About us :
Adornment Stories is a collective of Black women, femmes, queer and non-binary artists, educators and change makers with in-depth community artist experience who wish to cultivate spaces for others like us to safely tell their stories. Our model focuses on recognizing the unique way gender, race, and intersectional identity impacts mental health. It is through storytelling, facilitation training, and the arts that we provide a platform for those who have often not been heard in Mental Health Dialogues to have space and share their narratives. Our collective mission is to provide safer spaces for Black community members with intersectional identities to discuss the issues that are impacting their mental health, while increasing earning capacity via digital arts and education. As leaders who share intersecting identities with participants, our objective is to develop a sustainable platform that provides each participant with increased skill, network and income to transform their personal stories.
Creative Assistant | 5-7hrs Weekly | Part - Time | Contract from September 2025 - March 2026
Reports to: The Creative Assistant reports to the Operations Manager
Position Overview: The Creative Assistant is responsible for supporting Adornment Stories programming and marketing. This role includes working closely with youth in programming, alumni participants, and facilitators. The Creative Assistant provides outreach support, creative support and documents programming. A successful Creative Assistant prioritizes safe space for participants in the Adornment Stories community while using strong creative skills to maintain daily operations, and a creative eye to develop content for outward facing marketing.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Lead in social media and newsletter development
Document and record sessions; Capture pictures and quotes for social media and website use
Post and stream live in real-time across all platforms during Adornment Stories’ larger events/campaigns
Content creation, outreach support and engaging with virtual communities
Provide mentorship to alumni and youth cohorts
Maintain correspondence with program participants
Support on administrative tasks in relation to programming and events including minute-taking, emailing, and other administrative duties
Use creative strategies to engage youth and create safe spaces
Receive support and direction from Operations Manager via check-ins and regular meetings
Developing new content to amplify Adornment Stories’ reach
Other operations and creative duties as assigned
Qualifications:
A strong attention to detail and ability to communicate effectively
Experience working in the arts, mental health or youth focused non-profits an asset
Comfortable with regular clean up and lifting for in-person sessions and events
Additional Attributes:
Initiative: Someone who steps up when they notice something needs to be done, checks in when they have questions and uses their own discretion to meet the needs of the team where they notice any potential oversights.
Adaptability: Someone who can adjust to change in a short amount of time and can pull from a diverse set of transferable skills to help meet the needs of the team.
Social Media Support: Someone comfortable with technology and a willingness to show up on social media and be a representative of the collective. In addition they should have an understanding of modern platforms, social media trends and the language of storytelling.
Creativity: Someone willing to share their unique ideas and can provide creative solutions and perspectives that enhance the diversity of the collective.
Communication: Someone willing to check in regularly, be open to receiving feedback and engage with our team as well as our community as a whole.
Creative Content Support: Someone supportive in gathering, researching, collecting and creating content.
Self-Regulation and Task Management: Someone who is transparent regarding workflow, timetables, time management, and general structure of working style. It is important to us that interested candidates are attuned with their overall capacity to complete tasks and are able to disclose any challenges with the team.
How to apply: email info@adornmentstories.com with your resume and cover letter.
Deadline to apply is September 8
Videographer and Editor | Hours As Needed
Reports to: The Creative Coordinator
Position Overview: Are you a Black women, femme or non-binary person with experience capturing, editing, and producing videos for internal and external purposes? Do you love to engage youth and develop Black centred safe spaces? Adornment Stories is seeking an experienced and creative Videographer and Video Editor to document our future events.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Record important events using camera, lighting, and audio equipment.
Plan the shoot with the creative team and the clients.
Must bring own filming, audio and lighting equipment.
Computer skills – Need good computer skills to work with various video editing software programs, such as Adobe Premier, After Effects and Photoshop.
Hours and Location:
Toronto-based. This position is as needed, but we host many events throughout the year that require documentation, so work will be rather consistent.
How To Apply:
Submit resume, links to at least 3 videos you have worked on in the past and cover letter (max 1 page) highlighting the work you do, topics you cover and why you want to work for us.
Adornment Stories, Creative Coordinator
Email: info@adornmentstories.com
Subject: Videographer Application
How to Submit Videos:
If videos are too large at attach via email, feel free to provide links to Youtube uploads or a WeTransfer.
Join the creative team:
We are always looking to grow our creative team and uplift the voices of Black women and Femmes. If you wish to support the work we are doing please join. On the creative team you can volunteer your time to writing blog posts, creating social media content or videos. We welcome creatives of all kinds on our team including photographers, videographers, MUA’s, hair stylists and writers. We want to hear your voices and your stories. Apply Here
Compensation: Volunteer