Head of Design - Visual Content

At Canva, our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform. Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and a remarkable growth trajectory – we’re out to change the world, one design at a time. 

Since launch in August 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 60 million monthly active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 6 Billion designs. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we want to do.

The Visual Content Team is responsible for the amazing templates and elements of Canva’s content library, their creation, sourcing and management.

Our mission is to make sure that the content in Canva is the best overall quality while maintaining steady growth of the library. Our Inhouse design team creates high-quality, highly usable, on trend and super relevant content to fulfill a user’s need and to become the go-to place for all things related to design.

Our visual content is currently one of the largest design teams globally and we’re just getting started. We have big growth plans with this role being a core driver in how we scale. 

This role is a 12 month parental leave contract, but is highly likely to turn into a permanent role. 

The Head of Design is responsible for all content that gets published to Canva’s library. Not only do you oversee our internal production teams, you provide creative direction and strategy to our Creators Program and work super closely with the group Product Manager to advise on any projects that involve content.

You will inspire and enable our production team to develop and maintain an amazing level of Craft, Communications and Design Thinking through empowering leadership skills, ensuring the team's work is effective and impactful. 

You will provide support and guidance to our amazing team leads in the areas of Craft, Communication, Strategy & Leadership.

You will be able to build rapport and trust across the business, this role will be working closely with our leadership global team. You must be able to navigate complexity and drive strategic thinking for our visual content team globally. 

And most importantly, you will ensure that our creative team gets the space to grow, develop and flex their creative brains on projects that inspire them. Connecting team members to other groups in the company, supporting them to present and show off their work and make strategic decisions that enable the company to hit goals but also allow your team to thrive.

We mean it when we say we want to create a workplace that you love being part of. Our culture is unlike anywhere else and our offices are designed with workspaces for every preference, to help you do the best work of your life. 

We recognise that every single person is unique and our workplace benefits aim to ensure we cater for all.