AI Photography & Videography Creative Director

Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, with a campus in Melbourne, this role is based in Sydney or Melbourne. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals, while collaborating closely with global teams across time zones.
 

What you’d be doing in this role

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that’s all part of the fun. This role will give you the flavour of the type of things you’ll be working on when you start — but it will likely evolve.

Photography and video are the lifeblood of what Canva's users create and AI is changing what's possible at every step of that process. As AI Photography & Video Lead, you'll own the creative and strategic direction for how we produce, enrich, and scale world-class photo and video content for over 220 million users.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Defining and leading the creative strategy for Canva's photography and video content - ensuring we're building a library that's diverse, on-trend, and genuinely useful for our users
• Driving AI-first approaches to content production: using AI to generate, enrich, tag, and scale photo and video assets that would take years to produce by hand
• Partnering with Content Studio's production teams, engineers, and product managers to build tooling and workflows that unlock content creation at scale
• Setting quality standards and creative direction across photography and video - commissioning shoots, reviewing assets, and ensuring every piece meets the Canva bar
• Contributing to Canva's AI Template Marketplace goals, where photo and video content is a critical ingredient in making templates come alive
• Coaching and leading a team of photographers, videographers, and content producers to do the best work of their careers
   

You're probably a match if:

• You're an experienced creative leader in photography and/or video, with a strong point of view on quality and craft
• You're genuinely excited about how AI is changing content creation - and you already have experience working with AI tools in your workflow
• You've led creative teams or specialties before, and you know how to set direction and help people grow
• You understand what it means to operate at platform scale - millions of assets, used across thousands of contexts
• You can hold creative ambition and operational rigour at the same time - you care about making beautiful things and getting them shipped
• You work well in a cross-functional environment, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, and operations teams
   

About the team

Content Studio is the group within Content & Discovery responsible for producing and scaling the visual content that powers Canva's platform. We're building towards an AI-enabled marketplace with millions of templates, photos, and elements and we create the systems, tooling, and creative workflows that make that possible at a global scale.
 

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:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
 

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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