Design Lead, Education

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship office is in Sydney Australia but weve made our way from down under to a hub in San Francisco which is now home to our US operations. We offer flexibility in how and where you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

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. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things youll be working on when you start but this will likely evolve.

At the moment this role is focused on:

• Establish Educations long-term creative strategy across Product and Marketplace.

• Manage and mentor a team of Content Creatives (prompters/designers illustrators motion storytellers)

• Ensure quality while expanding Canvas production funnels to scale education content

• Oversee end-to-end content creation from concept to execution

• Ensure all content meets learning cultural and accessibility standards

• Collaborate with the Learning Experience group and i18n to align content to real classroom needs

• Partner with Product teams to deliver new content features that support educators and learners

• Build scalable creative frameworks and guidelines tailored for K12 audiences

• Establish creative frameworks critique rituals and quality standards that elevate craft across Education and influence adjacent content teams.

• Defines what great Education content looks like at Canva

• Builds reusable systems adopted at scale

• Recognised go-to for craft standards in Education

• Sets a clear and compelling creative vision for Education content that aligns multiple groups and establishes a shared language across Product Curriculum Marketing and Content.

• Drives alignment during ambiguous problem spaces helping teams converge on clear creative direction and decision-making.

• Sets expectations for responsible and effective AI use within Education creative workflows.

• Advocate for inclusive age-appropriate design and representation

• Use insights and data to iterate content effectiveness and relevance

Youre probably a match if:

Core requirements:

• 6-10 years experience in a similar creative leadership role and a strong creative background with ability to develop creative strategies and direction for varied user types

• Experience leading content creation with AI tools in creative workflows

• Experience leading content creation across multiple formats (static motion interactive)

• Experience translating data/user insights into creative decisions

• Experience working with diverse stakeholder (and/or external partners)

• Experience coaching mentoring and developing junior creatives (not just managing)

• Experience with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices

• Experience contributing to hiring and team-building

Desired:

• Experience designing for educational contexts especially K-12

• Education industry background highly desired

About the team:

Were looking for an Education Design Lead to guide the creative strategy vision and execution of Canvas Education content ecosystem. This role acts as the creative authority for Canvas Education Content - shaping the long-term creative vision for classroom-ready content influencing group direction and setting the standards for how Education content is created scaled and experienced across will lead a multidisciplinary team of Content Creatives to produce outstanding high-impact content for K12 teachers students schools and learning environments in Canva

This leader will be responsible for elevating the craft clarity inclusivity and instructional value of Canvas Education content marketplace ensuring our resources lesson materials projects worksheets classroom visuals activities and interactive content help educators teach and students learn with confidence and creativity.

The Design Lead collaborates closely with Product Curriculum Data Education Marketing and the broader Content teams to ensure the Education content experience is world-class aligned to learning needs and deeply connected to Canvas strategic goals for the global Education market.

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
• Health benefits plans to support you and your wellbeing
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance 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

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience skills merit and business needs in compliance with applicable local laws.
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 :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time