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Design Lead, Education

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Canva

13d ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior & Expert Level
  • Design
    Education & Teaching
  • San Francisco
  • Quick Apply

AI generated summary

  • You need 6-10 years in creative leadership, AI tools in workflows, diverse content formats, data-driven design, stakeholder collaboration, mentoring, accessibility, team building, and K-12 experience.
  • You will lead creative strategies, mentor a team, oversee content creation, ensure quality standards, collaborate across teams, and drive scalable frameworks for K–12 educational content.

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

Responsibilities

  • 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

FAQs

What is the location for this job?

The flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, with a hub in San Francisco for US operations.

What is the primary role of the Design Lead, Education at Canva?

The primary role is to guide the creative strategy, vision, and execution of Canva’s Education content ecosystem, ensuring high-quality, impactful content for K–12 educators and students.

How many years of experience are required for this position?

Candidates should have 6-10 years of experience in a similar creative leadership role.

Is experience in the education industry necessary for this role?

While not required, experience designing for educational contexts, especially K-12, and a background in the education industry are highly desired.

Will this role involve mentoring team members?

Yes, the Design Lead will be responsible for coaching, mentoring, and developing junior creatives.

What types of content will the Design Lead be overseeing?

The Design Lead will oversee the creation of various content types, including static, motion, and interactive formats.

Are there specific standards the content must meet?

Yes, all content must meet learning, cultural, and accessibility standards.

What kind of benefits does Canva offer for this position?

Canva offers equity packages, health benefits, a 401(k) retirement plan, an inclusive parental leave policy, and a Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing and social connections.

How does the team collaborate with other departments?

The Design Lead collaborates closely with Product, Curriculum, Data, Education Marketing, and broader Content teams to ensure alignment and a high-quality Education content experience.

What is the work schedule like for this role?

The work schedule offers flexibility, allowing Canvanauts to choose a balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

Design anything. Publish anywhere.

Technology
Industry
1001-5000
Employees
2012
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

We're a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful on Canva on any device, from anywhere in the world. Since our launch in 2013, we’ve had the crazy big goal of making design accessible to everyone. We were founded on the belief that people shouldn't need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. We’re leveling the playing field and democratizing access to design and visual communication by empowering 100% of the world to communicate in a way that was once limited to the 1%. We've always had a deeper mission surrounding Canva — which we talk about as our 'simple' two-step plan: to build one of the world’s most valuable companies, and to do the most good we possibly can. We're committed to our core value of Being a Force for Good, so as the value of our company grows, so too does our ability to have a positive impact on the world.

Benefits

  • Flexible Work

    Flexible work arrangements, with the opportunity to come together for connection, community and impact.

  • Parental Leave

    Generous parental leave entitlements that put every family at the heart of the experience.

  • Vibe & Thrive

    An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for you to spend on whatever will support your wellbeing and development - because you know what you need to Vibe and Thrive better than anyone.

  • Force for Good

    A focus on being a Force For Good, with community initiatives and programs, and sustainable practices, including carbon-neutral operations.

  • Epic recharge

    Celebrate 5 years at Canva with a month off and a budget to support your epic recharge.

  • Flexible Leave

    An additional 5 days of paid leave to support our team to balance their work and life commitments.

  • Equity Packages

    Equity packages for you to truly be a part of the Canva journey.