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Design Lead, Education
Location
California
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
$156K - $202K / year
Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglish
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
Job 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