Senior Brand Copywriter LATAM

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 Contractor or Freelancer at Canva you can work remotely in the country listed on this job ad, meaning you have ultimate flexibility. Wherever works for you, works for us. Please note, this is a 6-month contract role.

What you’d be doing in this role

As our Senior Copywriter, you’ll work closely with the Creative Director to shape and bring Canva’s voice to life across Latin America. Partnering with an Art Director and a team of freelancers, you’ll craft compelling copy across all mediums—from integrated campaigns to product launches and events.

We’re looking for someone versatile, experienced, and brimming with creative energy. You’ll have a knack for thinking strategically—even if you’re not technically a strategist—and the ability to turn those big-picture ideas into simple, clear, and inspiring copy.

This is your chance to help build our voice in Brazil in a way that is true to Canva. You’ll create fresh performance marketing ideas, lead product campaigns, and write standout content for events. You’ll also jump into testing and iterating creative assets as part of our always-on strategy.

You can learn more about our brand here: Canva Brand | Home

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Writing, reviewing, and dreaming up ideas for Canva’s brand, product, and performance campaigns.
• Leading campaigns from the initial idea to final execution, always staying true to Canva’s brand and strategy.
• Confidently pitching concepts and present your work to senior creative leaders, product marketers, and key stakeholders with a clear creative vision and strategic reasoning.
• Collaborating with external partners, sharing guidance and feedback to keep messaging consistent and high-quality.
• Work closely with the Creative Director to ensure schedules are accurate and realistic and that deadlines are met.

You're probably a match if

• You have proven experience creating for TV, digital, social media, OOH, and performance marketing.
• You have a creative mind with a proven track record of developing original ideas and bringing them to life with care and attention to detail.
• You have a portfolio of diverse work that spans advertising and branding
• Your strategic thinking helps you uncover problems, identify insights, and turn them into powerful creative concepts.
• You have a love for writing copy that’s thoughtful, meaningful, clear, inspiring, and—when needed—provocative.
• You have Native-level Portuguese and strong English skills (we’re a global team, so English will be part of your every day).

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

About the team

Marketing’s mission at Canva is for Canva to become “the most loved brand in the world”. Canva’s International Marketing Group is a diverse and distributed group of marketers who take this mission forward to drive user growth, brand awareness, and affinity in our priority international markets.

As part of the International Marketing Group, our LATAM Marketing team drives Canva's growth by blending global strategies with hyperlocal insights. We aim to create meaningful connections with users in LATAM through regional campaigns, localized moments, and evergreen creative initiatives across a variety of functions - performance marketing, brand, events, partnerships, social, community engagement and other growth channels.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience, skills and passion. When you signify interest in the Project, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the contractor-accreditation interview process.

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!

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.