Senior Legal Counsel, Canva
Product and Privacy, Teams and Education
$179-246k
+ Equity
Publishing and design platform
Job no longer available
Publishing and design platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$179-246k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower the world to design.
Role
Who you are
- A deep understanding of key regulations globally (e.g. GDPR, Data Protection Act (UK), ePrivacy Directive, Australian Privacy Principles, Australian Consumer Law). Experience with childrens’ privacy regimes is preferred
- Demonstrated experience at or for a rapidly growing technology company advising on privacy and product counseling matters
- Experience working in a global company with laws team and partners based in different jurisdictions
- Certified Information Privacy Professional or commitment to obtain certification within 3 months of joining
- You’ve proven your ability to work independently and are confident making judgment calls in ambiguous situations
- You have a proven technical background and significant hands-on product counseling and privacy experience, preferably at or for rapidly growing technology companies or a law firm with technology clients
- You understand tech and want to learn more about what happens “under the hood” on complex data analytics, tracking, “martech” and data sharing processes
- You proactively identify and analyze opportunities and risks and achieve related goals
- You have excellent communication skills and can make complex communications simple
- You are excited about learning new technologies and privacy developments around the world
- You are a pragmatic, business minded lawyer who wants to help build our business
- You are risk aware, not risk averse
- You know the law, but are conscious of industry practices and enforcement trends
- You are able to influence team members to prioritize compliance and have experience doing this with leaders and partners across product, engineering and sales
- You are focused on delivering projects even where this calls for you to go beyond the role of legal advisor and you’re not afraid to hustle other teams and Canvanauts to get things done
- You are a collaborative teammate committed to working together to achieve business goals
What the job involves
- The role will report into the Lead Counsel (Product) within the Privacy and Product Team and will support product managers and engineers across the business, with a primary focus on the Teams and Education Supergroup
- You will play a key role in delivering our strategy to design anything and publish everywhere and helping to empower organisations to utilise the next generation of exciting Canva Products
- You will advise the Teams and Education Supergroup on various privacy issues related to the Canva Teams and Canva Education product offerings
- You will actively monitor privacy laws (including the Australian Privacy Act, GDPR and CPRA) and provide guidance on privacy matters related to Teams and Education
- You’ll work closely with other Canva business functions to develop internal policies and programs to drive privacy awareness and compliance of all matters related to Teams and Education
- You will provide regular training and build continuous learning initiatives to enable privacy awareness
- You’ll assist with the assessment and resolution of data incidents (we have an on-call roster)
- You will advise on privacy, including through the completion of Privacy Impact Assessments, Jira tickets and queries to our privacy channel
- You will be the eyes and ears for the legal team and refer out matters to other legal specialities where required; including employment, commercial and intellectual property specialists
- You will advise on data processing agreements with vendors, due diligence and high risk Transfer Impact Assessments
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.
Freddie
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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