AI Photography & Videography Lead

Canva

AI Photography & Videography Lead at Canva, defining creative strategy in visual content. Leading a team while utilizing AI to improve content production for millions.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeRemote • Sydney • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Defining and leading the creative strategy for Canva's photography and video content - ensuring we're building a library that's diverse, on-trend, and genuinely useful for our users
Driving AI-first approaches to content production: using AI to generate, enrich, tag, and scale photo and video assets that would take years to produce by hand
Partnering with Content Studio's production teams, engineers, and product managers to build tooling and workflows that unlock content creation at scale
Setting quality standards and creative direction across photography and video - commissioning shoots, reviewing assets, and ensuring every piece meets the Canva bar
Contributing to Canva's AI Template Marketplace goals, where photo and video content is a critical ingredient in making templates come alive
Coaching and leading a team of photographers, videographers, and content producers to do the best work of their careers

Requirements

What you’ll need

You're an experienced creative leader in photography and/or video, with a strong point of view on quality and craft
You're genuinely excited about how AI is changing content creation - and you already have experience working with AI tools in your workflow
You've led creative teams or specialties before, and you know how to set direction and help people grow
You understand what it means to operate at platform scale - millions of assets, used across thousands of contexts
You can hold creative ambition and operational rigour at the same time - you care about making beautiful things and getting them shipped
You work well in a cross-functional environment, partnering closely with engineers, product managers, and operations teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

photographyvideo productionAI content generationcontent taggingcreative strategyquality standardscreative directioncontent creation workflowsteam leadershipcontent production

Soft Skills

creative leadershipcollaborationcoachingoperational rigorcross-functional teamworkdirection settinggrowth facilitationcreative ambitionproblem-solvingcommunication