Talent Acquisition Partner (12-month Contract)

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campus is in Sydney, Australia, but with many of our Canvanauts calling the Philippines home, our office in Manila is a buzzing place. Whether your role needs you in the office, at home or a bit of both, we've created an environment that truly empowers you to thrive.

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:

• Hire game-changing talent: Own end-to-end recruitment and bring exceptional people into Canva who raise the bar and shape the future of our teams.

• Build powerful talent pipelines: Proactively source and engage top talent globally, turning hard-to-find candidates into enthusiastic Canva advocates.

• Be a true hiring partner: Collaborate closely with leaders to deeply understand their goals and design smart, effective hiring strategies that deliver results.

• Champion an unforgettable candidate experience: Guide candidates through every step of the journey, ensuring they feel inspired, informed, and excited about Canva.

• Drive smarter hiring decisions with data: Use insights and metrics to continuously improve processes, optimise outcomes, and help teams hire better and faster.

• Raise the bar on inclusive hiring: Actively embed diversity and inclusion into sourcing strategies and hiring decisions to build stronger, more representative teams.

You're probably a match if

• You bring proven, hands-on experience owning hiring from end to end. From role scoping and workforce planning conversations to sourcing, interviewing, offer negotiation, and closing, you take full accountability for delivering strong hiring outcomes — across your home market and, ideally, across multiple countries in the region.

• You proactively build and nurture talent pipelines. You don’t wait for inbound applicants — you market map, headhunt, and engage passive talent early so the right candidates are ready when the business needs them.

• You generate market intelligence. You leverage multiple platforms, communities, talent data tools, and AI-powered sourcing solutions to uncover insights on talent availability, compensation trends, and competitor movements.

• You turn data into hiring strategy. You use market insights, funnel metrics, and hiring data to advise stakeholders, influence decisions, and shape realistic, high-impact hiring plans.

• You operate as a confident talent partner. You’re commercially curious, comfortable challenging assumptions, and trusted to guide leaders toward better hiring outcomes — not just execute requests.

• You’re motivated by building high-impact teams. You measure success not by roles filled, but by the long-term performance and cultural contribution of the people you hire.

About the team

You’ll be joining Canva’s Southeast Asia Talent Acquisition team, responsible for hiring across the SEA region. The team partners closely with business leaders to scale high-impact teams across multiple functions — including Customer Service, Marketing, Finance, Design, and others — ensuring we attract and hire exceptional talent that reflects the diversity and ambition of the region.

Operating at both a strategic and hands-on level, SEA TA plays a critical role in shaping Canva’s growth trajectory across Southeast Asia.

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 that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance 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.