Best Content Studios in Vancouver (2026)

Introduction

Vancouver has a compact but capable bench of content studios, and the nine below cover the main ways brands buy ongoing content in the city: branded podcast producers, video podcast and social video studios, editorial content teams, and the content arms of larger agencies.

Audio is the city’s strongest specialism. Vancouver-founded JAR Podcast Solutions has produced long-running branded shows for clients such as RBC, and Kelly&Kelly won the 2025 Ambie for Best Sports Podcast with “Broomgate” before Toronto’s New Metric Media acquired it in October 2025. On the agency side, Thinkingbox appeared on Adweek’s 2026 Fastest Growing list, and studios here serve the region’s big content buyers in outdoor apparel, telecoms, tech and public bodies. Commercial production companies and social media agencies have their own pages, so this list focuses on studios that make always-on and serial content.

Every studio here has a working Vancouver base in 2026, confirmed from its own site or a public profile. The list is unranked. The right studio depends on the format you need, how often you publish and how much strategy you want alongside production.

The best content studios in Vancouver

1. JAR Podcast Solutions

Independent · Vancouver · jarpodcasts.com

JAR is a branded podcast agency founded in Vancouver in 2017 by Roger Nairn and Jen Moss, who still lead it as CEO and chief creative officer. It works to its own framework, the JAR System (Job, Audience, Result), which starts each show from a clear business job and an audience before any format is chosen.

Its best-known show is “Disruptors” for RBC, which ran for ten seasons, and it produces “Nice Genes!” for Genome BC. Other clients include Amazon, American Express, Telus, Allianz, Deloitte and BCIT. Beyond production, JAR handles distribution, audience growth and measurement, and works white-label for agencies that need a podcast partner.

2. Kelly&Kelly

Owned by New Metric Media · Vancouver · kellykelly.ca

Kelly&Kelly is a podcast, video and television studio run by partners Chris Kelly and Pat Kelly since 2016. “Broomgate”, its docu-series about a curling scandal, reached number one on Apple Podcasts in Canada and won Best Sports Podcast at the 2025 Ambie Awards. “Supreme: Battle for Roe”, made with iHeart, won a Webby. New Metric Media, the Toronto company behind “Letterkenny” and “Shoresy”, acquired the studio in October 2025, and it continues to run from Vancouver.

Other work includes “Dirtbag Climber” for CBC’s “Uncover”, “Here We Go Again with Kal Penn” with FilmNation and Pacific Electric, and “The Town Show”, a comedy video podcast. The team also makes branded content campaigns, and its comedy and documentary record suits brands that want an entertainment-led series.

3. Podcast Nation

Independent · Vancouver · podcastnation.co

Podcast Nation describes itself as a full-service podcast production, sales and marketing agency based in Vancouver and Los Angeles. It works closely with creators, and its site links to Booje Media, a related talent agency, so production and talent representation sit close together.

Its roster leans towards creator-led shows. Trade coverage credits it with “The Telepathy Tapes”, “Dear Shandy” and “The Mom Room”. Brands looking at a creator partnership or a sponsorship-led podcast, rather than a show they own outright, will find this model a useful fit.

4. Oh Boy Productions

Independent · Downtown · ohboy.ca

Oh Boy Productions has worked in Vancouver video since 1998 and runs studios on Beatty Street built for live events and for in-person and remote video podcast interviews. Its regular shows publish to YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and social channels, so one recording becomes several pieces of content.

The studio also produces its own series, including “Conversations That Matter”, “This is Vancolour” and “Donnie and Dhali: The Team”, a sports show hosted by Don Taylor and Rick Dhaliwal. That record of weekly output is a good guide to how it would handle a brand’s recurring show.

5. Forge & Spark Media

Independent, Certified B Corp · East Vancouver · forgeandspark.com

Forge & Spark is a women-led content marketing agency, founded in 2013 and certified as a B Corp. It builds messaging, content systems and ongoing content partnerships for purpose-driven organisations, with a small core team and a roster of writers for editorial work.

Clients include Science World, the YMCA of Greater Vancouver, Vancity, the BC College of Family Physicians, Equinox Gold and Calibre Mining. The mix of non-profits, credit unions and resources companies is typical of Vancouver, and the studio is a sensible choice for organisations that need regular articles, social content and visual assets from one team.

6. Takt Studios

Part of the Takt group · Gastown · taktstudios.ca

Takt Studios is the production and branded content arm of the Takt family of agencies, incorporated in 2025 and based on Abbott Street in Gastown, with links to Toronto and New York. It covers video production, photography, and animation and motion design.

Case studies include Adler University, Hagar International, Evergreen MD Aesthetics and BGIS. Its motion graphics retainers, listed from $925 a month, are a straightforward way to buy always-on content without scoping each piece separately.

7. Evolve Branding

Independent · Downtown · maisonevolve.com

Evolve was founded in Vancouver in 2009 and works from West Georgia Street. It runs a social content service (photography, video, motion graphics and social media assets) alongside brand films, event coverage and post-production, plus brand and web work.

Clients named on its site include A&W, Microsoft, Telus, United Way and the Canucks Alumni Association. The studio reports more than 300 Google reviews, which reflects a broad base of local and mid-sized clients as well as national brands.

8. Pound & Grain

Independent · Mount Pleasant · poundandgrain.com

Pound & Grain is a digital-first creative agency that has worked with clients since 2010, with offices on West 7th Avenue in Mount Pleasant and in Toronto. Content is one of its four core areas, alongside strategy, innovation and media, and much of its work is made for social and digital channels.

Recent work includes a social media project for Paramount, campaigns for Hormel’s SPAM and Corn Nuts, and a BC Government job-filling initiative. Its client list also includes Arc’teryx, BCLC, Telus, SAP and Langara College.

9. Thinkingbox

Independent · Downtown · thinkingbox.com

Thinkingbox calls itself a “brief to build” agency and makes digital, experiential, social and content campaigns. Its group includes The Heist, which brings creative, photography, live action, post-production and animation under one roof, and AntiSocial, a strategy-led social agency. Adweek’s 2026 Fastest Growing list ranked it first among minority-led agencies and 25th overall.

The Vancouver office is on West Hastings Street, one of six alongside Los Angeles, Chicago, Salt Lake City, London and Toronto. The in-house production capacity suits brands that want content made by the same team that came up with the idea.

What to look for in a Vancouver content studio

Start with format. Vancouver’s podcast studios are strong, and a branded audio series needs different skills from a stream of social cutdowns or a monthly editorial programme. Ask for examples in the exact format you plan to publish, and for the numbers behind them: downloads, completion rates, follows or time on page.

Check how the studio plans for volume. Always-on content works best on a retainer with an agreed monthly output, a content calendar and a clear process for reusing material across channels. Studios such as Oh Boy and Takt build this in, recording once and cutting several pieces from it.

Look at sector fit. Many Vancouver buyers are public bodies, credit unions, universities, resources companies and outdoor brands, each with its own approval layers. A studio that has worked through legal or regulatory sign-off before will plan time for it in the schedule.

Finally, ask how files and feedback move. A content retainer produces a steady flow of raw footage, audio sessions, drafts and final exports, and several people on the client side will want to comment. Agree where the latest versions live, how comments are given on video and audio, and who marks each round as done.

How Fabric helps content studio teams

Fabric gives a content studio one workspace for raw footage, audio, drafts and client feedback, with AI search across all of it. Studios running several always-on clients can keep a space per client, with briefs, calendars, recordings and published pieces together. The content creation setup is built around that pattern.

Video and audio files sit in Fabric’s cloud drive, which streams files on demand so they take no local disk space, and heavy files open without a full download. Uploaded recordings are transcribed automatically, so a producer can search a season of podcast episodes by what was said and jump straight to the timestamp. The same search helps when a team needs a usable clip from last year’s shoot, as covered in where is that b-roll.

For review, share a file or folder with the client as a commenter. Shared links work without sign-up, and media review is live: clients leave timestamped comments on video and audio, draw on a video frame or an image and attach a comment, and highlight text in scripts and drafts. The team marks each comment completed as it is handled, so a round of feedback works as a checklist (how to mark client feedback as done). Final pieces can then be published as a web page, which is view-only, with download if you allow it.

A content calendar can run on Kanban, where any folder becomes a board whose cards are the files themselves, so moving a piece from edit to review to scheduled happens on the work. On Team plans, self-writing docs maintain a page for each client covering decisions, deliverables and open items.

Password protection and link analytics are included on Pro and Team plans, and self-writing docs on Team plans, which start from $125 a month. See plans for teams.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best content studio in Vancouver?

It depends on the format. For branded podcasts, JAR Podcast Solutions and Kelly&Kelly have the strongest records, with Kelly&Kelly winning a 2025 Ambie. For regular social and video content, Takt Studios, Evolve and Oh Boy Productions offer studio capacity on retainer, and Forge & Spark suits editorial programmes for purpose-driven organisations.

What does a content studio do that a production company does not?

A content studio usually works on an ongoing basis, producing a steady flow of episodes, social video, articles and assets against a calendar. Production companies tend to focus on individual commercials and campaign films. For that kind of work, see the best video production companies in Vancouver.

How much does a content studio cost in Vancouver?

Most studios work on monthly retainers or per-series fees, and few publish prices. Takt Studios lists motion graphics retainers from $925 a month. A produced branded podcast season costs considerably more, depending on the number of episodes, reporting and audience growth work included.

Do Vancouver podcast studios work with brands outside Canada?

Yes. JAR’s clients include Amazon, American Express and Allianz, Kelly&Kelly has made shows with iHeart and FilmNation, and Podcast Nation works from both Vancouver and Los Angeles.

What happened to Kelly&Kelly?

New Metric Media, the Toronto producer of “Letterkenny” and “Shoresy”, acquired Kelly&Kelly in October 2025. The studio continues to operate from Vancouver under its own name.

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