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Product Designer - Design 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 80 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.

About the Product Design team

One of the principles of our design specialty is to ‘show the future’. As designers, we transport the rest of the company into a future we’re yet to build. A big part of the role of a product designer at Canva is to be a visionary – by visualising and reinventing the future of design for our users.

Product designers at Canva take the dream and make it something everyone can relate to and rally behind. We 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.

Our product designers carry out research, brainstorming, sketching, prototyping, and collaboration with our engineers to ship products. We are empathetic user advocates and respect our users’ opinions through interviews, usability testing, and data analysis, as well as wireframing, flowcharting, and journey mapping to show the different stages that customers go through as they come into contact with Canva.

About the Design Automation team

The Design Automation team is on a mission to make Canva the fastest and easiest design tool in the world – leveraging automation and artificial intelligence to create magical experiences for Canva’s users.

Data science and user research is a huge part of our team’s focus, as much of our work is exploratory and forward-thinking. Our focus is not limited to a specific set of features or a particular area of the product – our insights and discoveries often lead us to pursue projects that require close collaboration with other teams. Curiosity, creativity and communication skills are critical to our team’s success!

We are looking for someone who can solve complex problems with a systematic approach in a fast-paced environment. Working within a cross-functional team you’ll be collaborating to deliver new products that will have a large-scale impact on Canva and end-users.

What you’ll do

Lead product design across a key workstream in the Design Automation team, which is an exploratory space at Canva; Automating user’s design process, using Composition AI
Conduct user, market and competitor research
Design solutions that use innovative technology
Collaborate with product managers, engineers, data analysts and other designers
Clearly communicate to and collaborate with folks across Canva, including group leads, design leaders and founders – providing clarity through clear articulation of vision and strategy
Help shape the long-term goals and milestones

About you

You're an end-to-end Product Designer whose strengths are in research and exploring ambiguous problem spaces. You're passionate about innovative technology such as AI and Machine Learning, and truly believe it can play a role in shaping the design process.
You have a portfolio that demonstrates your experience designing simple, elegant solutions to complex problems, resulting in positive outcomes for users
A deep understanding of user research methodologies, and a demonstrably empathetic approach to design
A creative problem solver that shows enthusiasm in the face of complex or ambiguous problems
Experience demonstrating successful collaboration with engineers, product managers, data analysts and other functions
A strong sense of design ethics – with an understanding that the design decisions we make at Canva impact millions of lives, everyday
A confident presenter that can rally the team around a new project and communicate the goals and new concepts to stakeholders
Experience working with data

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 for permanent Canvanauts include:

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

• Hybrid work model (in-office & from home) coming together for 8 days a year. The rest, you choose where you work best.

• 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. 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.

• 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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