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Work-Life Balance at Canva

About: One of Australia’s fastest growing startup, Canva is a graphic design platform that allows users to easily create social media graphics, presentations, posters and other visual content.

Company size: The Sydney-based company has close to 1,000 employees with offices in Manila and Beijing. Since launch the Canva has been used by millions of people around the world.

Our structure of small, empowered teams enables everyone to be nimble and move quickly and also gives each team ownership over their work so they can be as effective and creative as they can be.

Melanie Perkins // Co-founder & CEo of Canva

Work-life balance benefits at Canva

  • Breakfast & lunch – complimentary breakfast and lunch, prepared by Canva’s own in-house chefs
  • Health & fitness programs – free membership to a number of local fitness studios and an allowance of others.
  • Clubs & sports – Canva supports diverse clubs and groups that the team is a part of.
  • Relocation budget – flights, removalist costs and initial accomodation covered for employees moving overseas.
  • Learning & growth – continuous learning is valued, with an internal Canva University to help the team develop their skills + mentorship, conference budget and more.
  • Flexible workplace – all kinds lifestyles and life stages supported – flexible hours, parents rooms, employees decide their own worki set up.

Careers at Canva

Current opportunities available: canva.com/careers

Additional reading

Entrepreneur – She Was Told 'No' 100 Times. Now This 31-Year-Old Female Founder Runs a $1 Billion Business.
Why Canva is challenging its HQ privilege, and how you can too

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