Sr. Art Director

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, Australia but we engage our Contractors and Freelancers all over the world to help us meet our crazy big goals. As a Contract at Canva you can work remotely in the country listed on this job ad, meaning you have ultimate flexibility. Wherever works for you, works for us. This is a 5-Month Contract with full-time hours.

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.

• As a Senior Art Director, you will be responsible for elevating our craft and raising the bar of excellence for our global brand campaigns. A master in your craft, you will tackle the hardest design and creative problems at Canva: driving complex problems from chaos to clarity and enforcing a high-quality bar for work across the Creative Team.
• Help achieve Canva's business targets and brand goals through big ideas and design direction for global campaigns
• Inspire the creative team, providing direction, mentorship and coaching, mobilizing them to execute exceptional creative
• Design creative solutions for Canva's campaigns, with strong collaboration with our product and motion teams to ensure we are representing our product in the best light in our campaigns
• Direct meaningful content including; animations, videos and graphic images for multiple media touch points
• Articulate creative decisions and connect strategy with decisions
• Collaborate with a team of designers, copywriters, motion designers, videographers, producers and other groups to bring campaigns to life
• Manage and work with multiple stakeholders across the organization
• Use insights and data to refine creative decisions to ensure our customer needs are always considered
• Conduct research, brainstorm, sketch, prototype, and collaborate to create ground-breaking work
• Develop a deep understanding of consumer targets' mindsets, attitudes and behaviours to inform strong creative development
• Partner with our Executive Creative Director & Creative Directors to develop craft initiatives for the team, to help grow their skills.

You're probably a match if

• You have proven agency and/or client-side campaign experience, as a Senior Art Director who has successfully delivered global campaigns across multiple channels
• Design and ideation are your superpowers. You're able to visualise the brand and our product in campaigns
• You have experience leading a team of designers, with knowledge on how to inspire them
• Excellent design craft and copywriting skills, and a portfolio that shows experience with Campaign Creative
• You have an understanding that spans digital design, product design and Figma is key to this to help ensure sure that your vision is fully realised
• You have excellent verbal and visual communication skills, allowing you to communicate complex information simply and clearly
• You thrive in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment that requires the ability to problem solve, drive chaos to clarity, and maintain personal resilience
• You're an energy giver with a positive outlook. A natural empathetic teammate, with a consistent track record of cross-functional leadership and partnership

About the team

Canva's in-house creative team is on a mission to make Canva the most loved brand in the world. We work from concept to creation on world-class creative across brand communications, marketing campaigns, editorial content and production.

As part of this team, you'll help create a brand that communicates our purpose, defines perception and awareness globally, and puts a spotlight on our diverse community– ensuring they receive a human, inspiring and empowering experience.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience, skills and passion. When you signify interest in the Project, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the contractor-accreditation interview process.

Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don't feel like your skills quite match what's listed above - we still want to hear from you

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