Digital Designer (Enterprise SEO) | Canva | Remote Australia
Job Description
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 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.
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.
At the moment, this role is focused on:
- Discovery – Contribute to discovery phases including the development of user stories, research competitor analysis, wireframes etc. to help define the problems to solve and opportunities
- Definition – Form project briefs based on insights, data, research and validate ideas with stakeholders and users
- Visual Design – Design creative and on-brand visual solutions such as banners, graphics and UI for website landing pages that drive users to the product and inspire them to create a design
- Implementation – Collaborate closely with other designers, product managers and engineers during delivery to ensure the layout, images, typography and general experience is flawless, on-brand and cohesive across our platforms
- Iteration – Experiment, iterate and optimise pages and user flows for conversion
- Design at scale – Embrace our design system and principles while keeping in mind internationalisation, accessibility and responsive design when designing solutions for a global audience.
You’re probably a match if
- A portfolio that demonstrates experience designing, shipping, and iterating digital experiences, including websites and landing pages.
- Strong graphic and visual design skills leveraging typography, layout, composition, and motion to visually communicate.
- An understanding of digital/web design principles and application of visual design. Exhibits passion and empathy when creating user-centric experiences and responsive websites.
- You shine through your designs, creating user flows and wireframes that simplify user experience.
- You are eager to visually communicate your ideas through prototypes to test with users.
- You thrive in a collaborative workplace, partnering with other designers, engineers, product developers, and other disciplines throughout the company.
- You appreciate big picture thinking. While details are everything, creating an experience that always keeps our users in mind is equally important.
- You are a problem solver excited by a challenge. You enjoy sitting in a room and whiteboarding ideas to confidently come up with simple, elegant solutions that everyone can move forward with.
- You are an empathetic user advocate who values the backing of research and data analysis when designing modern solutions.
- You have experience developing responsive designs utilizing the most current software and technology.
- You are comfortable working in a high-paced and iterative environment within a cross-functional team.
- Highly collaborative, you can bring people with you on the design journey, proposing creative solutions informed by data and research while addressing business goals and strategies.
- Comfortable with chaos. You can find solutions even without perfect precedents or direction, and map out a path to clarity and execution. You can work out ways to achieve the impossible.
- You enjoy a little flexibility in your work. Our growth means there are constantly new things to work on every day, so it’s likely that you’ll often be working across the board on new and exciting projects.
About the team
As the Digital Designer for Enterprise SEO, you’ll collaborate with a diverse team of SEO specialists, designers, engineers and product managers to both iterate on existing areas of our surface and create entirely new digital experiences for our B2B and enterprise customers. You’ll be a curious and passionate designer who excels in utilising evolving tools and technologies. You’ll thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments, transforming chaos into clarity and your expertise lies in bringing projects to life through creative, data-informed solutions that align with business objectives and strategies.
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!
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.