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About Bodwell High School

Bodwell High School is a Grade 8–12 independent day and boarding school located on the waterfront in North Vancouver, BC. We serve students from Canada and around the world, offering a globally minded learning environment rooted in British Columbia’s curriculum and focused on preparing students for university and life beyond graduation.

Bodwell is expanding its Real World Academies, including the Innovative Media Academy, designed for students who want to develop advanced skills in film, digital media, visual arts, graphic design, web development, marketing, creative communication, and portfolio development.

We are seeking a BC-certified teacher with strong expertise across media production, visual arts, digital design, marketing, and applied technology. The successful candidate will teach a full course load that may include media courses, visual arts courses, web development, business applications, marketing, and digital influence.

The Opportunity

This role is ideal for a teacher who can move comfortably between the studio, the classroom, the production environment, and the digital marketplace.

The Media Academy Teacher will teach across a range of media, art, design, business, and technology-related courses. Possible areas include Film & TV, Graphic Arts, Media Arts, Media Design, Directing & Script Design, Digital Media Development, Art. Marketing and Promotion, and Web Development.

The successful candidate will help students develop both creative and strategic skill. Students should learn not only how to create media, art, and digital products, but also how to communicate with audiences, build campaigns, design for users, understand platforms, develop websites, present ideas, and connect creative work to real-world business and university pathways.

This is not a traditional single-subject teaching position. It is an opportunity to help build a distinctive academy program where media, art, design, storytelling, technology, marketing, entrepreneurship, AI, and university preparation come together.

Key Responsibilities

The Media Academy Teacher will:

• Teach a full course load across media, design, digital production, visual arts, marketing, web development, and business-oriented creative communication.
• Together with our academy practitioner, support the development of Bodwell’s Innovative Media Academy, including academy blocks, student productions, exhibitions, showcases, campaigns, publications, websites, and interdisciplinary projects.
• Guide students through the creative and strategic process from concept development to finished work.
• Help students develop university-aligned creative and digital portfolios for visual arts, design, media, film, marketing, communications, business, digital arts, web design, and related pathways.
• Teach students how to connect creative work with audience, purpose, platform, user experience, brand, message, and measurable impact.
• Integrate appropriate and responsible use of AI tools in creative ideation, visual design, production planning, marketing strategy, media literacy, editing support, web development, and workflow development.
• Support students in developing technical proficiency with relevant creative, production, design, business, and web tools.
• Collaborate with teachers, counsellors, university guidance staff, boarding staff, and school leadership.
• Support English Language Learners and students from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds.
• Contribute to a student-centred, compassionate, and globally minded school culture.

Required Qualifications

Applicants must have:

• A valid BC teaching certificate
• A bachelor’s degree in visual arts, media arts, film, design, digital media, art education, business education, technology education, communications, marketing, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to teach across at least several of the following areas: Media production, Graphic design, Digital media, Web development, Marketing, Business applications, Creative communication, Digital storytelling
• Strong technical and creative skills in one or more of the following: Film and video production; Graphic design; 3-D art and design; Media design, scriptwriting, directing, or production planning; Digital storytelling; Web design or web development; Digital marketing; Branding and campaign development; Business communication or entrepreneurship
• Eligibility to work in Canada.

Preferred Qualifications

The ideal candidate may also have:

• Experience teaching AP 2-D Art and Design or other advanced courses.
• Experience with IB, especially the Middle Years Programme, Visual Arts, Film, Design, Technology, Business, or interdisciplinary arts learning.
• Experience teaching BC media, visual arts, business education, marketing, information technology, or digital communications courses.
• Experience teaching English Language Learners.
• Experience supporting students with creative, digital, or business-oriented portfolios for university admissions.
• Familiarity with tools such as Adobe Creative Cloud, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, Canva, Figma, Procreate, Blender, SketchUp, Tinkercad, WordPress, Webflow, Wix, HTML/CSS, JavaScript basics, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, or similar platforms.
• Experience with studio-based learning, project-based learning, exhibitions, student showcases, film screenings, publications, campaign launches, websites, or public-facing creative work.
• Comfort using AI tools responsibly for ideation, storyboarding, production planning, visual design, marketing strategy, content development, web development support, editing, critique, and workflow efficiency.
• Experience connecting student work to university pathways in visual arts, design, film, media, marketing, communications, business, architecture, animation, digital arts, web design, entrepreneurship, or related fields.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a teacher who is:

• Both creative and strategic.
• Comfortable teaching across media, art, design, marketing, web, and applied digital communication.
• Able to help students move from idea to finished product, campaign, website, portfolio, or showcase piece.
• Skilled at helping students understand audience, message, brand, platform, and impact.
• Able to teach students how creative work connects to business, communication, influence, and university pathways.
• Organized enough to manage studio work, production work, equipment, deadlines, digital platforms, and student portfolios.
• Able to challenge advanced students while supporting ELL learners and students developing foundational skills.
• Collaborative, flexible, and willing to help build a growing academy program.
• Interested in helping students prepare for university, creative industries, digital entrepreneurship, and a changing media landscape.

Benefits

Bodwell offers:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Vision care
• RRSP matching
• On-site parking
• A collaborative and internationally minded school environment
• Opportunities to help shape a growing academy program

Application Process

Interested applicants should email the following to jobs@bodwell.edu:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Three professional references

Please include the subject line:

Media Academy Teacher Application

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

*Applicants must already be eligible to work in Canada. Out-of-country applicants who are not eligible for BC teacher certification will not be considered at this time.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $57,000.00-$93,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Flexible language requirement:

• French not required

Ability to commute/relocate:

• North Vancouver, BC V7P 3S4: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

• Do you have a BC Teaching Certificate?
• Are you already eligible to work in Canada? Please specify (e.g. Canadian citizen, permanent resident, valid work permit holder etc.)
• Are you willing to commute or do you plan to relocate before starting work?

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

• teaching: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person