Senior Art Director, Europe (6-month Contract)
Senior Art Director, Europe (6-month Contract)
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Job Description
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
Hey gday mabuhay kia ora hallo vtejte!
Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer so well 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 remote 6-month contract role with flexible working hours but youll need to balance your schedule to accommodate occasional global team meetings in the evening (6-9 PM).
What youd be doing in this role
As a Senior Art Director youll collaborate closely with the Creative Director to elevate Canvas visual presence across the European market. Partnering with a talented team including copywriters strategists and freelancers youll ideate design and execute for projects that elevate our brand primarily working across Performance Marketing youll help create scroll-stopping performance ads from statics to UGC style and full production videos that build Canvas brand and performance across Europe.
Design and Art-Direction expertise is essential to the role. Were looking for someone who can bring concepts to life with creativity attention to detail and a strong grasp of motion design. This role is perfect for a versatile individual with the ability to tell powerful stories through their work and guide others in brining to life theirs.
You can learn more about our brand here: Canva Brand Home
At the moment this role is focused on:
- Leading the visual direction for performance campaigns keeping every project fresh engaging and innovative.
- Designing simple powerful ads and storyboards for social content and hype reels that bring Canva to life.
- Confidently pitch concepts and present work to senior creative leaders product marketing managers and stakeholders clearly articulating the creative vision and strategic approach.
- Writing with the same creativity and clarity you bring to your designs.
- 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.
Youre probably a match if
- You have proven and relevant experience in advertising social and design.
- Were looking for someone with strong design and art direction skills and a solid understanding of motion design with experience leading projects from start to finish.
- An understanding that spans digital design product design is key to ensuring that your vision is fully realised.
- Youre passionate about exceptional art direction and design thats not just beautiful but also thoughtful meaningful and when it needs to be provocative.
- Bonus points if youve art-directed films or photoshoots before.
- Youre excited to jump on Canva to design.
- Native-level English. Additional languages are a plus (French Spanish Italian Turkish German).
About the team
Marketings mission at Canva is for Canva to become the most loved brand in the world. Canvas 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 Canvas 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 dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above - we still want to hear from you!
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Contract
Employment Type
Contract
