Video Creator & Editor Summer Student 2026

Waterloo - Canada

Hourly Salary: $ 21 - 24

Posted on: 3 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Location: Onsite at 31 Caroline Street N. Waterloo ON
Employment Term: Full Time Contract from May 4 2026 - August 21 2026
Position Reports To: Manager Marketing Digital Communications and Internal Communications Services
Number of Vacancies: 1

The starting hourly rate for this position is between $21.50 and $24.00 per hour based on a 37.5 hour work week and commensurate with candidate experience and education. Perimeters compensation approach is designed to promote fairness and transparency ensuring alignment with internal equity and external market benchmarks.

Summer at Perimeter is busy and we need your help. We have summer student positions available throughout the Institute running from May 4 2026 to August 21 2026.

The Video Creator and Editor Summer Student is a highly organized and creative role dedicated to all things video creating and editing. This individual will create videos regarding Perimeters culture research training and outreach work repurpose already existing video content write copy and post on Perimeters social media channels.

What you will do:

Video Editing:

Mine the PIRSA repository (Perimeters seminar and video archive) for high quality accessible content extracting Perimeters greatest hits and putting together short videos highlighting Perimeters best scientific content
Using other existing video resources create short videos for YouTube web and socials as well as for internal communications channels

Video Creation taking direction from Perimeters Digital Marketing Team:

Create short videos about life and culture at Perimeter including those about Perimeter researchers and staff
Write copy and share videos to Perimeters social media channels including Bluesky Facebook Instagram LinkedIn YouTube and TikTok
Create short videos about Perimeter research training and outreach work

What you need to have:

Working towards a degree in visual or digital arts audio-visual technology or another related field or equivalent experience
Proven digital video creation and editing experience including animation and sound editing
Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to story tell
A detailed-oriented individual with demonstrated organizational skills

Please submit your resume and cover letter by February 6 2026 in order to ensure full consideration of your application.

If youre looking for a place where your contributions are valued your development is supported and your work environment inspires you Perimeter is the place for you.

Perimeter Institute is committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons women Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America persons with disabilities LGBTQ2S persons and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

Perimeter Institute provides support throughout the application process for applicants with disabilities. We work with you to understand the impact of your disability to appropriately accommodate you during the application/interview process. Please contact for assistance.

Note: the use of artificial intelligence may be used to support notetaking or other information gathering during the hiring process. These tools would support our process but all evaluations and decisions are made by our recruitment team.

Location: Onsite at 31 Caroline Street N. Waterloo ONEmployment Term: Full Time Contract from May 4 2026 - August 21 2026Position Reports To: Manager Marketing Digital Communications and Internal Communications ServicesNumber of Vacancies: 1The starting hourly rate for this position is between $21.5...