Multimedia Specialist / Design Technologist

At Canva, we create tools that empower the world to design. Our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform! Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and remarkable growth trajectory – we’re out to change the world, one design at a time. Since launch in April 2013 we have grown exponentially, amassing over 10 million users across 190 different countries who have created more than 300 million designs. We are one of the world’s fastest growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we are capable of!

Our multimedia team create all of Canva’s public facing sites – from enormous blog projects like our Learn platform to our beautiful Help Centre. We also build great tools to help people in their design process, like a photo editor, a colour palette generator and a font combinations generator used by thousands every day. We’re helping create the community, inspiration and support that grows our core Canva product.

There’s a lot of variety in the multimedia designer role at Canva. From user research to wireframes, animations, motion design, prototyping, testing, programming, design, implementation and iteration for Canva websites, video’s, landing pages marketing campaigns and various digital assets – you can be involved from end to end and have an incredible impact on each project. We collaborate closely with engineers in small teams to craft amazing user experiences.

What you'll do
Create and build Canva’s digital assets including producing animations, presentations, visuals, graphics and multimedia files Develop, maintain and oversee Canva’s digital assets, including the including Canva’s consumer facing websites, marketing campaigns and integrated multimedia

Prototype and build interactive experiences, animations, video, audio, graphics and media; Prototyping the expected user experience using multimedia software tools such as Invision, Principle, and Framer (or code!), interactive graphics and programming languages.

Validating their designs using appropriate user testing techniques. Build visual interactions, designs and project requirements for development;

Create concepts and wireframes to ensure the best user experience;

Ensure consistency across all our platforms in terms of UI and branding; Prototype and build interactive experiences and animations to communicate interactions and behaviours;

Ensure that the Canva experience spans a wide range of devices, from desktop to mobile; Generate creative ideas while building upon existing best practices in design and technology; and

Work closely with the product and marketing teams at Canva to help accelerate our growth around the world, in a wide range of markets

Experience you'll have
Minimum of 3 years in a multimedia designer role (UX/UI) Online portfolio that demonstrates:
Expertise in design for web and mobile, a modern style & aesthetic, creative thinking and attention to detail Understanding of programming languages including HTML, CSS, Javascript or WordPress/PHP
Advanced proficiency with design, prototyping and multimedia software tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Invision, Framer and After Effects, .