Canva

1 month ago

SEO Lead (Malaysia)

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Job Summary

Lead Canva’s Malaysia SEO growth, owning end-to-end strategy across technical, content, and authority pillars. Build a country-specific roadmap, collaborate with regional/global teams, monitor performance, and drive measurable sessions, signups, and engagement. Shape local initiatives into Canva’s international growth priorities, and create scalable processes to run autonomously beyond your involvement.

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Contract · 12 months

Job Function: Marketing & Growth

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Define and lead the end-to-end SEO strategy for Malaysia across technical, content, and link-building pillars, influencing stakeholders from day one.
•Translate market insights into a focused, high-impact roadmap aligned with Canva’s international growth goals, communicating in terms of Canva’s broader priorities.
•Continuously evaluate market performance, adapt to shifts in user behavior, and prioritize the highest-ROI initiatives.
•Represent SEO as a strategic function in country planning discussions and share learnings to scale globally.
•Build systems, playbooks, and autonomous processes so the market runs effectively even when you’re not directly involved.

Key Requirements

•Native Malay speaker with business-level English
•Proven SEO leadership with a track record leading large websites (500+ pages)
•Deep understanding of Malaysia search behavior, cultural nuances, and internet user dynamics
•Ability to bridge local market insights with global business objectives
•Experience leading cross-functional teams and embedding with non-SEO colleagues

Experience:MalaysiaSEODigital marketingSaaSTech

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipCross-functional collaborationData-drivenStrategic thinking

Languages:MalayEnglish

Tech Stack:Google AnalyticsGoogle Search ConsoleSEMrushAhrefsScreaming FrogDeepcrawlModeLookerDragon Metrics

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

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor

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Canva

1 month ago

SEO Lead (Malaysia)

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 6 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Contract · 12 months

Job Function: Marketing & Growth

Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

•Define and lead the end-to-end SEO strategy for Malaysia across technical, content, and link-building pillars, influencing stakeholders from day one.
•Translate market insights into a focused, high-impact roadmap aligned with Canva’s international growth goals, communicating in terms of Canva’s broader priorities.
•Continuously evaluate market performance, adapt to shifts in user behavior, and prioritize the highest-ROI initiatives.
•Represent SEO as a strategic function in country planning discussions and share learnings to scale globally.
•Build systems, playbooks, and autonomous processes so the market runs effectively even when you’re not directly involved.

Key Requirements

•Native Malay speaker with business-level English
•Proven SEO leadership with a track record leading large websites (500+ pages)
•Deep understanding of Malaysia search behavior, cultural nuances, and internet user dynamics
•Ability to bridge local market insights with global business objectives
•Experience leading cross-functional teams and embedding with non-SEO colleagues

Experience:MalaysiaSEODigital marketingSaaSTech

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipCross-functional collaborationData-drivenStrategic thinking

Languages:MalayEnglish

Tech Stack:Google AnalyticsGoogle Search ConsoleSEMrushAhrefsScreaming FrogDeepcrawlModeLookerDragon Metrics

Company Brief

Canva

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

Glassdoor: 3.9

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor