Corporate Legal Counsel, Canva
$148-202k
Plus equity
Publishing and design platform
Job no longer available
Publishing and design platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$148-202k
Plus equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower the world to design.
Role
Who you are
- You have a minimum 4 years of experience practicing corporate law for high-growth tech companies, either in-house or at a firm
- You are licensed to practice law in California
- You have good judgment and a collaborative, flexible approach to problem-solving
- You have the ability to communicate sophisticated matters effectively and provide pragmatic advice that is risk aware, not risk averse
- You take ownership and have the ability to navigate team members while driving projects forward
What the job involves
- Canva is looking for a new Corporate Counsel to be part of our highly motivated, tight-knit, and collaborative global legal team
- This role will be responsible for supporting Canva’s transactions and corporate governance
- This is an exciting opportunity for a corporate attorney looking for their next growth opportunity
- You will lead M&A transactions, including drafting and negotiating transaction agreements and working with cross-functional teams on due diligence and integration
- You’ll support financings, secondaries and tender offers
- You will advise on various securities and governance matters, including public company readiness efforts
- You’ll work with Canva’s treasury and accounting teams to run Canva’s inter-company agreements
- You’ll support Canva’s global expansion efforts, including incorporation of entities in new jurisdictions and managing subsidiary governance
- You will provide pragmatic and risk-weighted advice for internal team members on corporate matters
- The Corporate Legal Team supports Canva's financings, acquisitions and investments, governance and investor relations, international expansion and subsidiary management
- We work cross-functionally across Canva's business, supporting Canva's leadership, Finance, Tax, People and Total Rewards teams (and many more!), on a broad range of projects, helping to empower Canva to meet its crazy big goals
Application process
- Please note that interviews are conducted virtually
Our take
Launched in 2013, Canva is a free online visual communications and design platform. It features a vast range of templates including presentations, websites, and social media graphics, plus a huge library of fonts, stock photography, illustrations, video footage, and audio clips.
With the aim to empower 100% of the world to communicate in ways that were once limited to the 1%, Canva was founded on the belief that people shouldn’t need to understand complex software to unlock their creativity. Simplicity is central to Canva’s offering, its straightforward drag-and-drop user interface avoiding complex tools that require training. This approach has been hugely popular and has been key in setting the company apart in the market, with over 90% of the Fortune 500 now using the site.
More recently, Canva has broadened its offerings through a number of acquisitions and now offers a full visual communications platform, featuring stock content, innovative editing features, and data visualization. Zeetings, Pexels & Pixabay, Kaleido, Smartmockups and Flourish have all joined Canva, and the business is well set to continue leading and innovating in the space.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
56% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 12 rounds)
May 2024
$400m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2021
$200m
LATE VC
Total funding: $968.6m
Company benefits
- Equity packages — we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policies supporting all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance supporting wellbeing, social connection, and office setup
- Flexible leave options empowering you to recharge and thrive
Company HQ
Surry Hills, NSW
Leadership
Cameron Adams
(Co-Founder & CPO)Cameron studied at the University of Melbourne before working as a Developer and Designer for Eclipse and Google for a combined 5 years. They then founded Fluent.io in 2011, and Canva in July 2012.
Melanie Perkins
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at the University of Western Australia, Melanie first founded Fusion Books in 2007 and and co-founded Canva in 2012. Melanie is now CEO of Canva.
Cliff Obrecht
(Co-Founder & COO)Having studied at the University of Western Australia, Cliff spent 5 years as Managing Director of Fusion Books. They left this role in 2013, having co-founded Canva with Melanie and Cameron the previous year.
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