Global Newsroom Content Specialist (6 Month Contract)

Location: Manila, NCR, ph, Remote

Company Description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Thanks for stopping by. We know job hunting can be a little time consuming and youre probably keen to find out whats on offer, so well get straight to the point.

Where and how you can work

Alongside our global campuses, we also collaborate with talented contractors and freelancers from all over the world to help us achieve our crazy big goals. While we support flexible, remote-friendly ways of working, for this role were focusing on Manila so we can best support our teams and keep collaboration flowing.

This role is a 6-month engagement, paid on a per-output model. It would suit someone with availability of approximately 30–40 hours per week.

Job Description

What youd be doing in this role

As Canva scales change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think thats all part of the fun. This role is structured around six key deliverables across the engagement:

• Build and launch an editorial operations tracker in Monday, covering the full Newsroom and podcast pipeline — deadlines, shoots, contributor deliverables, and approvals
• Own day-to-day CMS publishing, applying Canvas metadata, tagging, alt text, and formatting checklists across every live piece
• Manage the editorial calendar and build a tracking system for the leadership social content program — shoot schedules, video editor turnaround, and content status
• Design and launch a structured story intake system for GTM, product, and marketing teams, routing submissions into the shared tracker and delivering a weekly triage digest
• Extend the tracker to cover a season of the Prompted podcast — running scheduling, contributor coordination, and internal comms, and coordinating cross-team dependencies
• Build a performance reporting dashboard pulling Newsroom, podcast, and leadership social metrics into one view, and document SOPs and recommendations for the next 6–12 months

Youre probably a match if

• Youre a task-tracking whizz whos energised by bringing order to fast-moving, high-profile programs
• Youve got CMS experience, ideally publishing on an editorial or news-style site
• Youre comfortable coordinating shoots — booking exec time, liaising with video editors, and tracking turnaround
• Youre persistent and diplomatic at chasing approvals across multiple busy stakeholders
• Youve got working knowledge of SEO/AEO basics — metadata, alt text, tagging
• You stay calm under pressure, managing fast-moving news cycles and shifting schedules

About the team

The PR & Comms team at Canva shapes how the world sees and understands Canvas story — from major product launches and leadership announcements to press-facing content and thought leadership. The Canva Newsroom is our editorial home, where we tell Canvas story to journalists, partners, business decision-makers, educators, and the broader Canva community.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions to engage contractors based on your experience, skills and passion. When you signify interest in the Project, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the contractor-accreditation interview process. Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually. We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you dont feel like your skills quite match whats listed above — we still want to hear from you! Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.