Design Lead, Creative Content
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Design Lead guiding creative strategy and vision for Canva’s Education content ecosystem. Leading a multidisciplinary team to produce high-impact content for K–12 learning environments.
Responsibilities:
- Lead creative strategy, direction, and output for the Learn Grid and Canva’s Education content marketplace
- Manage and mentor a team of Content Creatives (prompters/designers, illustrators, motion storytellers)
- Ensure quality while expanding Canva’s 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 K–12 audiences
- Conduct creative reviews and elevate craft across the team
- Advocate for inclusive, age-appropriate design and representation
- Use insights and data to iterate content effectiveness and relevance
Requirements:
- Strong creative background with ability to design 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
- Experience designing for educational contexts, especially K-12 education industry background highly desired
Benefits:
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- 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
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