Copywriter, Design School

About the Role: Copywriter, Design School

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where And How You Can Work

Alongside our global campuses, Canva collaborates with talented contractors and freelancers from all over the world to help us achieve our crazy big goals. While Canva supports flexible, remote-friendly ways of working, for this Copywriter, Design School role, we’re focusing on Sydney / Melbourne to best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing.

This role is a short-term engagement from 1st Feb - 30th April 2026 working full-time hours per week.

What You’d Be Doing In This Role

As a Copywriter in the Design School Creative team, you’ll create clear, compelling, and accessible educational content. You’ll write scripts, certification copy, and tutorial materials that support learners across a range of skill levels. You’ll bring Canva’s friendly, empowering tone to life through instructional storytelling, ensuring all content reflects best practices in learning design and content accessibility. This is a strategic, collaborative, and craft-driven role where storytelling meets education.

At The Moment This Role Is Focussed On

• Writing and editing educational copy—from long-form scripts to concise tutorial content.
• Collaborating with educators, designers, and producers to bring content to life.
• Tailoring writing for diverse learner profiles, ensuring global accessibility.
• Upholding Canva’s tone of voice and instructional principles across all touchpoints.
• Adapting content formats for various channels like video, web, and editorial.
• Interpreting learner feedback and performance data to iterate on copy quality.
• Contributing ideas that elevate how Canva teaches the world to design.

You're probably a match if

• You’re a collaborative and strategic writer with experience crafting content that teaches, empowers, and inspires.
• You’re confident writing across formats and for diverse audiences.
• You know how to explain complex ideas simply—and you’re passionate about helping people learn.
• You thrive in collaborative teams, are comfortable with feedback, and can drive your work forward independently with clarity and intent.

About The Team

Canva’s in-house Creative Team is on a mission to make Canva one of the most locally loved brands in the world. Within that, the Design School Creative team crafts world-class educational experiences across certifications, tutorials, and editorial storytelling. We work closely with educators, designers, and producers to bring ideas to life and help learners succeed. We move fast, collaborate deeply, and bring strategic thinking to every brief—always with a learner-first mindset.

Other Stuff To Know

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Canva celebrates all types of skills and backgrounds so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

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Key skills/competency

• Educational Content Creation
• Scriptwriting
• Content Accessibility
• Instructional Design
• Storytelling
• Editorial Writing
• Learner Experience (LX)
• Canva Tone of Voice
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Content Strategy