B is for Benefit
With Vancouver Film Studios leading the way, we have dedicated ourselves to becoming a better business; for our employees, our customers, and the rest of the world.
But what does that even mean, to be a better business? We're on a mission to find out exactly what that is, and being a Certified B Corporation is part of that mission.

How We're Doing It
Here's just a few of the things we're doing to promote a healthy workplace, community, and world! Want to see more? Check out our full B Lab assessment with Vancouver Film Studios here.
SUPPORTING
OUR
EMPLOYEES
- Provide a living wage -
- Promote from within -
- Health benefits -
- Cross-skills training and facilitate for external professional development opportunities -
- Incentives for health & wellness activities -
- Paying our employees a living wage -
- Providing cross-skills training -
- Promoting from within -
- Offering incentives for health & wellness initiatives -
- Dispensing health benefits -
- RRSP Matching -
- Paid parental leave -
-Tuition reimbursement -
SUPPORTING
OUR
ENVIRONMENT
- Provide a living wage -
- Promote from within -
- Health benefits -
- Incentives for health & wellness activities -
- Mandatory Carbon Literacy training for all of our employees -
- Carbon neutral since 2008! -
- Community Garden for all employees to use -
- Donating and sponsoring various eco-minded initiatives and charities (ex. REEL Green Earth Day, Still Creek Streamkeepers, & the Sustainable Production Forum)
- Learn about more of our sustainability initiatives on our Sustainability Page -
- Cross-skills training and facilitate for external professional development opportunities -
-Tuition reimbursement -
SUPPORTING
OUR
COMMUNITY
- Provide a living wage -
- Promote from within -
- Health benefits -
- Cross-skills training and facilitate for external professional development opportunities -
- Incentives for health & wellness activities -
- Paid days off for staff to use for volunteering -
- Amended our recruiting process to conduct unbiased hiring -
- Sponsering local film festivals and production companies (ex. Crazy 8s, UBC POV, Primary Imaging, & COJAX Industries) -
- Donating and sponsoring various community initiatives and charities (ex. Vancouver General Hospital, Take A Hike Foundation, Collingwood Neighbourhood House) -
- Donating gear to schools with film programs in need -
-Tuition reimbursement -


floor
staff
We’re looking for YOU to join Pacific Backlot as part of the full time Floor Staff team at our warehouse in Vancouver. This position involves interacting with a variety of film crews and providing them with top-notch customer service (we are famous for it, after all). You’ll be expected to pick and prepare orders for productions around Vancouver and get to know all of state-of-the-art (and maybe sometimes not-so- state-of-the-art) gear, inside and out, through cleaning and testing it daily.
What we have:
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A company culture we pride ourselves on
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Proximity to all new lighting and grip equipment
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Best hours in the film industry
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Dog friendly office
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Gym onsite
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And top of the line benefits (...RRSP matching, health, 3 weeks vacation...) that your parents will be proud of you for having
This job might be for you if you:
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Enjoy working physically
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Are looking for every workday to be different
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Like having challenges and problems to solve
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Have an interest in TV or movies, or just the film industry itself
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Have a great sense of humor
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Have a minimum Grade 12 diploma or equivalent
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Have a current B.C. Driver’s License and are comfortable driving a cube van
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Can perform heavy lifting daily (up to 70 lbs to be exact!)
Bonus Points for:
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Knowledge of LX and Grip gear
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Forklift or aerial lift certification
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Worked in the film industry previously
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Background in customer service
Pacific Backlot, a corporate subsidiary of Vancouver Film Studios, offers an extensive range of top-notch production services and equipment rentals to film, television, commercial and theatrical productions in BC. If you’re interested in learning more about us, check us out on Instagram @pacificbacklot.
The Fine Print:
This is a full-time permanent position of 40 hours per week Monday to Friday at our warehouse in Vancouver. The salary for this position is $40,000 per annum. You must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
Vancouver Film Studios and Pacific Backlot Services is dedicated to being an equal opportunity employer and to that end, want all barriers removed to ensure a fair screening process for all candidates. All resumes will be reviewed with an eye to skill set and experience only, and are considered without attention to attention to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
We ask all applicants to ensure you do not include any personal information on your application and remove pictures from your resume if you have them.
Thank you!