Canva
Technology
Mid-weightPrintDesigner
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“Mid-weight Print Designer at Canva. Skills: Print design, Production workflows, AI integration. Create high-quality print designs. Apply typography, layout, colour, and composition principles”
Industry & Context.
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What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Foundation in visual design fundamentals, 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, Knowledge of pre-press, file setup, and export requirements, Proficiency in design tools, Familiarity with file structures and production pipelines, Ability to manage multiple deliverables efficiently, 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
Experience with Affinity, Experience with Prepress and Print Production Tools, Experience with Pantone and ICC Profiles, Experience with Generative AI Tools
What You'll Do.
Create high-quality print designs
and composition principles
Ensure designs are functional
Uphold Canva’s quality bar
Prepare print-ready files
Conduct pre-flight checks
and export requirements
Understand and apply print production methods
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
Apply design judgement to ensure outputs meet quality
Explore ways to scale content production responsibly using
Collaborate with design
and print stakeholders
Communicate design decisions clearly and concisely
Actively participate in critiques and feedback loops
Build working relationships across teams
Refine prompts and presets
Manage evaluation sets
Align to style guides and guardrails
Build ingest-ready workflows
Support discoverability through clear naming
Analyse data and feedback to improve audio quality
Publish reusable docs and playbooks
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Design stakeholders; Product stakeholders; Print stakeholders; Ingest teams; Templates teams
Communication Scope
Communicate design decisions
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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