Content Creator, Performance Creative (6 Month Contract)

Canva; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Canva is hiring a Content Creator, Performance Creative for a 6-month contract in Sydney. The role focuses on producing engaging social content for Canva's paid channels and owning end-to-end social-first video production from ideation to editing.

You'll translate growth goals into creative ideas, test, learn, and iterate to boost engagement and conversions, collaborating closely with growth marketers, analysts, and designers.

Qualifications

• You live and breathe short-form video.
• You observe internet culture and translate insights into engaging content.
• You balance creativity with data on engagement and conversions.
• You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and seek clarity without a fixed playbook.
• You are technically skilled in camera operation, lighting, editing, and sound design.

Responsibilities

• Creating engaging social content for Canva's paid social channels, turning ideas into on-brand, culturally relevant content.
• Owning social-first video production end-to-end: ideating, scripting, shooting, editing, and optimising content for growth campaigns.
• Translating growth objectives into engaging creative by developing trend-savvy and performance-minded ideas.
• Testing, learning, and iterating to uncover what drives engagement and conversion on emerging platforms.
• Collaborating with growth marketers, analysts, and designers to bring data-informed storytelling to life.
• Acting as a face of Canva when needed on TikTok or other channels to add a human, authentic voice.

Skills

Short-form video

Content strategy

Trend analysis

Collaboration

Bias for action

Tools

CapCut

Adobe Suite

Canva Video

Job description

Content Creator, Performance Creative (6 Month Contract)

• Contract

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Alongside our global campuses, we also collaborate with talented contractors and freelancers from all over the world to help us achieve our crazy big goals. While we support flexible, remote-friendly ways of working, for this role we're focusing on Sydney so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing.

This role is a 6-month engagement, working full-time hours.

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. So this will give you the flavour of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve. At the moment, this role is focused on:

Creating engaging social content for Canva's paid social channels — turning ideas into scroll-stopping content that's on-brand, culturally relevant, and impactful

Owning social-first video production end-to-end: ideating, scripting, shooting, editing, and optimising content for high-performing growth campaigns

Translating growth objectives into engaging creative by developing ideas that are both trend-savvy and performance-minded

Testing, learning, and iterating to uncover what drives engagement and conversion on emerging social platforms

Collaborating closely with growth marketers, analysts, and designers to bring data-informed storytelling to life

Acting as a face of Canva when needed — on TikTok or other channels — to add a human, authentic voice to our brand

You’re probably a match if

You live and breathe short-form video and instinctively know how to communicate within seconds

You're a keen observer of internet culture and emerging trends, with a knack for turning insights into content that connects

You balance creative flair with an understanding of what drives engagement and conversions

You thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and can find a path to clarity without a perfect playbook to follow

You're technically skilled across camera operation, lighting, editing (CapCut, Adobe Suite, Canva Video), and sound design

You have a bias for action — no task is too small if it helps the team move faster and hit its goals

About the team

You'll be joining Canva's in-house Growth Creative team, part of the broader in-house creative group on a mission to make Canva one of the most locally loved brands in the world. The Growth Creative team crafts social-first, high-performing ads designed to boost direct business conversions — focused on growing Monthly Active Users and driving revenue through innovative, engaging campaigns. It's a fast-moving team that values creative instinct paired with ruthless prioritisation.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience, skills and passion. Please note that 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!