Art Director – 12-month Contract

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🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

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🧑‍🎨 Art Director

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Canva

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

☁️ SaaS

📱 Media

📚 Education

💰 $200M Venture Round on 2021-09

SaaS • Media • Education

Canva is a versatile online design platform that empowers users to create a wide range of professional designs with ease. From social media posts and presentations to business cards and posters, Canva provides thousands of templates and design tools to help users bring their creative ideas to life. The platform also offers a suite of AI-powered features to enhance creativity and productivity, including tools like Magic Write for copy generation and Magic Edit for photo transformations. Canva caters to individuals, teams, and enterprises, making it an ideal solution for collaborative design and workflow management. It is also committed to sustainability and social impact, offering free educational and nonprofit access to its premium features.

📋 Description

• Create fresh, varied designs for Canva’s Japan community • Develop concepts for templates across themes and topics relevant to Japan • Design supporting assets, including illustrations and design elements • Suggest design styles and creative directions aligned with local user preferences • Review Creator template submissions and provide actionable feedback • Use AI tools to create templates at scale for the Japan market while preserving craft and cultural relevance • Write Creator briefs with direction, context, and inspiration • Partner with the Design Lead to manage PPO designers and keep work on track, on-brief, and on deadline • Oversee the end-to-end rollout of Canva’s Japan content library • Collaborate with copywriters, illustrators, market growth, and localisation specialists

🎯 Requirements

• Experience as an Art Director, Graphic Designer, or Visual Designer across digital and print marketing • Genuine love for design trends and styles specific to Japan • Portfolio demonstrating clean, elegant, beautiful design • Strong craft in hand illustration, typography, colour, conceptual graphic design, and layout • Sharp eye for visual, cultural, and pop culture trends • Strong stylistic point of view grounded in design fundamentals • Design with the end user in mind and deliver quality work on deadline and to brief • Experience giving clear, kind, and useful design feedback • Comfortable using AI tools in the design workflow and curious about extending their use • Ability to write concise creative briefs • Experience coordinating or guiding a small group of designers, or willingness to step into that responsibility • Resume and portfolio link required when applying

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible, remote-friendly ways of working • 12-month contract