Canva

Computer Software

Mid-weightPrintDesigner

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Mid-weight Print Designer at Canva. Skills: Print Design, Print Production, AI Tools. Create high-quality print designs across formats (marketing materials, templates, collateral). Apply typography, layout, colour, and composition principles”

Industry & Context.

Computer Software

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

foundation in visual design fundamentals (typography, layout, colour, composition), Ability to create polished, production-ready design work, Understanding of designing for templates and scalable systems, Solid understanding of print processes and production workflows, Experience preparing print-ready files (bleed, trim, colour profiles, resolution), Knowledge of pre-press, file setup, and export requirements, Attention to detail in pre-flight and quality assurance, Emerging ability to use AI tools to support design workflows, Understanding of how to balance AI efficiency with human craft and judgement

Nice to Have

Ability to manage multiple deliverables efficiently

What You'll Do.

Create high-quality print designs across formats (marketing materials

and composition principles

Ensure designs are functional

and scalable within Canva templates

Uphold Canva’s “one quality bar” across all print outputs

Prepare print-ready files

including correct bleed

colour profiles (CMYK)

Conduct pre-flight checks to ensure accuracy and consistency before production

and export requirements for different print outputs

Understand and apply print production methods and constraints

Design templates and assets that are modular

Contribute to print design systems and best practices

Ensure outputs work across multiple formats

Use AI tools to accelerate ideation

and production workflows

Apply design judgement to ensure outputs meet quality and usability standards

Explore ways to scale content production responsibly using AI

Generating AI audio that ships — music

and voice — with quality

and compliance at pace.

Refining prompts and presets

managing evaluation sets

and aligning to style guides and guardrails.

Building ingest-ready workflows (naming

rollback) with Ingest and Templates teams.

Supporting discoverability through clear naming

Analysing data and feedback to improve audio quality

Publishing reusable docs and playbooks to help others scale their workflows with confidence.

Escalating any safety

or consent concerns to appropriate teams with context and clarity.

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with design, product, and print stakeholders; Communicate design decisions clearly and concisely; Actively participate in critiques and feedback loops; Build working relationships across teams

Communication Scope

Communicate design decisions clearly and concisely

Full 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 crazy big goals. This role is a 9-month engagement, working full-time hours per week. 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: Design & Craft * Create high-quality print designs across formats (marketing materials, templates, collateral) * Apply strong typography, layout, colour, and composition principles * Ensure designs are functional, editable, and scalable within Canva templates * Uphold Canva’s “one quality bar” across all print outputs Print Production & Technical Execution * Prepare print-ready files, including correct bleed, trim, colour profiles (CMYK), and resolution * Conduct pre-flight checks to ensure accuracy and consistency before production * Manage file setup, packaging, and export requirements for different print outputs * Understand and apply print production methods and constraints Systems & Scalability * Design templates and assets that are modular, reusable, and user-friendly * Contribute to print design systems and best practices * Ensure outputs work across multiple formats, sizes, and use cases AI & Workflow Integration * Use AI tools to accelerate ideation, variation, and production workflows * Apply design judgement to ensure outputs meet quality and usability standards * Explore ways to scale content production responsibly using AI Collaboration & Com

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