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The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Lead Product Designer - Education Product position?

The suggested salary for this position is $165,000-$246,000*

Is telecommuting possible for this position?

No, telecommuting is not possible for this position

Lead Product Designer - 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 look for many different skills and abilities, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. So, even if you don’t think you quite meet all of the skills listed or tick all the boxes, 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 100+ million monthly active users across 190 different countries and a team of over 3,000 people… and the best bit is that we’ve only achieved 1% of what we know we’re capable of.

Join us and design your future.

About the Group you’ll be joining

The Education Group is on a mission to empower creativity in every learner from kindy to the workplace. This year, our group is doubling down on a number of critical initiatives to help us achieve our company level strategy of getting Canva into every classroom and Campus.

So far we’ve launched our K-12 and Campus product but this is just the beginning of our journey. As a Product Designer joining the Education Group, you will help us in helping learners of all ages and abilities.

What you'll do in the role

You'll lead the design direction and UX strategy for our core K-12 and Campus experiences in Canva. This includes defining and delivering end-to-end experiences that empower students, teachers and admins to plan, instruct and assess work in the classroom and collaborate in classes. Your sphere of ownership covers how our users:

Onboard into schools, districts and campuses: paving the way for students and teachers to easily discover and create and enter schools, districts and campuses on Canva across the world.

Get verified: ensure students are safe and protected in Canva by helping us quickly and easily verify teachers and faculty and get them into the right schools and campuses.

Activate: enable teachers, students and admins to create with confidence in classes, with other students and colleagues by surfacing the right templates based on their subjects, grades and more.

Adapt: assess new features launching at Canva for the needs of K-12 and Campus students, teachers and administrators to ensure they are safe and easy for learners of all ages to use.

…plus more!

You will not only have the opportunity to optimise existing education experiences in Canva but also the opportunity to define new and innovative collaborative experiences that truly empower creativity, and learning. You will work with designers, product managers and engineers across the Education Group, Teams and Education Supergroup, and Canva, and have a team-focused design mentality. You are excited for and have experience in leveraging every aspect of the user-centered design process to tackle challenging user problems and are comfortable collaborating with and influencing stakeholders across Canva to achieve alignment and buy-in

Goals you'll achieve in the first 6-12 months

You'll understand the Canva product, our Education offerings and our 2023 strategy.
You'll work with research to understand our users, and identify opportunities for collaboration improvements based on user insights and business strategies.
You'll ship your first K12 or Campus feature to Canva users.
You'll inform and contribute to building out the Education group’s roadmap by working closely with your triad, advocating for our users and through design exploration & validation.

about the role

You’ll start from the very early stages: finding the right problem to tackle, exploring ideas for how to solve it and then refining it into a coherent solution
As a product designer on the team you will carry out: research, brainstorming, sketching, prototyping, and collaboration with our engineers to ship great products.
You will advocate for users and respect our users’ opinions through interviews, usability testing, and data analysis.
You’ll create user flows and wireframes that simplify user interactions.
You’ll create flowcharts, and journey maps to show the different stages that customers go through as they come into contact with Canva.
You’ll visually communicate your ideas through prototypes to test with users.
You’ll rapidly iterate through different design solutions; bucking convention in favour of progressive ideas.
You’ll partner with other designers, engineers, product developers and other disciplines throughout the company.
You’ll solve complex problems and whiteboard ideas to confidently come up with simple, elegant solutions that everyone can move forward with.
You are able to understand the different trade-offs and align design solutions to Canva business goals. Activities include: writing well-balanced strat docs; providing different design options to show trade-offs; creating hypothesis and experiments focussing on revenue and MAU growth; ability to apply industry trends to Canva scenarios and designs.

about you

You'll be an individual contributor who has experience leading the end-to-end product design process, from strategy through to visual design.
Whilst you're strong in both UX and UI, your strengths will be in systems thinking, UI and collaboration.
A portfolio that demonstrates experience in product thinking where you have solved complex problems through innovative and visually .
You are a designer that is constantly inspired—motivating those around you through your passion and drive for what you do.
You'll feel super excited about the education space, and the role that Creativity can have in Education.
You are excited by regularly coming up with new ideas, shipping new products and features that address your users’ real needs.
You shine through your designs—creating user flows and wireframes that simplify user interactions
You are eager to visually communicate your ideas through prototypes to test with users.
You thrive in a collaborative workplace; partnering with other designers, engineers, product developers and other disciplines throughout the company.
You appreciate big-picture thinking. While details are everything, creating an experience that always keeps our users in mind is equally as important.
You are a problem solver that’s excited by a challenge. You enjoy sitting in a room and white boarding ideas to confidently come up with simple, elegant solutions that everyone can move forward with.
You are an empathetic user advocate that values the backing of research and data analysis when it comes to designing modern solutions.
You enjoy a little flexibility in your work. Our growth means there are constantly new things to work on every day, as such it’s likely that you’ll often be working across the board on new and exciting projects.

Working at Canva

Our culture is unlike anywhere else and 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, our benefits for permanent Canvanauts include:

• Equity packages for you to truly be a part of the Canva journey.

• We have a hybrid work model (in-office & from home), with our offices are always open to you balancing flexibility and connection

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

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents and carers throughout their parenting and caring journey.

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance. This is for you to spend on whatever will support your wellbeing and development.. because you know what you need to Vibe and Thrive, better than anyone.

• Virtual and in-office wellness benefits including Canva University, Employee Assistant Programs and Fitness & Meditation Classes.

• Canva For Good program matching your not-for-profit donations, Force for Good leave (3 paid volunteering days) 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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