Job description
Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey, g’day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you’re probably keen to find out what’s on offer, so we’ll get straight to the point.
Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia but we engage our Contractors all over the world to help us meet our crazy big goals. As a Contractor at Canva you can work remotely in from anywhere in the United Kingdom, meaning you have ultimate flexibility. Wherever works for you, works for us. Please note, this is a 6-month contract with full-time hours.
What you’d be doing in this role
As a Senior Designer / Motion Designer, you’ll collaborate closely with an Art Director and Creative Director to elevate Canva’s visual presence across Europe. Partnering with a talented team, including copywriters, freelancers and agencies, you’ll ideate, design and execute for projects that elevate our brand — primarily working across Performance Marketing you’ll help create scroll-stopping performance ads from statics to UGC style and full production videos that build Canva’s brand and performance across Europe.
Design expertise is essential to the role and a background or experience in motion design is a huge plus – we want to make work that moves (people)! We’re looking for someone who can bring concepts to life with creativity and attention to detail. This role is perfect for a versatile individual with the ability to tell powerful stories through their work.
You can learn more about our brand here: Canva Brand | Home
At the moment, this role is focused on:
Driving the visual direction for performance campaigns, keeping every project fresh, engaging and innovative.
Designing, storyboarding and animating ads and hype reels that bring Canva to life across social.
Confidently pitch concepts and present work to senior creative leaders, product marketing managers, and stakeholders, clearly articulating the creative vision and strategic approach.
Animating with the same creativity and clarity you bring to your designs.
Passionate about exceptional art direction and design that’s not just beautiful but also thoughtful, meaningful, and, when it needs to be, provocative.
Collaborating with external vendors, providing clear art direction guidance and feedback to help elevate their work.
Working closely with the Creative Director to ensure schedules are accurate and realistic and that deadlines are met.
You’re probably a match if
You have proven extensive experience in design, advertising and branding.
We’re looking for someone with strong design and motion design, with experience driving projects from start to finish.
An understanding that spans digital design, product design is key to ensuring that your vision is fully realised.
Excited to jump on Canva and Affinity.
Native-level English skills. Additional languages are a plus (French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, German).
This is a remote role with flexible working hours, but you’ll need to balance your schedule to accommodate occasional global team meetings in the evening (6-9 PM)
About the team
Marketing’s mission at Canva is for Canva to become “the most loved brand in the world”. Canva’s International Marketing Group is a diverse and distributed group of marketers who take this mission forward to drive user growth, brand awareness, and affinity in our priority international markets.
As part of the International Marketing Group, our EMEA Marketing team drives Canva’s growth by blending global strategies with hyperlocal insights. We aim to create meaningful connections with users in EMEA through regional campaigns, localized moments, and evergreen creative initiatives across a variety of functions - performance marketing, brand, events, partnerships, social, community engagement and other growth channels.
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience, skills and passion. When you signify interest in the Project, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the contractor-accreditation interview process.
Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
