Dog Tales Rescue & Sanctuary
Creative Designer
Description
Opportunity:
We are seeking a Creative Designer to join our passionate Media Team. This role is ideal for someone with a strong eye for design and aesthetics, a love for animals, and hands-on experience creating visual content and physical props. The Creative Designer will help bring our stories to life—both online and on-site—through imaginative set design, prop creation, and content collaboration.
About Dog Tales Rescue & Sanctuary:
Dog Tales is a world-renowned dog rescue and horse sanctuary set on an incredible 50 acres of green fields, rolling hills, and wooded areas in King City, Ontario. Our picturesque location - complete with walking trails, therapy pools, and a grooming spa - is the perfect setting for abused and neglected animals to heal and be rehabilitated while they wait for forever homes. Along with medical care, our team provides all of the love, attention, and training that our rescue animals need to recover from their difficult pasts, so that they can move on to permanent, loving homes, which most do. For the rest, Dog Tales is home for as long as they need it to be.
If you would like to be part of an energetic and compassionate team, where you can make an impact and difference in the lives of countless animals, join us!
The Role:
- Design, create, and source props for photo and video shoots featuring animals
- Collaborate with the media, photography, and video production teams to plan and style visual campaigns
- Support storytelling efforts through aesthetic staging, styling, and set enhancement
- Maintain and organize a prop inventory system, including budgeting and sourcing materials
- Contribute to brainstorming sessions and campaign planning with a creative, solutions-oriented mindset
- Ensure all visual elements align with Dog Tales’ brand identity
- Participate in hands-on builds, DIYs, and visual installations for both media and guest experience purposes
What You Bring:
- 2+ years of experience in creative design, set design, prop styling, or a related field
- Strong visual storytelling and spatial design skills
- Proficiency with tools and materials for hands-on creation and prop building
- Resourceful and skilled at sourcing unique, meaningful, or vintage items
- Ability to work collaboratively in a creative team and take initiative independently
- A deep love and respect for animals and alignment with Dog Tales’ mission
What We Offer:
We believe in supporting our team with great perks that make work enjoyable and life easier:
- Competitive Salary and Benefits: We offer a competitive salary along with a solid benefits package, including health, vision, and dental coverage to keep you covered.
- Extended Healthcare: In addition to regular health benefits, we provide extra support for your well-being, including mental health resources.
- Free Staff Meals: Enjoy free daily meals while at work, making your day a little more convenient and enjoyable.
- Paid Vacation and Sick Days: Take time to relax or recover with paid vacation and sick days, because work-life balance is important.
- Employee Appreciation Events: We host regular events to celebrate our team and build a positive, fun work environment.
- GRSP: Contribute to a Group Registered Savings Plan to secure your future.
Schedule:
This is a full-time position with a schedule of 8 AM – 5 PM, five days a week, with occasional weekend shifts as needed.
Dog Tales Rescue & Sanctuary is committed to creating a respectful, accessible, and inclusive work environment. We welcome and encourage applications from individuals with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
If you require accommodations during the recruitment or interview process, please contact us at info@dogtales.ca.
Please note, this position is onsite. Additionally, reliable access to a car is necessary as there is no public transit near our facility.
A portfolio is required for this position. We thank all applicants in advance, and only those selected for an interview will be contacted.