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Sub-Saharan Africa Content Strategy Lead (12 Month Contract)

Формат работы
onsite
Тип работы
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Грейд
lead
Английский
b2
Страна
SA
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Sub-Saharan Africa Content Strategy Lead (12 Month Contract) (Content Strategy): Driving local Canva content strategy and growth across templates and elements, with an accent on cultural relevance, content quality, performance, and creator partnerships. Focus on optimising discovery, editorial surfaces, production workflows, and cross-functional execution to improve engagement, activation, retention, and revenue impact.

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Company

Canva is a global design platform focused on empowering people to create visual content through templates and design elements.

What you will do

  • Own and execute the Sub-Saharan Africa content strategy, prioritising growth levers, content health, and production.
  • Ensure local templates and elements meet quality standards, reflect cultural relevance, and support business goals.
  • Manage content discovery, search, recommendations, editorial surfaces, and performance optimisation.
  • Identify cultural moments and execute editorial strategies with Marketing, Social, PR, Design, and country teams.
  • Gather market feedback and performance insights to refine content strategy and improve country impact.
  • Build relationships with local creators and partners to develop a strong content ecosystem.

Requirements

  • 3–5+ years of experience in content strategy, regional business strategy and operations, partnerships, or similar roles in high-growth content, media, marketplace, or global technology companies.
  • Deep understanding of local content, trends, aesthetics, and user needs in the relevant market.
  • Strong analytical skills and experience using data to evaluate content performance and inform decisions.
  • Experience managing production workflows, partnerships, or local creator activation.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to align cross-functional teams across regions.
  • Ability to work effectively across different time zones and in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Nice to have

  • SEO experience.
  • Experience with AI-supported workflows and scalable content production approaches.

Culture & Benefits

  • 12-month contract with payment based on a day rate.
  • Exposure to AI-powered content innovation and international expansion at a high-growth technology company.
  • Opportunity to work with a complex content ecosystem and cross-functional groups across Canva.
  • Professional development through Canva’s Content Strategy speciality growth infrastructure and development programs.

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