Regional Content Lead, Southeast Asia

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney with campuses in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane Perth and Adelaide. This role is open to candidates based in the Philippines. We embrace a hybrid approach and trust our Canvanauts to choose where and how they work best to achieve their goals.

About the role

Were introducing the Regional Content Lead for Southeast Asia role to drive the success of content in key focus regions. Content moves Canva and ensuring our content feels local on-trend fresh and relevant is crucial. Just as we invest in strong business marketing sales and product leaders in our priority markets we need an equally strong voice in content.

As Regional Content Lead youll be responsible for ensuring Canva has the right content from your region championing local trends and ensuring our discovery systems surface the best content for local users. Youll work closely with country teams central Content & Discovery (C&D) teams and other regional stakeholders to amplify the impact of local content.

What youll be doing in this role 

• Create locally relevant high-quality content. Ensure content reflects SEA culture trends and seasonal moments partnering with local creators and teams to keep it fresh timely and on-brand.
• Improve content discoverability in SEA. Work with SEO and discovery teams to ensure the right local content surfaces in search homepage and key touchpoints for SEA users.
• Grow and support the SEA Creator Community. Build strong relationships with local creators and editors to scale high-quality content and spotlight top-performing regional work.
• Shape the SEA content strategy through local insight & strategic content partnerships. Stay close to market needs user behavior and trends to guide content strategy while forging partnerships that unlock new content opportunities across SEA.
• Own budget for SEA. You will manage and deploy SEA regional content budget aligning with global priorities while tailoring investments to regional needs.
• Editorial & Trends Leadership Oversee editorial surfaces (e.g. showcases) and collaborate with marketing to highlight content moments.

Youre probably a match if:

• You have a deep understanding of content trends and aesthetics in your region with a strong sense of what resonates with local users.
• You bring strong experience in content strategy partnerships or editorial leadershipideally within tech digital or media industries.
• You take a proactive solutions-driven approach and can balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• You excel at stakeholder management and know how to align cross-functional teams across regions.
• You thrive in fast-paced dynamic environments and are comfortable navigating ambiguity and change.
• You use strong analytical skills to assess content performance and adjust strategy accordingly.
• You have a proven track record of managing content budgets partnerships and production workflows effectively.
• Youre passionate about supporting and activating local creators helping to build a thriving content ecosystem.

This role is ideal for content leaders with deep regional insight strategic vision and strong executional craft. You understand what resonates with audiences across Southeast Asia and know how to turn those insights into impactful discoverable content. Youre energized by fast-paced cross-functional environments and thrive on building meaningful relationships with creators and collaborators alike.

About the team

Canvas International Group is a diverse & distributed team focused on driving growth in our key regions. Youll partner closely with leads across product marketing content education B2B and non profits to build a growth plan for the region.

Whats in it for you

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but youll experience lots of moments of magic connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Heres a taste of whats on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• An annual Vibe & Thrive package to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good take time to recharge and supports you personally

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Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills and passion as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

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!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time