Design Lead, Education

<p><strong>Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.</strong></p><p>Hello, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte!</p><p>Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you're probably keen to find out what's on offer, so we'll get straight to the point.</p><p><strong>Where and how you can work</strong></p><p>Our flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've 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.</p><p><strong>What you’d be doing in this role</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>At the moment, this role is focused on:</p><ul><li><p>Establish Education’s long-term creative strategy across Product and Marketplace.</p></li><li><p>Manage and mentor a team of Content Creatives (prompters/designers, illustrators, motion storytellers)</p></li><li><p>Ensure quality while expanding Canva’s production funnels to scale education content</p></li><li><p>Oversee end-to-end content creation from concept to execution</p></li><li><p>Ensure all content meets learning, cultural, and accessibility standards</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with the Learning Experience group and i18n to align content to real classroom needs</p></li><li><p>Partner with Product teams to deliver new content features that support educators and learners</p></li><li><p>Build scalable creative frameworks and guidelines tailored for K–12 audiences</p></li><li><p>Establish creative frameworks, critique rituals, and quality standards that elevate craft across Education and influence adjacent content teams.</p></li><li><p>Defines what “great” Education content looks like at Canva</p></li><li><p>Builds reusable systems adopted at scale</p></li><li><p>Recognised go-to for craft standards in Education</p></li><li><p>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.</p></li><li><p>Drives alignment during ambiguous problem spaces, helping teams converge on clear creative direction and decision-making.</p></li><li><p>Sets expectations for responsible and effective AI use within Education creative workflows.”</p></li><li><p>Advocate for inclusive, age-appropriate design and representation</p></li><li><p>Use insights and data to iterate content effectiveness and relevance</p></li></ul><p><br> <strong>You're probably a match if:</strong><br> <br> <strong>Core requirements:</strong></p><ul><li><p>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</p></li><li><p>Experience leading content creation with AI tools in creative workflows</p></li><li><p>Experience leading content creation across multiple formats (static, motion, interactive)</p></li><li><p>Experience translating data/user insights into creative decisions</p></li><li><p>Experience working with diverse stakeholder (and/or external partners)</p></li><li><p>Experience coaching, mentoring, and developing junior creatives (not just managing)</p></li><li><p>Experience with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices</p></li><li><p>Experience contributing to hiring and team-building</p></li></ul><p><strong>Desired:</strong></p><ul><li><p>Experience designing for educational contexts, especially K-12</p></li><li><p>Education industry background highly desired</p></li></ul><p><br> <br> <strong>About the team:</strong></p><p>We’re looking for an Education Design Lead to guide the creative strategy, vision, and exe ... (truncated, view full listing at source)