[Hiring] Art Director @Canva

Role Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. This role is focused on our template Library — the design content marketplace where millions of users start their design journey — rather than Brand or external-facing creative work.

• Create a range of fresh, varied and beautiful designs for our Japan community.
• Develop unique concepts for templates across themes and topics that resonate in Japan.
• Collaborate with asset creators to develop supporting design elements — illustrations and design elements — that make templates shine.
• Suggest new design styles and creative directions that fit what local users want.
• Focus on quality management for Creator templates, partnering with the Creator Template Review Team to lift overall design quality and keep everything on-brand.
• Use AI tools to create templates at scale for the Japan market, without compromising craft or cultural relevance.
• Write Creator briefs that give clear direction, context and inspiration, so Creators can do their best work.
• Partner with the Design Lead to manage freelancer designers — keeping work on track, on-brief and shipping on deadline.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Graphic, Brand or Visual Designer across digital and print marketing.
• A genuine love for design trends and styles specific to Japan.
• A portfolio that shows your passion for clean, elegant, beautiful design.
• Strong craft in hand illustration, typography, colour, conceptual graphic design and layout.
• A sharp eye for visual, cultural and pop culture trends.
• A strong stylistic point of view, grounded in design fundamentals.
• You design with the end user in mind, and deliver great work on deadline and to brief.
• You've given design feedback before — and you know how to make it clear, kind and useful.
• You're comfortable using AI tools in your design workflow, and curious about pushing them further.
• You can write a tight creative brief that sets other designers up for success.
• You've helped coordinate or guide a small group of designers before (or you're excited to step into that).
• Experience using Canva is a plus, helping you get up to speed quickly from day one.

Requirements

• Your resume
• A link to your portfolio