Corporate Communications Manager (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)

$148K/yr – $210K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 6 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and orchestrate Canva''s US corporate communications across media relations, executive thought leadership, major announcements, and internal alignment, turning fast-moving moments into consistent, high-impact storytelling for reporters, analysts, and executives.

  • Corporate & US media: drive proactive storytelling, reactive issues management, and ensure a steady drumbeat of growth and momentum.
  • Media engagement & announcements: build trusted relationships with reporters and influencers to land timely product launches, partnerships, and milestones.
  • Executive thought leadership & internal comms: develop leadership programs and align internal comms with company-wide moments.

Job Description

  • Supporting corporate communications in the US: You'll help drive proactive storytelling, media engagement, and reactive issues management across North America, contributing to a consistent drumbeat of stories that highlight Canva's growth, innovation, and momentum.
  • Driving media engagement in the US: You'll develop trusted relationships with Silicon Valley, Wall Street, business, and technology reporters, tastemakers, and key opinion leaders, driving proactive storytelling while navigating inbound opportunities with speed and judgment.
  • Supporting major company announcements: You'll play a key role in communications for some of Canva's most important moments, including product launches, acquisitions, partnerships and milestones, partnering across the company to deliver coordinated, high-impact campaigns.
  • Building executive thought leadership programs: You'll develop and execute thought leadership strategies for Canva's US leaders, with particular support for our Chief Financial Officer, helping elevate their profiles across business, technology, financial, and industry conversations.
  • Supporting internal communications in the US: You'll partner closely with Canva's Global Communications to ensure our US team feels informed, connected, and celebrated across key moments, milestones, and company-wide initiatives.
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We're a global online visual communications platform on a mission to empower the world to design. Featuring a simple drag-and-drop user interface and a vast range of templates ranging from presentations, documents, websites, social media graphics, posters, apparel to videos, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips, anyone can take an idea and create something beautiful on Canva on any device, from anywhere in the world.Since our launch in 2013, we’ve had the crazy big goal of making design accessible to everyone. We were founded on the belief that people shouldn't need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. We’re leveling the playing field and democratizing access to design and visual communication by empowering 100% of the world to communicate in a way that was once limited to the 1%. We've always had a deeper mission surrounding Canva — which we talk about as our 'simple' two-step plan: to build one of the world’s most valuable companies, and to do the most good we possibly can. We're committed to our core value of Being a Force for Good, so as the value of our company grows, so too does our ability to have a positive impact on the world.

Founded in 2012
Surry Hills, New South Wales, AUS
11K employees (4,005 in marketing)
83% recommend to a friend
92% CEO approval

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
821.5M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$606.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
26.1%
Direct
70.7%
Referral
2.4%
Social
0.5%
Paid
0.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~10.6K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,322 (13% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
3

Funding

Total Funding
$2.5B
Last Raise
$328.5M
Secondary Market, 3 months ago

Funding History

  • Aug 2025
    Secondary Market
  • Oct 2024
    Secondary Market
  • May 2024
    Secondary Market • $328.5M

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