# Spain Design Lead (12 month contract)

**Company**: Canva
**Location**: Madrid, MD
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join the team empowering the world to design at Canva, a rapidly growing design platform. As the Spain Design Lead, you will play a pivotal role in Canva's mission to democratise design by ensuring content is truly local, culturally resonant, and of the highest design quality for the Spanish market.

You will direct and deliver content at speed and scale that drives user engagement, content adoption, and revenue growth. You will partner closely with the Content Strategy Lead and cross-functional stakeholders to develop a compelling creative vision that delivers and executes against strategic priorities.

Responsibilities:

- Develop a creative vision that delivers and executes against strategic priorities

- Collaborate with local Marketing, SEO, and Community teams

- Translate country and regional strategies into locally relevant campaigns

- Drive AI adoption in production and content innovation

- Oversee the creation of content, including design kits and campaign documents

- Curate and editorially frame content for marketing initiatives and seasonal calendars

- Build and maintain a deep knowledge of local culture, consumer behaviour, and design trends

- Conduct foundational content research and provide cultural expertise

- Champion hyperlocal design perspectives and advocate for the integration of global and underrepresented perspectives

- Monitor competitor activity and creative trends

- Manage freelance designers and creators

- Report on the performance and ROI of creative campaigns

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Design, Marketing, Communications, or a related field

- Proven experience in creative leadership roles

- Strong portfolio showcasing exceptional design work and content campaigns

- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and storytelling skills

- Results-focused mindset, balancing creative innovation with business and user goals

## Skills

### Required
- Design
- Marketing
- Communications
- Content Strategy
- AI adoption
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management

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