Senior Brand Designer (6 Month Contract) - London, UK

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

Alongside our global campuses, we collaborate with talented contractors and freelancers worldwide. While we support flexible, remote‑friendly ways of working, this role focuses on London so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing. The engagement is 6 months, working full‑time hours.

What You’d Be Doing in This Role

As Canva scales, change is part of our DNA. This role focuses on performance creative production for our EMEA market, delivering ad assets, UGC edits, and lifecycle visuals across paid channels (Meta, TikTok, Google Display) and owned channels (email, app store). You’ll collaborate with marketers on creative concepts and ad visuals, ensuring outputs are on‑brand and optimized for performance.

• Assist in monthly creative sprint ad assets in both static and motion/video formats.
• Design UGC/lo‑fi style video sprints and experiments (e.g., hook and CTA testing, editing).
• Assist with copy for GIF/banners and app marketing assets for always‑on creative refreshers and local seasonal campaigns.
• Create emailing, in‑app, and app storefront campaign banners to support local campaigns and experiments.
• Write, review, and dream up ideas for Canva’s brand, product, and performance campaigns.
• Support campaigns from the initial idea to final execution, staying true to Canva’s brand and strategy.
• Confidently pitch concepts and present your work to senior creative leaders, product marketers, and key stakeholders with clear creative vision and strategic reasoning.
• Collaborate with external partners, providing guidance and feedback to keep messaging consistent and high‑quality.
• Work closely with the Creative Director to ensure accurate schedules and realistic deadlines.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and adapt static, video, and motion ads across Meta, TikTok, Google, and Display.
• Edit and optimize UGC videos for ad sprints.
• Collaborate with marketers to translate strategy and insights into effective creatives.
• Contribute to conceptualisation for growth marketing campaigns and lifecycle assets.
• Ensure all outputs are optimised for channel specs, on‑brand, and localised for the EMEA market.
• Share creative learnings and insights to strengthen future testing and production.

You're probably a match if

• You have a strong design portfolio showcasing digital ads, motion graphics, or UGC video edits.
• You are proficient in design tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Canva.
• You have experience creating content for Meta, TikTok, Google Ads, or other performance channels.
• You’re comfortable working in a fast‑paced, test‑and‑learn environment.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to adapt creative concepts across multiple formats and sizes.
• You’re a collaborative partner who can work closely with marketers and other creatives.
• You understand cultural trends and can translate them into design.

We’re seeking a designer who thrives in fast‑paced, collaborative environments and is excited by the challenge of bringing ideas to life on digital media. You should be comfortable balancing creativity with execution, delivering polished assets on time while leaving space for experimentation and innovation.

You'll succeed in this role if you’re a resourceful, detail‑oriented creative who’s passionate about design, social media, and creating content that resonates with local audiences.

About The Team

Marketing’s mission at Canva is for Canva to become “the most loved brand in the world.” Canva’s International Marketing Group is a diverse and distributed team that drives user growth, brand awareness, and affinity in our priority international markets. As part of the International Marketing Group, the PerMer Marketing team blends global strategies with hyper‑local insights to create meaningful connections with users in EMEA through local campaigns, localised moments, and evergreen creative initiatives across performance marketing, brand, events, partnerships, social, community engagement, and other growth channels.

The designer will work directly with the PerMer Creative Growth Marketing team, supporting the creation of engaging, locally resonant creative content that amplifies our presence in EMEA.

Other Stuff To Know

We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience, skills, and passion. When you signify interest in the project, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the contractor‑accreditation interview process. Contractor‑accreditation meetings are conducted virtually. We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva, so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above, we still want to hear from you! Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.