Social Design Lead Templates

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney with campuses in Melbourne and co-working spaces across Australia. As we continue to grow globally were expanding our presence in Indonesia.

This role is based in Jakarta Indonesia. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals while collaborating closely with global teams across time zones.

What youd be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. This role will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but it will likely evolve.

As a Social Design Lead Templates youll shape how millions of users create social-first content inside Canva. You wont just design beautiful assets youll design systems storytelling structures and trend-driven templates that empower everyday creators to produce high-performing content across social media platforms.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Designing short-form social-first templates for platforms like TikTok Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts and others
• Translating global design and social media trends into usable customisable Canva templates
• Building repeatable storytelling frameworks hooks transitions pacing and visual sequences that reflect real platform behaviour
• Creating motion-aware mobile-first design systems that balance craft scalability and performance
• Collaborating closely with Content Studio Product and Video teams to showcase Canvas latest editing and video capabilities
• Contributing to trend forecasting creative reviews and experimentation across video motion and AI-assisted content

Youre probably a match if

• You have strong graphic design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates high craft across digital and motion-based formats
• You deeply understand global design and social media trends not just whats trending but why it performs
• You have excellent social media fluency and understand platform behaviours storytelling patterns and audience psychology (you dont need to be an influencer but you do understand the ecosystem)
• Youre confident designing for video motion and mobile-first formats
• You can turn cultural trends into scalable template systems that non-experts can easily customise
• Youre collaborative fast-moving and excited by empowering millions of people to tell their stories

About the team

The Content Studio team within the Global Content & Discovery supergroup is on a mission to empower the world to design. We create world-class templates and creative assets that inspire users unlock new use cases and showcase the best of Canvas product capabilities.

We work at the intersection of culture creativity and product partnering closely with teams across Video Editing AI and Discovery to ensure Canva stays at the forefront of visual communication globally.

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.

Heres a taste of whats on offer:

• Equity packages we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing social connection office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to recharge and be a force for good

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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

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time