Senior Art Director - Design Director, Campaigns

📋 Description

• Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

• This is a 14 month fixed-term maternity cover contract, with potential opportunities for transitioning to permanent for the right fit.

• As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA.

• This will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

• Work on the creative development of Canva's global campaigns, ensuring they align with our brand strategy and business objectives

• Act as a lead and coach to creative team members (currently of about 1-2)

• Inspire and mentor a talented team of designers, copywriters, and other creatives, fostering a culture of innovation and craft excellence

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including Brand Marketing, Product, and Leadership to develop integrated, multi-channel campaigns

• Drive the creative process from concept to execution, ensuring all deliverables meet the highest standards of quality and effectiveness

• Leverage data and consumer insights to inform creative decisions and optimize campaign performance

• Innovate in how we showcase our product and celebrate our community through compelling storytelling

• Establish and maintain creative best practices, elevating the overall quality of work across the Campaigns Team

• Present and articulate creative concepts to senior stakeholders, building consensus and driving decision-making

• Partner with our Executive Creative Director & Creative Directors to develop craft initiatives for the team, to help grow their skills.

• Direct meaningful content including; animations, videos and graphic images for multiple media touch points

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience delivering global campaigns across TV, digital, social media, OOH, and more.

• A strong design/ art direction background

• An outstanding portfolio showcasing conceptual thinking, art direction, and design expertise.

• A proven track record of executing successful multi-channel campaigns with measurable impact.

• Strong leadership skills with a history of nurturing creative talent and building high-performing teams.

• Deep familiarity with design tools, emerging creative technologies, and a solid understanding of digital and product design.

• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, able to inspire and align stakeholders at all levels.

• A passion for empowering creativity and visual communication.

• An understanding that spans digital design, product design and Figma is key to this to help ensure sure that your vision is fully realised

• Comfortable a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment that requires the ability to problem solve, drive chaos to clarity, and maintain personal resilience

• An energy giver with a positive outlook.

• A natural empathetic teammate, with a consistent track record of cross-functional leadership and partnership