Marketing Lead, Milan
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 19, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026. Canva scores B on the Alion truth index.
Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.
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At Canva, our mission is to empower the world to design-and we’re growing fast across the globe. With over 200 million monthly active users in over 190 countries, we’re on a mission to make Canva the most loved brand in the world. To support this ambition, we’re building a world-class growth marketing team that’s deeply local, highly creative, and relentlessly performance-focused.
About you
As our Growth Marketing Lead, you will be the main POC for the Territory and a thought partner to our Country Managers. You will drive the strategy for Marketing on the ground in each market, partnering with your Performance, Organic Social, Community and Creative colleagues to deliver strategies deeply connected to local business priorities and audience opportunities.You’ll be accountable Marketing performance at a macro level and be consistently ‘vocal for local’ in achieving these goals.
What you’ll do
- Own end to end marketing strategies for your territory of ‘Pioneering’ and ‘Frontier’ Markets
- Apply a full (marketing) funnel view to tracking and driving results
- Connecting the dots between brand & performance media, and our O&O channels
- Drive local brand marketing strategy and connect brand messaging with that of the rest of our paid & owned channels
- Execute field marketing projects to test events/partnerships as a new vehicle for building the brand and acquiring new customers
What we're looking for
- Extensive experience in delivering local market strategies, as part of a global organization
- A proven track record of driving commercial outcomes
- Generalist marketing knowledge with an understanding of how and when to pull different marketing levers to drive results
- A team player - a strong collaborator and a supportive colleague
- A critical thinker - someone who will challenge the status quo and help us innovate around local priorities
- Creativity! We will be investing heavily in our local brand this year so need someone with experience of driving brand activity, working with agencies and a vision for what good brand marketing looks like in your locale
About the Team
Marketing’s mission at Canva is for Canva to become “the most loved brand in the world”. Canva’s International Marketing Group is a diverse and distributed group of marketers who take this mission forward to drive user growth, brand awareness, and affinity in our priority international markets.
As part of the International Marketing Group, our Growth Marketing team drives Canva's growth by blending global strategies with hyperlocal insights. We aim to create meaningful connections with users in Europe regional campaigns, localised moments, and evergreen creative initiatives across a variety of functions - performance marketing, brand, events, partnerships, social, community engagement and other growth channels.
Other stuff to know
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Expected Salary Range: EUR 103,000 - EUR 143,000 gross per annum
Applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement: CCNL for Temporary Work Agencies (Italy) (CCNL per la categoria delle Agenzie di Somministrazione di Lavoro) and CCNL Commercio.
Please note that meetings are conducted virtually.
We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!
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