Creative Director, AI Photography & Video

Canva
Sydney, Melbourne
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)Skills: ["Leadership","Coaching","Systems thinking","Cross-functional collaboration","Operational rigour","Quality focus"]

Own the creative and strategic direction for photography and video at Content Studio, shaping a diverse, on-trend library used by millions. Lead, coach, and grow a team of senior art directors, photographers, and videographers while raising the craft bar. Drive AI-first production at platform scale, partnering with engineering and product to define tooling and workflows, and uphold quality standards through commissioning and asset reviews.

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Creative Director, AI Photography & Video

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Job Summary

Own the creative and strategic direction for photography and video at Content Studio, shaping a diverse, on-trend library used by millions. Lead, coach, and grow a team of senior art directors, photographers, and videographers while raising the craft bar. Drive AI-first production at platform scale, partnering with engineering and product to define tooling and workflows, and uphold quality standards through commissioning and asset reviews.
Location: Sydney, Melbourne
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Creative Production (Video/Audio/Photo)
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Set the creative and strategic vision for photography and video across Content Studio, building a diverse, on-trend content library for large-scale use.
  • •Lead, coach, and grow a team of senior art directors, photographers, and videographers; raise the craft bar and build capability across traditional and AI-enabled production.
  • •Champion AI-first approaches to production at scale—directing how AI generates, enriches, tags, and scales content.
  • •Partner with engineering, product, and production leadership to shape tooling and workflows that unlock content creation at platform scale.
  • •Commission shoots, review assets, and uphold the creative quality bar to meet Canva standards; support AI Template Marketplace goals with photo and video content.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Equity PackagesParental LeaveWellness Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Have led and grown creative teams or specialties, setting direction and coaching for growth.
  • •Understand operating at platform scale with systems and standards that hold up across millions of assets.
  • •Think in systems for AI production—understand how AI changes the pipeline end-to-end and direct others in applying it.
  • •Be an experienced creative leader in photography and/or video with a strong point of view on quality and craft (portfolio examples).
  • •Collaborate effectively cross-functionally with creatives, engineers, product managers, and operations leadership.
Skills:LeadershipCoachingSystems thinkingCross-functional collaborationOperational rigourQuality focus
Languages:English

Company Brief

Canva
Canva is an online visual communications platform that provides drag-and-drop design tools, templates, and media assets for creating presentations, social media graphics, videos, documents and more, serving individuals and large enterprises globally.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Decacorn (USD 10B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Founded: 2012
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