Design Lead, Education

Job Description:

  • Establish Education’s 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 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
  • 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

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
  • Experience designing for educational contexts, especially K-12
  • Education industry background highly desired

Benefits:

  • 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
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