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Design Lead - Enterprise job at Canva

Canva’s Commitment and Mission

At Canva, we celebrate diversity. We deeply believe that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key to building the best product, team and company. We mean it when we say we want to create a diverse and inclusive workplace where we value all different types of experiences and want to create a space and culture where you feel like you belong.

We know it can be a tricky time applying for roles, wondering if the role is right for you and if you and your experience are right for the role too. Many people won’t apply for roles unless they feel that they tick every single box. At Canva we look for many different skills and abilities and we’re always looking for how new team members can add to Canva and our culture. So if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed, we’d still love to hear from you!

Our mission at Canva is to empower the world to design and since launching in 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 75 million monthly active users across 190 different countries and a team of over 2,800 people… and the best bit is that we’ve only achieved 1% of what we know we’re capable of.

Be a Force for Good

We’re driven by our values, with our ‘Be a Force for Good’ value supporting everything that we do. Through your work on our product or team, and our community initiatives and sustainability programs, you’re given the opportunity to come to Canva and make a tangible difference to the lives of others in your day-to-day life. In addition to our Founder’s 30% Pledge, Canva is committed to Pledge 1% and actively encourage our team to participate in many ways, including taking paid volunteer leave.

Your journey with Canva could take you to places that you might not even imagined yet. There’s opportunity around every corner and the support to help you achieve your goals.Join us and design your future.

This role is a 12 month parental leave cover.

About the Visual Content Team

In the Visual Content Team, our mission is to make beautiful design accessible for everyone. With millions of users using Canva everyday, this is an opportunity to redefine visual communication and have a global impact on the way people communicate across print, social media, video, brand, and so much more.

From branding to social media, posters to stickers, to videos and beyond, the Visual Content Design Team empowers our users to create stunningly beautiful content—by beginning their journey with a perfect and easily customizable template design. Canva’s templates team is building the world’s best design marketplace, with a library of designs that offer our users a wide variety of on-trend and usable content. We need the help of talented designers that can create and curate amazing visuals, to pave the way for the future of our design library.

About Canva Studio

The Canva Studio is part of our Visual Content team, creating templates for our many global partners that use Canva on their platforms. Working with clients is Canva Studio’s specialty, and this team forms an exciting bridge between our many partners and their success on Canva. We work directly with global clients to integrate, educate and enable them to use Canva in the best possible way. Our team of creative professionals provide strategic guidance, facilitate engaging educational opportunities, launch compelling campaigns, and even create assets to enable a client's internal teams to use Canva with ease. Canva Studio contributes directly to Canva’s business success by helping acquire, retain and grow partners on the platform.

About the role

You will lead a team of multiple squads with an aim to create the world’s highest quality collection of content for Canva Studio’s clients. Working with a talented team of project managers, creatives and designers, the content you help create will be used by millions of people around the world.

As the Team Lead of Canva Studio you will be directing one of the fastest growing teams within template design. As this team is going through rapid growth it is important that you understand how to grow a team sustainably without disrupting the existing ecosystem. Leading this particular design team that works with all partner and client related requests, you will contribute directly to Canva’s success by helping your squads grow the client's content libraries and inform Canva’s product development through qualitative and quantitative data gathered in the projects.

You will work closely with other Visual Content Team Leads to understand their roadmaps and ensure that our content evolves and leverages new features.

You are:

Excited by leading people, setting creative direction and empowering your tram to do the best work of their lives.
Comfortable driving change through the team and able to collaborate with Canvanauts across the business.
Always keen to learn new skills across design and leadership. Plus, you love keeping up to date with all creative trends.
Passionate about leading a high growth team through wins and things that didn't go so well. Accountability is key!

Responsibilities

Using your expertise to work with internal and external teams to deliver feedback with accuracy and empathy. You will be developing content and briefs that will help to make them successful
Work with the Operational Manager to develop your team in order to complete jobs to the best of their ability and on time.
Provide feedback to team members with sensitivity and integrity, helping them to grow and develop their skills
Ensuring that the content is always to an exceptionally high standard
Working closely with Canva’s product team to ensure that our content evolves with our clients/partners and encourages them to make phenomenal designs
Knowledge sharing - you will be driving research best-practice sessions. As well as sharing visual design inspiration and business insights with your team.
Ensure the team build assets with usability requirements in mind
Produce and integrate effective creative processes and practices
The team is has got some seriously big growth goals, so you'll also be working with our talent team to continue building and scaling the team.

We’d love it if you have:

A proven track record as an Art Director or a Creative Lead in the design/creative field across a diverse range of content.
Experience leading a medium-sized team of creatives, and providing support and development for junior designers, senior designers and creative leads
A passion for writing simple and clear briefs, with demonstrated experience in commissioning all types of creatives
Excellent experience in dealing with clients, managing workflows and dealing with traffic managers daily.
A strong portfolio demonstrating your passion for crafting high quality and diverse content
The confidence to try new things, and a passion for big ideas
The ability to brief creatives effectively to create breathtaking and quality designs
The ability to work collaboratively in acreative team environment;
Diligence to hit deadlines, and offer suggestions to streamline and improve team processes.

Working at Canva

Our culture is unlike anywhere else and together we design your #CanvaLife experience to empower you to do the best work of your life.

Whether you’re in the office, working from home or choosing your own adventure, we recognise that every single person is unique and our Canvanaut benefits aim to ensure we cater for all.

Our benefits include:

• Our hybrid work model (in-office & from home) brings our people together for 8 key days a year. The rest of the year you and your team can determine the balance that works best for you.

• Unique and flexible leave so you can recharge, give back, support others or focus on your own professional development.

• An inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey to support work-life balance.

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance. This is for you to spend on whatever will support your wellbeing and development. It could be anything, from a Masterclass subscription, to an electronic stand-up desk, a pilates membership, or dinner out with a teammate. Because you know what you need to Vibe and Thrive, better than anyone.

• We have virtual and in-office wellness benefits including Canva University, Employee Assistant Programs, Fitness Classes and other benefits to support your physical, mental, and social wellbeing.

• Canva For Good program matching your not-for-profit donations and a range of sustainability and ethical initiatives to get involved in.

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that interviews are conducted virtually. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

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