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AI Video Lead - 12 Month FTC

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-23 Sydney, au Full-time Hybrid ICT

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Market rate

A$12,500–A$20,833/mo (A$150,000–A$249,996/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

Canva is a company redefining how the world experiences design. Content Studio creates and scales the visual content that powers Canva's platform as part of the broader Content group. Within it, the Photo and Video team defines the creative strategy for Canva's media library, sets the quality bar, and develops the tools and workflows needed to produce, enrich and scale content globally-all supporting Canva's growing AI-enabled marketplace of templates, photos and elements. The flagship Sydney campus is in Surry Hills, with a hybrid work model allowing remote work and in-person collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • ● Turning creative briefs into finished AI-generated short-form videos, end to end, by choosing the right tools, iterating on prompts and outputs, and hitting the quality bar on time.
  • ● Directing the 'shoot' through prompting rather than a camera, bringing real composition, lighting, colour, motion and pacing craft to every piece.
  • ● Building and maintaining your own library of prompt techniques, references and workflows that raise the bar on AI-generated video and can be shared with the craft team.
  • ● Working within the quality, safety and brand standards set by the AI Photography & Videography Lead, and flagging risks around realism, representation, bias or copyright as they arise.
  • ● Giving structured, specific feedback on AI video tools and model outputs that feeds the team's quality governance and helps improve them.
  • ● Staying across the fast-moving AI video landscape (Higgsfield, Runway, Kling, Veo, Pika and more) and bringing the best techniques back into Canva's workflows.

Requirements

  • ● You bring deep visual storytelling craft - composition, lighting, colour, motion and pacing - likely from art direction, creative direction or content production.
  • ● You're a hands-on, cross-platform creator with experience using generative AI video tools such as Higgsfield, Runway, Kling, CapCut, Veo, Pika or Sora.
  • ● You have strong prompt-engineering skills, a rapid iteration loop and a portfolio that demonstrates both.
  • ● You've delivered high volumes of creative content to tight deadlines without compromising quality, and you can independently manage an end-to-end production pipeline from a brief.
  • ● You have strong creative judgement and know when an AI-generated result is ready-and when it needs another pass.
  • ● You give and receive specific, craft-focused feedback, and you raise risks and blockers early rather than trying to solve everything alone.
  • ● You're genuinely energised by AI-generated content and comfortable working with ambiguity and rapidly evolving tools.
  • ● Experience creating social-first video for platforms such as TikTok, Reels or Shorts is a bonus, as is familiarity with Adobe Premiere, After Effects, basic Python or prompt tooling.

Benefits

  • ● Hybrid way of working gives you the flexibility to work remotely and to come together on campus for meaningful in-person collaboration and connection when it matters most.
  • ● Trusted to choose the balance that empowers you and your team to achieve your goals.