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Template Art Director (12-month contract) - Japan

Tokyo · Remote · Design · Creative

Company
Helps anyone create images and documents easily, even without design experience.
Role
Leads design direction for Canva templates made for the Japan market.

What you will do

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Responsibilities

  • Designs a wide range of fresh, varied, beautiful templates for the Japan audience.
  • Develops new template concepts around themes that resonate with Japanese users.
  • Partners with asset creators to build illustrations and elements that elevate templates.
  • Writes creator briefs and helps manage freelance designers together with the design lead.
  • Uses AI tools to produce templates at scale without losing cultural relevance.
  • Manages quality of creator-submitted templates with the review team.

What you need

  • Has worked in visual, graphic, or brand design roles that spanned both digital and print marketing.
  • Has a solid foundation in illustration, typography, color, and layout.
  • Delivers polished work on deadline with the end user in mind.
  • Has given other designers clear feedback before.
  • Has coordinated or guided a small group of designers.

Good to have

  • Has used Canva before, making it easier to ramp up quickly.
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