Digital Designer - SEO (12-Month Contract)

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work
Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia but we engage our Contractors and Freelancers all over the world to help us meet our crazy big goals. As a Contract or Freelancer at Canva you have a choice on where and how you work. That means if you want to work in the office, at home, or a bit of both, it's up to you. Wherever works for you, works for us.

What you’d be doing in this role
As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

As the Digital Designer for the Japan locale you will collaborate with a diverse team of SEO specialists, designers, engineers, and product managers to create impactful digital experiences tailored for the Japanese market. You'll thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and bring projects to life through creative, data-informed solutions that align with Canva’s business objectives and user needs. Your focus will be on developing on-brand, user-centered designs that drive growth in the Japanese locale.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Discovery: Contribute to discovery phases, including user story development, competitor analysis, and wireframes, to define problems and uncover opportunities in the Japanese locale.
• Drive: Create project briefs informed by insights, data, and research while validating ideas with stakeholders and users
• Visual Design: Design creative, on-brand visual solutions such as banners, graphics, and UI for landing pages, tailored to drive engagement and conversions in Japan
• Implementation: Collaborate closely with other designers, product managers, and engineers to ensure layouts, images, typography, and user experiences are cohesive, flawless, and localized for Japanese audiences.
• Iteration: Experiment, iterate, and optimize landing pages and user flows based on data and feedback to improve conversion rates.
• Design at Scale: Embrace Canva’s design systems and principles while considering internationalisation, accessibility, and responsive design to create scalable solutions for Japanese users.

You're probably a match if

• You have a portfolio showcasing experience in designing, shipping, and iterating digital experiences, including websites and landing pages
• You have strong graphic and visual design skills, leveraging typography, layout, composition, and motion to create compelling visuals
• You have a solid understanding of digital and web design principles, with a passion for crafting user-centric and responsive experiences.
• You can create intuitive user flows, wireframes, and prototypes to bring ideas to life and enhance user experience
• You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with designers, engineers, and product teams
• You balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail, ensuring every experience is built with the user in mind
• You are a natural problem solver, excited by challenges and comfortable navigating ambiguity
• You approach design with research and data, ensuring modern, effective, and scalable solutions
• You have experience developing responsive designs using the latest tools and technologies
• You thrive in a fast-paced environment and embrace rapid growth and change. At Canva, we’re growing at lightning speed, and what worked six months ago might need rethinking today—but you’re excited by the opportunity to innovate and adapt
• You’re probably a match if you’re a native Japanese speaker (or highly proficient), ensuring a deep understanding of local culture and design nuances. English proficiency is a plus, helping you collaborate seamlessly with our global team

About the team

At Canva, we create tools that empower the world to design. Our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform! Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and remarkable growth trajectory – we’re out to change the world, one design at a time.

Since its launch in August 2013, Canva has grown exponentially. We are one of the world’s fastest growing startups and the journey has only just begun. We take great pride in designing a product and an encompassing experience that users really love.

The SEO & Page Experience group keeps growing globally and our role is to give the maximum exposure to Canva’s tools, services, products and inspire users to create their next design in Canva. Our group is made of keyword researchers, Tech SEO specialists, SEO content specialists, Copywriters, Engineers, Data analysts, Operations specialists and of course, Designers. We’re present in many regions of the world.

We’re currently looking for a passionate Digital Designer who will help us scale our next phase of growth, focusing on the Japanese locale.

Other stuff to know
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Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

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When applying to this role, please provide the following

• Your resume
• A link to your portfolio