Senior Executive Assistant

Location: Sydney, Australia; hybrid work with regular collaboration on the Sydney campus

Company

Canva is a software company providing a visual communication and design platform.

What you will do

• Manage the executive’s calendar, inbox, travel, expenses, and personal logistics, using judgement to protect time and attention.
• Coordinate with senior leaders’ support teams and maintain trusted relationships across the organization.
• Prepare leadership team meetings and support the organization’s recurring operational cadence.
• Coordinate global events, offsites, launches, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Build scalable workflows for approvals, planning rhythms, and tracking mechanisms while improving underlying processes.
• Support team culture through recognition, gatherings, gifts, sensitive people matters, and other high-discretion activities.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience partnering one-to-one with a senior leader.
• Demonstrated experience protecting executive time and capacity at scale.
• Experience owning a defined project or process end to end.
• Ability to prioritize multiple moving pieces under pressure without losing important details.
• Strong trust-building, discretion, autonomy, and judgement across a broad stakeholder network.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work with flexibility to balance remote work and in-person collaboration.
• Equity packages.
• Inclusive parental leave for parents and carers.
• Annual Vibe & Thrive allowance for wellbeing, social connection, and office setup.
• Flexible leave options and virtual interviews.