Creative Director, North America Advertising Job at Canva in San Francisco

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship office is in Sydney, Australia, but we've made our way from down under, to a hub in San Francisco, which is now home to our US operations. We offer flexibility in how and where you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA — and this role is no exception. While the current focus is on helping shape how Canva drives value, communicates plan differentiation, and grows our self-serve business, the scope may evolve based on business needs and your strengths. And we like to think that’s all part of the fun.

What the role is focused on

We're looking for a visionary creative leader to drive our advertising excellence across the US market and globally.

Reporting to the Global Executive Creative Director, this role combines strategic creative direction in our largest market, the US, with global craft leadership.

As Creative Director for US, you’ll lead the creative direction and execution of our advertising efforts across North America. You’ll shape campaigns that are brave, insight-led, rooted in local storytelling and crafted for impact across TV, digital, social, performance, and emerging platforms. You’ll work closely with in-house teams and agency partners to deliver creative that builds brand love, drives growth, and reflects our distinctive voice in-market.

We’re looking for a creative powerhouse with deep advertising and storytelling expertise, and a passion for growing both people and ideas. This role blends strategic vision with hands-on craft, and calls for someone who can inspire teams while delivering work that drives real results.

The work you do will help raise the bar for Canva’s advertising craft globally, by collaborating with our Creative Director’s in Europe, LATAM and Southeast Asia, to sharing learnings, insights and champion creative excellence across borders.

This is a rare opportunity to help shape a global brand with big ambitions.

What you’d be doing in this role

US Advertising Creative Direction

• Lead the creative direction for Canva’s advertising in the US, our largest and most strategic market
• Oversee the development and execution of integrated campaigns across TV, digital, social, OOH, and performance channels
• Create bold, culturally relevant campaigns that connect with audiences and drive growth
• Build and manage an always-on creative capability that enables rapid testing, iteration, and optimization at scale
• Embed insights, trends, and data into creative work to increase impact
• Manage in-house teams and agency partners to deliver high-quality execution

Advertising Craft Leadership

Brand and Campaign Excellence

Agency and Production Management

Team Leadership and Development

Cross-functional Partnership

You will thrive in this role if you have

Professional Experience

Skills & Attributes

Our Values & Culture

At Canva, we believe success and impact go hand in hand. Our two-step plan is simple : first, build one of the most valuable companies in the world, and then use that success to do the most good we can. From free access for nonprofits and schools to volunteering and global partnerships, we’re driven by empowerment at every level.

We’re building a culture that’s inclusive, collaborative, and deeply ambitious, a place where creative people are encouraged to take risks, push boundaries, and grow together. If you’re excited by the idea of shaping a brand with real purpose, surrounded by curious, creative people who are genuinely in it together, you’ll feel right at home here.

What’s in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here’s a taste of what’s on offer :

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

At Canva we value fairness, and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring internal equity within the team in each region. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience and our overall assessment of what we observed and learnt in the hiring process. The target salary range for this position is $194,000 USD to $255,000 USD. When calculating offers, we make salary decisions based on market data and candidates' skills and experience.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

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!

Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.

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