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CanvaSenior Graphic AI Designer (6 Month Contract)
Canva is hiring a Senior Graphic AI Designer for a six-month contract at full-time hours. The listing points to Sydney or Melbourne and marks the post…
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Canva is hiring a Senior Graphic AI Designer for a six-month contract at full-time hours. The listing points to Sydney or Melbourne and marks the post as on-site. The designer works inside Content Studio within the Content and Discovery Supergroup, helping shape Canva's visual AI through a designer's eye. Day-to-day work includes labelling large batches of visuals, such as photos, interface mockups, compositional studies, graphic pieces and imagery, to a…
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Canva is hiring a Senior Graphic AI Designer for a six-month contract at full-time hours. The listing points to Sydney or Melbourne and marks the post as on-site. The designer works inside Content Studio within the Content and Discovery Supergroup, helping shape Canva's visual AI through a designer's eye.
Day-to-day work includes labelling large batches of visuals, such as photos, interface mockups, compositional studies, graphic pieces and imagery, to a high standard. The designer assesses AI outputs for look, layout, accessibility, ease of use and brand fit. They also write scoring frameworks, catch recurring errors and edge cases, and translate design critique into specific guidance for ML engineers and researchers. Some hours go to testing workflows with generative tools and helping define classification categories for visual styles.
The ideal person has strong fundamentals in composition, colour, typography, layout and hierarchy, and a portfolio covering graphic, product, UI/UX or illustration work. Documentation and dataset quality matter. Applicants should include a portfolio showing graphic design work and practical visual AI experience, and interviews take place online.
Responsibilities
- Label large volumes of visuals with precision
- Rate AI outputs for aesthetics, accessibility, usability and brand alignment
- Create scoring rubrics and structured assessment frameworks
- Spot recurring failure modes and edge cases that limit model performance
- Turn design critique into guidance ML engineers and researchers can act on
- Prototype workflows and test hypotheses with generative tools
- Help define taxonomies of visual style, attributes and patterns
- Keep datasets accurate and well documented
Requirements
- Solid design foundations in composition, colour, type, layout and hierarchy
- Portfolio across graphic, product, UI/UX or illustration
- Familiarity with generative tools and with how training data shapes outputs
- Skill at assessing visuals and delivering repeatable feedback
- Comfort with documentation-heavy, cross-team work
- Motivation to help AI models learn to see and create
Qualifications
- Figma and Adobe Creative Cloud skills, or 3D software know-how
- Earlier work in annotation, data labelling or ML operations
- Basic Python, prompt writing or dataset tooling
- Grasp of WCAG accessibility standards plus heuristic evaluation and user-testing methods
Core Skills
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Where is the Senior Graphic AI Designer role based?
The posting centres the role on Sydney or Melbourne, and the listing is on-site.
How long is the contract?
The engagement lasts six months at full-time hours.
What should I submit?
Applicants must send a portfolio covering their graphic work and practical experience with visual AI. Interviews are held online.
Is a salary stated?
No salary is listed.
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