Education Growth Lead
Canva
Company Description
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Where and how you can work
Our headquarters is in sunny Sydney, Australia, but our team spans the globe. While we support flexible, remote-friendly ways of working, for this role, we’re focusing on São Paulo, Brazil, so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing.
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:
Owning Education as a growth vertical in Brazil — driving activation, repeat usage, and measurable adoption across teachers and students.
Designing and executing Brazil’s education growth strategy — from grassroots teacher engagement to municipality-level partnerships.
Shifting the focus from “train” to “activate & retain” — embedding Canva into everyday classroom workflows.
Aligning Sales, Marketing, Content, Product, and Partnerships around clear education growth outcomes.
Identifying friction in onboarding and reducing barriers to sustained usage at scale.
Building scalable, locally relevant initiatives that turn education into a compounding acquisition and frequency engine.
You're probably a match if
You have built or scaled something measurable — a market, a vertical, a segment — and can clearly articulate the growth levers behind it.
You think in activation, retention, and habit formation — not just awareness or top-line sales.
You are hands-on and comfortable operating without a rigid playbook — rolling up your sleeves when needed.
You can navigate both grassroots environments (teachers, schools, communities) and strategic conversations (partners, stakeholders, government).
You thrive in cross-functional environments and can influence without authority.
You are curious, adaptable, and excited about shaping a vertical that doesn’t yet have a fully defined playbook.
About the team
You’ll join Canva’s International supergroup — a distributed team of growth leaders, marketers, and strategists focused on expanding Canva’s impact across key global markets. In Brazil, you’ll work closely with the Country Manager and collaborate across Sales, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, and Content to build education into a sustainable, high-impact growth engine.
What's in it for you?
Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.
Here's a taste of what's on offer:
Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
Inclusive parental leave policy
An annual Vibe & Thrive package to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally
Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.
Other stuff to know
We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.
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!
Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.