any risks, and build an annual agency marketing calendar that delivers on fiscal goals. Working closely also with PR, experiential, creative and production teams, you will bring your programs to life flawlessly.
Skills + Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in marketing or business related field and 2-3 years experience in marketing, PR, or brand partnerships on either client or agency side.
- Proven ability to negotiate, influence and collaborate with other key decision makers in a complex environment.
- Strong digital and social media understanding and content creation acumen.
- Strategic thinker who has delivered results through execution.
- A connector with experience in building brand partnerships.
- Proven experience developing and driving initiatives from inception to execution.
- Excellent project manager, with a reputation for being flexible, energetic, hard working, inspirational, enthusiastic.
- Communicates with honesty and kindness.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Innovative and strategic thinker with data analytical mindset, comfortable with qualitative and quantitative analysis.
- Ability to travel and able to work independently with minimal direction, seeking coaching and guidance as needed.
- Keen knowledge of blogosphere and competitive landscape (you are a pop culture junkie and you have a keen eye for trends)
Responsibilities:
- You are responsible for delivering and executing programs that support our market expansion & growth plans.
- Work directly with BD and partners to create annual market strategies that drive business results.
- Drive impactful initiatives that deliver on our brand awareness goals whilst also nourishing our place in the local market.
- Drive new market growth and expansion as well as successful new-product launches
- Track and measure impact of your tactics and reactive actions (including storytelling, partnerships, client sentiment, agency awareness/buzz) to articulate the results of your local market work.
- Spark word of mouth conversation about the agency and our work.
Other Competencies:
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Very comfortable giving and receiving feedback
- Proven ability to work with a cross-functional team and collaborate
- Ability to be entrepreneurial, and take initiative
- Willing to wear many hats and participate wherever the business requires it
- Results-oriented and process-driven, with high expectations of self and team
Benefits:
- Extended health benefits
- Wellness program
- Polite co-workers
- Sake Fizz fridge
Application:
We’re excited to meet you! Send us an email introducing yourself, including your CV and any relevant work samples, to [email protected], please and thank you.
We’re on the hunt for a talented Graphic Designer to join our team in Vancouver and/or Toronto.
As a keen communicator, you are in tune with yourself and the world around you, and are inherently curious, motivated and creatively flexible. You have an intuitive sense of style and design (and humour, ideally), with an emphasis on brand story telling across numerous different industrie
Skills + Qualifications:
This is the part of the job description where we say things like “you need this much experience here” or “you need a diploma with so and so.” But honestly, we believe (and know) that your work will speak for itself. So, wow us with your portfolio. Although, having some experience managing and collaborating with teams would be pretty cool.
Responsibilities:
- Work closely with a small and talented team on a variety of creative projects, from branding to campaign concepts and beyond.
- Be involved in every stage of the process; from concept development to creative execution to (gulp) client presentations.
- Work with a team of designers and with other senior team members, cross-departmentally, from Web Development to Photography & Production to PR.
Benefits:
- Extended health benefits
- Wellness program
- Polite co-workers
- Sake Fizz fridge
Application:
We’re excited to meet you! Send us an email introducing yourself, including your CV and any relevant work samples, to [email protected], please and thank you.
Do you love WordPress? Do you love Shopify? What about taking beautiful, detail-oriented designs from Figma (Figgy) and transforming them into stunning, lasting, optimized, functional websites? If so, we are looking for an enthusiastic Junior/Intermediate Frontend Developer to join our team. You will report directly to the lead developer and assist with all software coding and design functions.
Your primary focus will be to learn the codebase, action development tickets, configure content management system dashboards, assist in content management, and respond to requests from senior developers.
To ensure success as a Junior/Intermediate Frontend Developer, you should have a strong working knowledge of programming principles (DRY, SRP, etc.), the ability to learn new technology quickly, and the ability to work in a team environment. Ultimately, a top-class Junior/Intermediate Frontend Developer provides valuable support to the design team while continually improving their coding and design skills.
For this role, the successful candidate will work in our beautiful Vancouver-based office with the rest of our Very Polite team.
Skills + Qualifications:
- 3–5 years of programming experience.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field or tangible work experience.
- Strong communication skills.
- Accountable and proactive.
- Knowledge of databases and operating systems.
- Able to adapt to a fast-paced work environment and deliver for deadlines on-time.
- Able to work autonomously and as part of a team.
- Detail-oriented.
- Proficiency in PHP, JavaScript, HTML, CSS & SCSS, Liquid (nice to have)
- Proficiency with WordPress and WordPress custom theme development.
- Proficiency with Advanced Custom Fields.
- Proficiency with Shopify and Shopify custom theme development
- Familiarity with ThemeKit cross-platform command-line tool for building and maintaining Shopify themes.
- Familiarity with CodeKit web development tool.
- Familiarity with Bitbucket, Github and version control systems.
- Familiarity with Figma, Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop.
Responsibilities:
- You are proactive and able to assist the lead developer with all aspects of software design and coding.
- You aren’t shy about attending and contributing to company development meetings.
- You are enthusiastic about learning the codebase and improving your coding skills.
- You are capable of writing and maintaining code.
- You are an avid problem solver and attack minor bug fixes with a passion.
- You have an eagle eye for monitoring the technical performance of internal systems.
- You are open and flexible in responding to requests from the design and development team.
- You actively research and gather information from consumers about program functionality.
Benefits:
- Extended health benefits
- Wellness program
- Polite co-workers
- Sake Fizz fridge
Application:
We’re excited to meet you! Send us an email introducing yourself, including your CV and any relevant work samples, to [email protected], please and thank you.
We are looking for a talented Retoucher and Photography Assistant for our Photography & Production team. This role reports to the in-house photographer and works closely with our Co-founder/Partner of Photography Production, Project Manager, and our Graphic Design team. The ideal candidate is self-motivated, fast-learning and highly organized. This is a fast-paced position, and you must possess the ability to “go with the flow” as your day-to-day is constantly changing.
Skills + Qualifications:
Responsibilities:
Benefits:
- Extended health benefits
- Wellness program
- Polite co-workers
- Sake Fizz fridge
Application:
We’re excited to meet you! Send us an email introducing yourself, including your CV and any relevant work samples, to [email protected], please and thank you.