What you'll do:

• Create and deliver a compelling global internal communications strategy to keep our employees informed, engaged and feeling connected to our mission, vision and values.
• Own company-wide communications and manage internal communication cadence, calendar and channels (email, slack, newsletters, Glassdoor, company meetings, etc), that connect our employees around the world
• Work closely with the founders to develop, write and edit communications, including organisational and product narratives, speeches, emails, articles and slide presentations.
• Distill complex subjects into coherent and easy-to-understand language.
• Build scalable systems to improve context sharing, understanding and alignment across Canva
• Guide specialists across video, design, copywriting, motion design and learning design, internally, to roll out communication formats that help achieve our organisational goals
• Identify key messages or areas of impact, and help to distill thinking and prepare presentations and content, working with teams like Canva University, HR, program management, our specialty leads and others to disseminate – constantly keeping a finger on the pulse of the organisation and ensuring we’re seeing the right results from our efforts.
• Partner across the business and with external communications to discover, curate and share compelling stories about our company, our product, and our people.
• Coordinate multiple streams of information, weaving complex ideas into a story that can be easily understood by our global, diverse team.
• Measure and analyze the effectiveness of our internal communications strategy; continuously seek to increase impact
• Partner closely our People team to lead communication and change management campaigns to support the launch and on-going cadence of key People programs (performance, learning and development, engagement).
• Build and manage a highly engaged and effective team who can help scale initiatives and have maximum impact across Canva
• Support consistent messaging, and create systems that allow our various leadership groupings across Canva to be aligned, and best disseminate information.

What we're looking for:

• An expert communicator and storyteller, able to speak to a global audience and reflect the company’s voice in a wide range of media, formats and context.
• Ability to think strategically (beyond just the here and now), and synthesise lots of complex information to come up with solutions with tangible impact.
• 8+ years of experience in strategic communications (including 3+ in internal communications), preferably in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Able to influence and work with a wide range of stakeholders, including the founders, speciality leads, teams, and our People team functions (Team Happiness, Canva University, Coaching, Vibe etc.) 
• A data driven and results focused mindset. Must have prior experience with both quantitative and qualitative data — tracking, measuring and evaluating outcomes to demonstrate impact. 
• Incredible organisational skills and attention to detail with the ability to balance the big picture with getting the important details right.
• While we won’t be taking any blood samples, we’d love to see some Startup DNA – you will need to be flexible, pragmatic, strategic, tenacious, and take ownership of deliverables and outcomes.

• Competitive salary, plus equity options
• Flexible working hours, we value work-life balance
• In-house chefs that cook delicious breakfast and lunch for us each day
• Professional education allowance
• Free Yoga membership 
• Generous parental leave policy
• Pet-friendly offices
• Sponsored social clubs and team eventsFun and quirky celebrations
• Relocation budget provided for interstate or overseas candidates and visa application fees covered