# Country Design Lead, Turkiye (12-month contract)

**Company**: Canva
**Location**: Istanbul
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Design
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

As our Country Design Lead for Turkey, you'll shape the creative direction of Canva's content for one of our key growth markets , making sure everything we put out feels genuinely local, culturally resonant, and valuable to Turkish users.

**Responsibilities**

- Developing and driving the creative direction for the Turkish market, translating country strategy into culturally relevant templates and elements across social media, presentations, websites, and print

- Overseeing content creation and curation , from design kits and campaign assets to creator briefs , ensuring outputs meet Canva's standards for visual quality and cultural authenticity

- Leveraging AI tools and scalable workflows to accelerate content production without sacrificing craft

- Leading quality control across all content outputs, maintaining alignment with brand guidelines and high design standards

- Managing and mentoring local freelance designers and creators, providing clear briefs, structured feedback, and ongoing direction

- Building strong working relationships with the Country Content Strategy Lead, Marketing, SEO, and Community teams to align on creative goals and execution

- Conducting content audits and performance analysis to surface gaps, opportunities, and areas for improvement

**Requirements**

- You have a strong design portfolio that demonstrates both visual craft and cultural sensitivity , you know what great looks like, and you know how to get there at pace

- You're genuinely excited about using AI tools to generate, iterate, and scale content , you see them as a creative accelerator, not a shortcut

- You have a deep understanding of Turkish culture, design aesthetics, and consumer behaviour, and you know how to translate that into content that lands

- You're comfortable juggling multiple workstreams and shifting priorities in a fast-moving environment, without letting quality slip

- You've worked with freelancers or creators before and know how to brief, review, and develop talent effectively

- You're a strong collaborator who builds trust quickly , across teams, functions, and time zones , and can translate strategic direction into real creative output

## Skills

### Required
- design
- cultural sensitivity
- AI tools
- content creation
- project management

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