Senior Campaigns Designer

Senior Campaigns Designer (3.5 Month Contract) Sydney Be among the first 25 applicants. Job Description Join the team redefining how the world experiences design. Hey, g'day, mabuhay, kia ora, 你好, hallo, vítejte Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and you’re probably keen to find out what’s on offer, so we’ll get straight to the point. Where and How You Can Work Alongside our global campuses, we also collaborate with talented contractors and freelancers from all over the world to help us achieve our ambitious goals. While we support flexible, remote‑friendly ways of working, for this role we’re focusing on Sydney/Melbourne so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing. This role is a 3.5‑month engagement, working full‑time hours per week. Targeted start date: January 2026. What You’ll Be Doing in This Role As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. This will give you a flavour of the type of things you’ll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. We’re seeking a Senior Designer with exceptional craft, strong conceptual thinking, and a deep understanding of integrated brand and marketing design. As part of our Campaigns Team, you’ll play a key role in shaping and executing world‑class creative that brings Canva’s brand and products to life across global marketing moments. You’ll transform insights and strategic direction into high‑impact campaign ideas, and then drive those ideas through to beautifully crafted executions across digital, social, OOH, experiential, and emerging channels. You have an eye for detail, a commitment to design excellence, and the ability to build cohesive visual narratives that scale across markets and surfaces. Role In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with Art Directors, Copywriters, Motion Designers, Producers, and cross‑functional partners across Marketing, Growth, and Product Marketing. You’ll champion creative quality, uphold brand consistency, and push our campaigns to stand out in meaningful and memorable ways. At the moment, this role is focused on: Crafting exceptional visual design across large‑scale campaigns, product launches, and brand moments. Translating strategic insights into clear, compelling creative concepts and campaign systems. Developing and extending visual directions across multiple surfaces—digital, social, video, OOH, experiential, email, and internal brand communications. Partnering with Art Directors and Creative Leads to shape the visual direction and creative approach for campaigns. Guiding designers, agencies, and production partners to maintain craft excellence throughout execution. Presenting work with clarity and conviction, articulating design rationale and ensuring alignment with overall campaign objectives. Contributing to the ongoing evolution of Canva’s campaign identity and helping elevate the craft standard across the team. You're Probably a Match If You have exceptional visual design craft, demonstrated through a portfolio that shows refined execution, strong storytelling, and brand‑building experience. You have the ability to concept and execute integrated marketing campaigns that flex across digital performance channels, social storytelling, and brand‑led communications. You have deep understanding of platform‑specific creative best practices and how to design for impact in fast‑moving digital environments. You have strong collaboration skills, working seamlessly with creative partners and cross‑functional teams to bring ideas to life. You can balance creative ambition with practical production considerations, ensuring work is both high‑quality and scalable. You bring a proactive approach to problem‑solving and can navigate ambiguity with clarity and confidence. You are passionate about pushing creative boundaries while maintaining alignment with brand strategy and design systems. You have Figma expertise and the ability to use Canva is required for this role. About the Team Canva’s in‑house creative team is on a mission to make Canva the most loved brand in the world. We work from concept to creation on world‑class creative across brand communications, marketing campaigns, editorial content and production. As part of this team, you’ll help create a brand that communicates our purpose, defines perception and awareness globally, and puts a spotlight on our diverse community—ensuring they receive a human, inspiring and empowering experience. 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. Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Canva by 2x. Get notified about new Senior Designer jobs in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia . #J-18808-Ljbffr