Canva

Technology

Mid-weightPrintDesigner

A$95–135k ~AI est. Sydney, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting

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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