Remote Creative Lead – Education (9 month fixed term contract) Job at Canva

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co-working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. But you have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office (if you’re near one), at home or a bit of both, it’s up to you.

What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that’s all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you’ll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

Note: This is a 9 month Full-Time fixed term Contract Role.

About the Group:

The Creative Group’s mission is for Canva “to become the most-loved brand in the world”. We are scaling our team, budgets, and operations to drive brand awareness and growth in our 100+ markets around the world.

Our Mission in Growth Creatives is to drive Canva’s global growth through engaging performance, mobile and Lifecycle campaigns at speed & scale

About Role/team:

Canva’s Content Creative team is on a mission to empower our users around the world by providing them with world-class, inspirational Templates and Elements that help them achieve their creative goals.

We work from concept to creation on high quality, globally relevant, trend-setting creative across Canva’s product ecosystem (Presentations, Docs, Whiteboards, Social Media, Websites, Print, to name but a few!), Brand Partnerships, Seasonal and Cultural Campaigns, Education, and Diversity Initiatives.

Content Creative is responsible for setting the overall Creative Strategy and Direction for the content that sits within Canva’s library, entrusted with holding our content and its creators to the highest of standards. Our job is to ensure that our library provides end-to-end content solutions that enable our users, whether they be Professionals, Educators, or first-time Designers, with the tools they need to create beautiful designs.

Our team partners with many stakeholders across the Canva organisation, including Product, Marketing, and Search & Recommendations to devise, design and deliver creative content that showcases the very best of Canva’s products and services.

Responsibilities

• Own Content Creative’s Education Creative Strategy—this includes its development, implementation and continual optimisation, driving forward momentum in this space throughout the business.
• Coach a team of Creative Strategists and Designers, guiding them on your creative vision for education and developing their craft.
• Oversee the creative ideation, development and execution of ready-to-use Templates and Elements that empower teachers and help students build critical skills.
• This would include the developing & approving of creative briefs, and driving creative production for our graphic design, illustration, photography, and motion graphics teams with respect to education content creation.
• Work alongside senior Canva leadership to develop and present vision decks and creative strategies that advocate for effective learning content and drive our vision for education forward.
• Maintain and develop our education content playbook to empower our international teams to apply our creative content strategies in their local markets.
• Consult with our international Creative Leads to help set them up for success as they plan and create Education content
• Develop and maintain education content guidelines and best practices to ensure we are positioning the highest quality, most effective and engaging content to our education users.
• Work in partnership with our Design Operations and Content Strategy teams to recommend production streams in line with budget, ROI and company goals.
• Partner closely with our Product and Search & Recommendations teams to identify and advocate for product enhancements that will enhance the learning experience in Canva and allow our user experience to be more engaging.

What we’re looking for

• Be an expert in education design and ensure that Canva’s library is a world leader in content that empowers primary and secondary educators with interactive learning materials that inspire and challenge learners – developing our next generation of critical thinkers.
• A highly experienced Graphic or Visual Designer and Creative Leader, we expect you to have a strong foundational craft knowledge in education design to oversee the design quality of partners, artists, and our in-house creative production.
• Have extensive previous experience in the creation, curation and advocacy of education and interactive learning content in Digital Media.
• A leader who is comfortable communicating, engaging with, and managing expectations of Canva leadership, organizational stakeholders, and growing, coaching and mentoring a team of creatively minded individuals who are passionate about education.
• A keen eye for what makes great design, and a passion for constructing meaningful and engaging learning experiences.
• An ability to interpret user trends and data, working collaboratively with our Content Strategy and Insights team to integrate those insights into your creative strategies.
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

Other stuff to know

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Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.