Engagement type: Independent contractor

Fee: $800-$1000/month, invoiced monthly

Term: 6-month initial term, renewable

Time commitment: Contractor's discretion — typically 35–40 hours/month

Territory: Parkdale, Roncesvalles, High Park, the Junction, Queen West, King West, Liberty Village

About Us

WalkDogs.ca is a professional dog walking and pet care company serving Toronto's west end. We're insured, certified, and vetted — the alternative to gig apps. We're expanding eastward along the Queen West corridor and need someone to make sure the neighbourhoods we're moving into actually know we exist.

The Engagement

We're looking for an independent marketing contractor to handle neighbourhood-level promotion and social media. This is a deliverables-based engagement: we care about what gets produced and where it lands, not when or how you do it. You set your own schedule and work with your own equipment.

Deliverables

Each month, the contractor will deliver:

Neighbourhood presence

Postering and flyer distribution across agreed target neighbourhoods — poles, cafés, pet supply stores, vet clinics, condo boards, community boards

Coverage reports with locations and photo confirmation

Identify and propose new placement opportunities as we expand into King West and Liberty Village

Social media

Approximately 12–16 posts per month across Instagram and Facebook

Source and shoot content on walks (with our walkers, and only with client consent for their dogs)

Community engagement: comments, local pet groups, neighbourhood pages

Monthly summary of reach, follows, and inbound inquiries

General marketing support

Maintain our Google Business Profile — posts, photos, review responses

Local partnership outreach (groomers, vets, pet stores, condo concierges)

Support seasonal promotions and recent service area launches

Recommend where the marketing spend should go next

What We're Looking For





Demonstrated social media work — send us accounts you've actually run

Comfortable doing physical, on-the-ground promotion in West Toronto neighbourhoods

Decent phone photography and an eye for dogs that photograph well

Writes in plain, warm, non-corporate English

Familiar with the west end and how these neighbourhoods differ from each other

Provides own phone, camera, computer, and transportation

Genuinely likes dogs

Terms of Engagement

This is an independent contractor engagement, not employment:

The contractor sets their own hours and methods and is engaged for results, not for time worked The contractor supplies their own tools, equipment, and transportation The contractor is free to provide services to other clients, excluding direct competitors in pet care services within our service area The contractor is responsible for their own income tax, CPP, and any applicable HST registration and remittance; no source deductions will be made The contractor invoices WalkDogs.ca Inc. monthly; printing and material costs are reimbursed at cost with receipts, pre-approved above.

All marketing materials, photography, and content produced under this engagement are the property of WalkDogs.ca Inc.

Client information encountered during the engagement is confidential. Photography of client dogs requires documented owner consent

Any email or SMS marketing must comply with CASL — express or valid implied consent, sender identification, and a working unsubscribe on every message To apply: Send links to social accounts you've managed, a short note on how you'd introduce a dog walking company to a neighbourhood that's never heard of it, and your availability.

Job Types: Part-time, Casual, Freelance

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Application question(s)

- We are looking for someone who lives in our service area: Roncesvalles, High Park, Junction, West Bend, Parkdale, & Little Tibet. What neighborhood do you live in?
- This is a physically demanding job, are you capable of walking for 4 hours straight?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Toronto, ON M6P 1Y8

📌 Marketing & Community Coordinator (Toronto)
🏢 WalkDogs.ca
📍 Toronto