Senior Art Director

Summary

Join Canva's International Marketing Group as a Senior Art Director and collaborate with the Creative Director to enhance Canva's visual presence in the European market. This remote, 6-month contract role offers flexible hours, but requires availability for occasional evening global team meetings. You will lead visual direction for performance campaigns, design ads and storyboards for social media, and confidently present work to stakeholders. Collaborate with vendors, ensuring project schedules and deadlines are met. The ideal candidate possesses proven experience in advertising, social media, and design, with a strong understanding of motion design and the ability to tell compelling stories through their work.

Requirements

• You have proven and relevant experience in advertising, social and design
• We’re looking for someone with strong design and art direction skills and a solid understanding of motion design, with experience leading projects from start to finish
• An understanding that spans digital design, product design is key to ensuring that your vision is fully realised
• You're passionate about exceptional art direction and design that’s not just beautiful but also thoughtful, meaningful, and, when it needs to be, provocative
• Native-level English

Responsibilities

• Lead the visual direction for performance campaigns, keeping every project fresh, engaging and innovative
• Designing simple, powerful ads and storyboards for social content and hype reels that bring Canva to life
• Confidently pitch concepts and present work to senior creative leaders, product marketing managers, and stakeholders, clearly articulating the creative vision and strategic approach
• Writing with the same creativity and clarity you bring to your designs
• Collaborating with external vendors, providing clear art direction guidance and feedback to help elevate their work
• Working closely with the Creative Director to ensure schedules are accurate and realistic and that deadlines are met

Preferred Qualifications

• Bonus points if you’ve art-directed films or photoshoots before
• You’re excited to jump on Canva to design
• Additional languages are a plus (French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, German)

Benefits

Remote work, flexible hours