Vancouver, BC — Est. 2025

We build
brands
through
content.

Strategy, video production, photography, and design — under one roof. For businesses that take their brand seriously.

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Video Production
Brand Strategy
Photography
Content Design
Social Media
Paid Advertising
DOP Services
Art Direction
Brand Films
Monthly Retainers
Video Production
Brand Strategy
Photography
Content Design
Social Media
Paid Advertising
DOP Services
Art Direction
Brand Films
Monthly Retainers

Not just a production company.
A full creative system for your brand.

Ilmer Studios is a boutique creative studio built by a DOP with an IMDb credit and a visual communication designer with game-industry standards. We came from Pakistan, landed in Vancouver, and built the studio we always wished existed for small businesses.

We don't hand over a hard drive and disappear. We become part of how your brand thinks, looks, and speaks — month after month.

Our clients are local businesses who are tired of looking smaller than they are. We fix that.

Vancouver Based Canada Wide IMDb Credited Film Degree Visual Design Game Industry Standards Content Strategy Monthly Retainers
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IKRAM
Director of Photography · Co-Founder

Film graduate. DOP on a feature film. Content marketer. Worked across Pakistan and Vancouver as a cinematographer, gaffer, and photographer. Comfortable behind any camera and in front of it.

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ARMISH
Art Director · Co-Founder

Visual communication designer. Art lead at a game studio. Brings game-industry visual standards — storyboards, animation, illustration, brand systems — to every Ilmer Studios client.

Visual Comm Design Art Lead Game Industry Brand Systems

The work
speaks.

A curated selection across video, photography, and brand design. Each project is built on strategy — not just execution. Replace these placeholders with your actual project imagery.

Boss Halal Meat
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Brand · Video · Strategy
Boss Halal Meat — Vancouver
Full content system built from scratch. Monthly retainer: episodes, reels, carousels, stories, Eid campaigns, and paid ads.
Vancity Photobooth
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Photography · Social Content
Vancity Photobooth
Monthly content production — product, event coverage, and social media assets.
Film / cinematography
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Cinematography · Film
Feature Film — [Title]
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Photography
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Photography · Commercial
Commercial Photography
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Brand design
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Brand Design · Art Direction
Brand Identity — [Client]
Art direction and brand design by Armish. Add your strongest design project here.

Three ways
to work
with us.

We operate on monthly retainers because great content compounds over time. One shoot is a post. Three months is a brand. Six months is a community. Choose the level that matches where your business is right now — you can always scale up.

01 — Starter
STARTER
$1,500 / month · 3-month min

For businesses establishing their social presence from scratch.

  • Content strategy + monthly planning session
  • 1 shoot day per month (up to 4 hours)
  • 4 short-form videos — Reels / TikTok
  • 8 static posts or graphics designed by Armish
  • 5 branded story templates (reusable)
  • Captions + hashtag strategy for all posts
  • Monthly content calendar delivered
  • 1 revision round per deliverable
  • Monthly performance check-in
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03 — Full Studio
FULL STUDIO
$4,500 / month · 6-month min

Complete creative partnership. We become your in-house team.

  • Full content strategy + quarterly brand planning
  • Unlimited shoot days (typically 3–4/month)
  • All video — Reels, long-form, ads, brand films
  • All design — graphics, stories, email, web assets
  • Full photography coverage (product, team, events)
  • Ad campaign management — creative to optimisation
  • Monthly brand review meeting (Ikram + Armish)
  • Quarterly brand audit
  • Unlimited revisions within scope
  • You are a partner, not a client
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Add-on services — available standalone or added to any package
Brand film / hero video $1,200 – $3,000 Concept through delivery
Event coverage — photo + video $800 – $1,500 / day Edited deliverables included
Product photography session $450 – $800 Up to 20 final images
Paid ad campaign (one-off) $600 + ad spend Meta or Google
Logo + brand identity system $600 – $1,500 Full brand system
Pitch deck design $400 – $900 Presentation design by Armish
Gear / tech review content Custom For tech and gear brands

Simple process.
Serious results.

01
Discovery call

30 minutes. We understand your business, your goals, what has not worked before. No pitch — just an honest conversation. We will tell you if we are not the right fit.

02
Strategy + proposal

Same day follow-up. We summarise what we heard, recommend a package, and outline the first month in specific terms. Not a generic template — a plan for your business.

03
Month 1 — build

We shoot, design, script, and deliver. You see drafts before anything goes live. The first month sets the tone for everything — we get this right before we go fast.

04
Ongoing — compound

Month on month, the content builds. Audiences grow. Trust compounds. The brand starts to feel inevitable. We report what is working and adjust what is not. Every month, better than the last.

What most
studios
can't do.

Most production companies either shoot video or design graphics. Some have a strategy person. Very few have all three at a professional level — and almost none have it under one roof with two founders who work together every day.

We are not a team of ten with account managers and overhead. We are two people with deep skills who care deeply about the work. That means faster decisions, tighter quality control, and a relationship that actually works.

01
DOP with an IMDb credit and film degree
In a city with a major film industry, a professional film background means something. Ikram brings cinematography craft, not just content creation.
02
A designer co-founder with game industry standards
Armish is an art lead in gaming — one of the highest-standard visual industries in the world. That eye shapes every graphic we produce.
03
Strategy first, production second
We do not show up and shoot. We understand the business goal, build a content system, then produce. The strategy is what makes the content work.
04
Cultural fluency that opens doors
We understand South Asian, Pakistani, and Muslim business culture from the inside. In Metro Vancouver, that is a rare and valuable perspective.
05
Fresh eyes on Vancouver
Two years in. Still seeing the city the way it deserves to be seen. Not bored of it. Not taking the light for granted. That energy shows in the work.

Real words.
Real results.

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Boss Halal Meat — Vancouver
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Vancity Photobooth — Vancouver
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[Business] — Vancouver

Let's build
something
real.

A 30-minute discovery call is how everything starts. No pitch, no pressure — just an honest conversation about your business and whether we can help.