German Design Lead (12 month contract)

Canva
Berlin
Workplace: HybridContractFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Education: bachelorsSkills: ["Creative leadership","Stakeholder management","Storytelling","Communication","Outcome focus"]

Lead Canva’s German market creative direction within the International Content team, ensuring content is culturally resonant and meets high design quality. Partner with Country Content Strategy, Country Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate strategy into locally relevant templates and elements across graphics, photos, and video. Oversee content creation and curation, drive AI-native production workflows, monitor performance and gaps, and direct a team of local creatives and freelancers to deliver at speed and scale.

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German Design Lead (12 month contract)

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Job Summary

Lead Canva’s German market creative direction within the International Content team, ensuring content is culturally resonant and meets high design quality. Partner with Country Content Strategy, Country Managers, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate strategy into locally relevant templates and elements across graphics, photos, and video. Oversee content creation and curation, drive AI-native production workflows, monitor performance and gaps, and direct a team of local creatives and freelancers to deliver at speed and scale.
Location: Berlin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Contract · 12 months
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Develop and execute the creative vision aligned to Country Content Strategy priorities
  • •Oversee creation and curation of locally relevant content (design kits, creator briefs, and in-house production as needed)
  • •Drive AI adoption in production and content innovation to scale output without compromising craft
  • •Lead quality control, editorial framing, and feedback/approval across content workstreams
  • •Monitor performance via audits and analysis, identify content gaps, and communicate results and learnings to stakeholders

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Communications, or a related field
  • •Proven experience in creative leadership roles with international, regional, or market-level remit
  • •A strong portfolio showcasing design work and local content campaigns with cultural resonance
  • •Experience collaborating cross-functionally (SEO, Growth, Marketing, Product)
  • •Experience managing freelancers and/or creators with a focus on quality and alignment
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Creative leadershipStakeholder managementStorytellingCommunicationOutcome focus
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIAICG

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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