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Head of Design Research

Canva šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Full-time Lead

Lead, mentor, and grow the Design Research team while crafting and leading a design research strategy that informs product vision and company goals. Drive evaluative research to identify and fix user issues across Canva’s product surfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and grow the Design Research team while crafting and leading a design research strategy that informs product vision and company goals. Drive evaluative research to identify and fix user issues across Canva’s product surfaces.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have deep expertise in generative, evaluative, and mixed-methods research, along with strong leadership skills. A passion for using research to drive business and product strategy is essential.

Benefits

  • Equity Packages
  • Inclusive Parental Leave Policy
  • Annual Vibe & Thrive Allowance
  • Flexible Leave Options

Key Skills

Design Research Generative Research Evaluative Research Mixed-Methods Research Leadership Mentorship Strategy Development Product Vision Company Goals User Experience User Issues

About Canva

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

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