Senior Designer/Motion

Summary

Join Canva's team and redefine the world's experience with design. This 6-month, full-time contract offers remote work flexibility from anywhere in the United Kingdom. As a Senior Designer/Motion Designer, you will collaborate with a team to elevate Canva's visual presence across Europe, primarily focusing on performance marketing. You will design and execute projects, create engaging ads, and confidently present your work to senior leaders. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in design, advertising, and branding, with strong motion design skills and experience driving projects from start to finish. This role requires native-level English skills, and additional languages are a plus. Evening meetings will be required to accommodate global teams.

Requirements

• You have proven extensive experience in design, advertising and branding
• We’re looking for someone with strong design and motion design, with experience driving projects from start to finish
• An understanding that spans digital design, product design is key to ensuring that your vision is fully realised
• Excited to jump on Canva and Affinity
• Native-level English skills
• This is a remote role with flexible working hours, but you’ll need to balance your schedule to accommodate occasional global team meetings in the evening (6-9 PM)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with an Art Director and Creative Director to elevate Canva’s visual presence across Europe
• Partnering with a talented team, including copywriters, freelancers and agencies, you’ll ideate, design and execute for projects that elevate our brand — primarily working across Performance Marketing you’ll help create scroll-stopping performance ads from statics to UGC style and full production videos that build Canva’s brand and performance across Europe
• Driving the visual direction for performance campaigns, keeping every project fresh, engaging and innovative
• Designing, storyboarding and animating ads and hype reels that bring Canva to life across social
• Confidently pitch concepts and present work to senior creative leaders, product marketing managers, and stakeholders, clearly articulating the creative vision and strategic approach
• Animating with the same creativity and clarity you bring to your designs
• Passionate about exceptional art direction and design that’s not just beautiful but also thoughtful, meaningful, and, when it needs to be, provocative
• 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

Additional languages are a plus (French, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, German)