Mountain Photographer - Winter 2026/27

Big White Ski Resort Ltd.; Kelowna; Hybrid; CAD 37,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Big White Ski Resort Ltd. is seeking a Mountain Photographer to capture daily photo and video content on-mountain and in-village for social media, web, and campaigns.

You will plan shoots in line with weekly calendars and collaborate with the marketing team on shot lists, campaigns, and brand storytelling. The role requires coordinating with athletes, instructors, staff, and guests, ensuring releases when necessary, and maintaining organized media assets.

Qualifications

• Creative storytelling through photography capturing brand-aligned visuals.
• Advanced photography skills and lighting for on-mountain shots.
• Experience in organizing assets and maintaining workflows.

Responsibilities

• Capture daily photo and video b-roll on-mountain and in-village for social, web, and campaigns.
• Plan shoots to align with weekly calendars and campaigns.
• Coordinate with athletes, staff and guests, obtaining necessary releases when needed.
• Maintain and organize footage and project files to department standards.
• Represent the brand professionally on and off the hill, prioritizing guest experience and safety.
• Capture video content as required and perform light edits in Premiere Pro.

Skills

Creative Vision

Technical Proficiency

Organizational Excellence

Adaptability in Conditions

Collaborative Mindset

Deadline Management

People Skills

Brand Stewardship

Safety Awareness

Project Coordination

Video

Equipment

Tools

Lightroom

Photoshop

Premiere Pro

Job description

Big White Ski Resort
Kelowna, BC V1P1P3, CAN

Description

The Role

• Capture daily photo and video b-roll content on-mountain and in-village (powder days, park laps, family moments, après, events) for social, web, and campaigns.
• Plan and shoot content in line with weekly content calendars and campaign needs.
• Work closely with the marketing team to support specific initiatives: shot lists, partner campaigns, news release media, event recaps, brand storytelling.
• Coordinate with athletes, instructors, staff, and guests for lifestyle and action shoots, ensuring consent and releases are handled appropriately when necessary.
• Maintain and organize footage, project files, and simple naming systems in alignment with department expectations.
• Represent Big White professionally on and off the hill, always putting guest experience and safety first.

What We’re Looking For

• Creative Vision – Tells compelling visual stories through photography that align with the brand tone, campaign goals, and seasonal priorities. Proactively develops new content ideas and identifies opportunities to capture engaging photography and video.
• Technical Proficiency – Demonstrates advanced proficiency in photography, lighting, post-production, and photo editing using Lightroom and Photoshop, with the ability to capture and edit video content using Premiere Pro as required.
• Organizational Excellence – Uploads, archives, organizes, and supplies assets as required, following established filing systems and workflows.
• Adaptability in Conditions – Able to shoot high-quality photos in the varied weather, terrain, and lighting conditions typical of alpine environments. Proactively identifies alternative content opportunities.
• Collaborative Mindset – Supports the content needs and priorities of the Marketing team whilst developing and maintain positive working relationships with departments across the resort.
• Deadline Management – Prioritizes and delivers content according to project needs. Keeps the team informed of delivery timelines, project status, and any potential delays.People Skills – Works professionally and respectfully with talent, guests, and internal staff to direct shoots and capture natural moments.
• Brand Stewardship – Maintains brand consistency and understands how visuals influence perception and emotion. Represents the brand professionally by wearing approved staff uniform and a nametag.
• Safety Awareness – Follows all mountain safety protocols and demonstrates sound judgement when working in alpine environments. Is experienced skiing or snowboarding on blue and black terrain while safely carrying photography and video equipment.
• Project Coordination – Plans, schedules, and delivers larger seasonal or campaign-based shoots, working independently or collaboratively as required. Coordinates timelines, locations, talent, equipment, and other production needs to ensure shoots run smoothly.
• Video – The Mountain Photographer is expected to capture supporting video content as required. This will often involve capturing footage alongside photography shoots for use across social media, campaigns, and other marketing channels, with light editing in Premiere Pro when needed.
• Equipment – Uses their own professional photography and video equipment and is fully confident operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting it in a range of mountain conditions. Approved equipment used for work purposes will be insured by Big White Ski Resort.

The Details

• Hourly wage from $27-34/hour based on experience.
• Winter 2026/2027 seasonal role.
• Target start date: mid-November 2026.
• Full time (32-40 hours per week).