Opportunities


Images Festival is seeking a Fixed-Term Executive Director!


Application Closing Date: 11 July, 2025

Start Date: September 2, 2025

End Date: September 4, 2026

Annual Salary Range: $60,000 - $65,000 commensurate with experience


Position Summary: 

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a significant leadership role in one of Canada’s longest-running media arts organizations! The Executive Director will work with an energetic, passionate and dedicated team to plan and carry out a festival of contemporary moving images each spring, alongside special projects and year-round initiatives. The ED oversees human resources, development, financial management, organizational planning, community profile, and communications to fulfil Images’ mission, vision, and strategic plan. The ED has 3 direct reports during the year, and this number increases during festival season. This is a full-time position based in Toronto reporting to the Board of Directors and working in a co-leadership capacity with the Programming Director. The ED is expected to submit ED reports to the board prior to the monthly Board meetings and be present in the meetings. 


This is a one-year contract position covering the current ED’s parental leave. 


Compensation:

The annual salary range for this position is between $60,000 and $65,000, commensurate with experience and other benefits negotiated.


On top of base salary, total compensation also includes:

  • Health benefits
  • 2 weeks paid vacation
  • Paid office closure in December (2 weeks)
  • Paid office closure at the end of August (2-3 weeks)
  • Paid office closure post-festival (2-3 weeks)
  • Hybrid working format
  • Unlimited personal days


To view the full job posting, click here.


Equity and Access:

Images Festival is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an accessible festival and workplace, and continue to work to reduce systemic barriers to participation in our events and employment. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities, people who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, Racialized, and/or 2SLGBTQ+. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. 


To Apply:

Applicants should send a resume and cover letter outlining their relevant experience and interest for this position. We ask that you please include your preferred pronouns, if any, in your application.


The deadline for applications is July 11th. 


Applications can be addressed to the Hiring Committee and sent to: 

board@imagesfestival.com (*please attach PDF files only)

With the subject line: Application for Interim ED Position [Name]


For inquiries, contact us at:

board@imagesfestival.com

For more information about our organization and policies, please visit our website at: imagesfestival.com/about-us and

All interested applicants are recommended to read our accountability page beforehand: imagesfestival.com/accountability


*Please note that while interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis, applications will be considered until the closing date.


*We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. In situations with several qualified candidates, preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents.


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Images Festival operates on land stolen from the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Tkáron:to is currently home to diverse Indigenous and MĂ©tis peoples as well as people who settle on this land. As part of Treaty 13 and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Covenant, we acknowledge that we all eat from the same bowl and spoon, and must take only what we need, ensuring resources are available for all. 


As art workers, artists, and curators, we see the process of untangling ourselves from settler complicity as internal, structural, and ongoing. It is not something to be taken lightly. The inclusion of Indigenous artists and curators into our program is just the first step of necessary and deeper change. Extending from our organizational accountability work, we strive to not only undo forms of complicity, but also actively create an environment and infrastructure that can support Indigenous peoples who work with us. 


Images expresses our solidarity with Indigenous people on Turtle Island and globally. We are committed to continuing to learn, critique, and challenge the settler colonial structures we are complicit in.