About Design Pickle
Design Pickle is a global creative services company providing thousands of businesses with unlimited, high-quality design and illustration work at a flat rate. Founded in Scottsdale, Arizona, Design Pickle was created to deliver reliable, affordable, and scalable creative content to any business.
Our Core Values
Be the SPARK
Let your fire and passion inspire someone else's day.
DRIVE Performance
Seek out new ways to improve performance, satisfaction, and impact for our customers. Less is more rules supreme.
Give it to me STRAIGHT
Lead with radical and professional candor in every situation. Graciously accept when others do the same. Move forward together and aligned.
HELP when nobody's watching
Find opportunities to support each other and our clients beyond the day-to-day.
Lean into HARD
We thoughtfully select our challenges and tenaciously commit to conquering them.
Make your own PICKLES
We are a collection of incredible individuals who challenge ourselves and each other to grow. Change is celebrated as a sign of progress.
The Role
Overview: The Canva Creative Specialist is a vital role within Design Pickle's Center of Excellence (CoE). This position is responsible for providing professional guidance in the use of Canva, focusing on best practices, innovation, and enhancing the quality of design projects. The role involves collaborating with a global team of designers, managing and maintaining quality standards, assisting with project scoping, and upholding the creative production value of each project. This position is also client-facing at times due to our partnership with Canva, requiring effective communication and collaboration with clients.
Work hours: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM PST/EST (
You can use this link to make the time conversion on your end!)
Scope of Work
- Serve as the foremost expert in Canva within the Design Pickle CoE.
- Stay updated on industry trends, tools, and best practices related to Canva.
- Own existing Canva scope of services across all areas of service where Canva is applicable: Graphic Design, Presentation Design, Motion Graphics, Video Editing.
- Drive expansion of Canva scope and related services across all areas of service where Canva is applicable: Graphic Design, Web Design, Presentation Design, Motion Graphics, Video Editing.
- Push the boundaries for what Design Pickle and our customers consider possible in Canva.
- Provide thought leadership through documentation, presentations, and workshops.
- Develop best practice guidelines and standards for using Canva.
- Create service guides and supporting documentation for various teams.
- Collaborate effectively with other Creative Excellence Specialists and CoE members to share knowledge and best practices across the organization.
- Offer guidance and support to teams across Design Pickle in utilizing Canva effectively.
- Develop educational content to enhance team skills in Canva.
- Identify and address challenges and issues specific to Canva design projects.
- Communicate effectively with stakeholders to ensure alignment on project goals and objectives.
- Mentor team members in the effective use of Canva for various design projects.
Ideal Profile
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Graphic Design, Digital Media, or a related field.
- Proven expertise and a track record of success in using Canva for professional design projects.
- Strong leadership, analytical, and communication skills.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively in a team and cross-functional setting.
- Bonus pickles if you have experience with the Affinity suite of tools.
Skills/Competencies
- Canva Expertise: Advanced skills in creating professional designs using Canva, ensuring consistency and excellence in all projects.
- Adaptability: Being flexible and able to adjust quickly to changes, whether they are related to work processes, technologies, or remote work dynamics, while maintaining a positive and proactive attitude.
- Culture: Building strong relationships, resolving conflicts constructively, and promoting a supportive and inclusive work culture.
- Communication Skills: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build effective relationships, resolve conflicts constructively, and foster collaboration and teamwork.
- Remote Work Skills: Proficiency in utilizing remote work tools and technologies, coordinating virtual teams, maintaining productivity, ensuring effective communication, and creating a cohesive and engaged remote work environment.
- This role is crucial in driving efficiency and innovation within our Canva design processes, ensuring high-quality deliverables and streamlined workflows. If you have a passion for pushing the boundaries of design innovation, we invite you to apply and be part of our journey towards excellence.
What's on Offer
- Create from anywhere! We are 100% remote
- Fixed Hours, Every Week
- Steady Income, Always on Time
- Full Access to Adobe Creative Cloud, On Us
- 14 Countries, One Global Creative Team
- Grow as a Creative Through Wide-Ranging Client Work
- Amazing Culture Guided by our Core Values
- Learn from the Best through our Creative Speaker Series
