Job Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our flagship campuses are in Sydney and Melbourne, but this role is based in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. We offer flexibility in how and where you work—whether that’s from home, a co-working space, or somewhere in between. We trust you to find the balance that empowers you and your team to thrive.

About the Role

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA—and that’s all part of the fun. This role gives you a flavour of the type of things you’ll be working on, but it will likely evolve.

You will lead Canva's SEO expansion into Vietnam's rapidly growing digital market, building and scaling a high-performing local SEO team to capture a massive untapped opportunity among 79.8 million internet users. Our ambitious goal is to achieve 8-10% market penetration within 2-3 years (starting from our current 4.35% penetration).

Supported by a broad team of global experts, you will be responsible for leading all aspects of SEO (technical/content/link building) across Vietnam-specific pages on canva.com. You'll have access to a range of the best enterprise-level third-party tools, as well as several platforms and products we have built in-house that help us do world-class SEO.

At the moment, this role is focused on:

• Strategic SEO leadership: Drive the development and implementation of comprehensive SEO strategy for Vietnam, covering technical SEO, content generation, link building, and landing page optimisation while maintaining deep understanding of how Vietnam priorities align with broader International SEO Team and company goals.
• Team building & management: Build and lead a high-performing team of SEO specialists including SEO generalists, content specialists, and outreach experts, supporting team growth through strategic hiring and professional development as the market scales.
• Market expertise & competitive intelligence: Become the definitive expert in Vietnam's search landscape for Canva-relevant niches, develop comprehensive understanding of local and global competitors, and continuously identify strategic opportunities for market expansion.
• Content & localisation strategy: Collaborate with content specialists and localisation teams to prioritise and execute content strategies, including localising English pages, optimising Vietnam-specific content, and launching bespoke Vietnamese pages and strategies based on impact and effort analysis.
• Technical excellence & link building: Oversee technical site hygiene using third-party monitoring tools, partner with outreach specialists to define link-building targets and tactics, and ensure optimal site performance for Vietnamese users and search engines.
• Performance analytics & reporting: Proactively monitor, analyse, and report on Vietnamese market SEO performance, develop market-specific KPIs and reporting frameworks, and generate actionable insights from Vietnamese user behaviour and search patterns to drive continuous optimisation.

What we're looking for:

• Vietnamese market expertise: Native Vietnamese speaker with business-level English and deep understanding of Vietnamese search behaviour, cultural nuances, and ability to bridge local market insights with global business objectives.
• Proven SEO leadership experience: Demonstrated track record of leading successful SEO projects on large websites (500+ pages) with comprehensive understanding of all three SEO pillars - content, technical, and link building - and how they integrate for maximum impact.
• Team building & scaling capabilities: Strong ability to recruit, develop, and retain high-performing teams while leading through rapid growth and scaling challenges, with experience developing and executing multi-year market expansion strategies.
• Strategic vision & independent execution: Capability to build and articulate a vision for delivering exceptional growth in Vietnam, work independently to execute complex initiatives, and solve problems autonomously while maintaining alignment with global objectives.
• Communication & leadership excellence: Outstanding leader and communicator who brings clarity to diverse stakeholders, establishes structured reporting processes, streamlines team efficiency, and enables focus on high-impact work across global and local teams.
• Process excellence & analytical rigour: High attention to detail with ability to follow detailed processes efficiently, excellent analytical skills for data-driven decision making, and comfort working within established frameworks that enable rapid task execution.
• Technical proficiency: Hands-on expertise with comprehensive SEO and analytics toolset including Google Analytics, Search Console, SEMRush, Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Deepcrawl, Mode, Looker, and Dragon Metrics, with particular strength in mobile-first optimisation.

About the team:

At Canva, we create tools that empower the world to design. Our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform! Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and remarkable growth trajectory – we’re out to change the world, one design at a time.

Since its launch in August 2013, Canva has grown exponentially. We are one of the world’s fastest growing startups and the journey has only just begun. We take great pride in designing a product and an encompassing experience that users really love.

The SEO group keeps growing globally. Keyword researchers, Tech SEO specialists, SEO content specialists, Copywriters, Engineers, Data analysts, Designers, Operations specialists – we’ve got it all covered, and in many regions of the world.

As a SEO country lead for Vietnam, you’ll build our Vietnam-specific SEO strategy, you’ll hire and lead a team of SEO specialists to help us achieve our ambitious growth targets. You'll be part of the exceptionally friendly and supportive Logged Out Experience Group.

You’ll thrive and adapt in a hyper-growth environment, and be confident in making decisions and tradeoffs backed by data and experience. You have a curiosity for problem-solving, identifying new opportunities and continuous process improvements.

Other stuff to know

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!

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.