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 Designer plays a central role in producing high-quality, editable designs in Canva for Design Pickle’s clients. This role focuses on turning creative requests into visually compelling assets, ranging from social media posts and marketing templates to presentations and light animations, while ensuring brand consistency, efficient turnaround, and platform-native functionality. Designers in this role work exclusively in Canva and are expected to deeply understand its full feature set.
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
Design & Execution
- Create, adapt, and deliver design requests exclusively in Canva, including social media graphics, marketing collateral, presentations, pitch decks, and print-ready files.
- Rebuild and convert files from external formats (PDFs, Adobe files, etc.) into fully editable Canva templates with proper structure, fonts, and design elements.
- Use advanced Canva tools such as Magic Resize, Smartmockups, and Brand Hub to ensure designs are scalable, platform-ready, and brand-compliant.
- Set up reusable design systems in Canva with locked elements, text styles, and layout guides to support scalable workflows and client flexibility.
Collaboration & Workflow
- Coordinate with Project Managers, Art Directors, Team Coordinators, and Quality Specialists to align on project requirements and ensure smooth delivery.
- Provide clear, context-rich communication through internal tools and delivery notes (direct client interaction is typically limited to handoff messaging).
- Utilize Canva features like Version History, Comments, and Folders to support collaboration and maintain organized file structures.
- Creative Innovation
- Navigate Canva’s limitations (e.g., typography control, animation timing, asset management) with creative problem-solving and platform-native workarounds.
- Leverage Canva’s built-in animation and video features to create dynamic content when required.
Ideal Profile
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency in Canva, with a portfolio showcasing:
- Editable Canva templates converted from PDFs or Adobe files
- Strong application of Brand Kits across social, marketing, and presentation formats
- Design work using features like Magic Resize, Smartmockups, and animation
- Ability to build reusable, scalable templates using locked elements, brand styles, and layout controls
- Strong understanding of Canva’s strengths and limitations, and ability to work natively within them
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) and/or Figma
- Affinity Suite experience (Affinity Designer, Photo, or Publisher) is a strong plus
- Excellent organizational skills, with experience using Canva Folders and Brand Hub for asset management
- Demonstrated ability to deliver high volumes of quality design work quickly and accurately
- Strong collaboration and communication skills within internal creative and project teams
Bonus Experience (Preferred, Not Required)
- Experience working in Canva for Teams environments
- Working with enterprise-level brand guidelines across a wide variety of use cases
- Familiarity with Canva Docs or Charts for branded content development
- Awareness of Canva’s integrations (e.g., Slack, Google Drive, social publishing tools)
Bonus
Feel free to browse our work samples on our website and review the comprehensive scope of work before applying for this position.
Important: Brine Program
- Before fully joining, you’ll go through a 2-week evaluation period called Brine during PST business hours. You’ll complete real design tasks to show your skills and speed. This step is required to move forward.
What's on Offer?
- Work from anywhere
- Fixed weekly hours
- On-time, reliable pay
- Adobe creative cloud included
- Global creative team
- Real Creative Growth
- Culture that inspires
- Creative speaker series
