Art Director – 12-month contract
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Art Director creating culturally relevant Japan templates for Canva’s global design marketplace. Guiding Creators and freelancers while scaling high-quality content with AI tools.
Responsibilities:
- Create fresh, varied and beautiful designs for the Japan community
- Develop unique template concepts across themes and topics that resonate in Japan
- Collaborate with asset creators on illustrations, photos and other supporting design elements
- Suggest new design styles and creative directions for local users
- Manage quality for Creator templates with the Creator Template Review Team
- Use AI tools to create templates at scale for the Japan market without compromising craft or cultural relevance
- Write clear Creator briefs with direction, context and inspiration
- Partner with the Design Lead to manage freelancer designers and keep work on track, on-brief and on deadline
- Oversee the end-to-end rollout of the Japan content library
- Collaborate with copywriters, illustrators, market growth and localisation specialists
Requirements:
- Experience as a Graphic, Brand or Visual Designer across digital and print marketing
- Genuine love for design trends and styles specific to Japan
- Portfolio showing passion for clean, elegant, beautiful design
- Strong craft in hand illustration, typography, colour, conceptual graphic design and layout
- Sharp eye for visual, cultural and pop culture trends
- Strong stylistic point of view grounded in design fundamentals
- Design with the end user in mind and deliver work on deadline and to brief
- Experience giving clear, kind and useful design feedback
- Comfortable using AI tools in the design workflow and curious about advancing their use
- Ability to write a tight creative brief
- Experience coordinating, guiding or supporting a small group of designers, or willingness to step into that role
- Canva experience is a plus
- Resume and portfolio link required when applying
Benefits:
- Flexible, remote-friendly ways of working
- 12-month contract
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