Social Media Manager, France

We’re looking for a creative and strategic storyteller to shape how Canva shows up on social in France. In this role, you’ll own Canva’s local social presence from the ground up; creating culturally relevant, scroll-stopping content that connects, entertains, and inspires. You’ll bring a sharp understanding of local culture, trends and creators, and know how to translate that into platform-native content that builds community and brand love.

Main Responsibilities

• Own and operate Canva’s local social media presence end-to-end; from strategy and ideation, to creation, publishing, engagement, and reporting.
• Collaborate with local agencies, freelancers, creators and influencers to bring fresh, relevant ideas to life.
• Be a local culture-vulture: spotting trends and jumping on moments that matter in real-time.
• Engage with your audience to spark conversation, build community, and fuel connection.
• Localise global campaigns and assets to feel real and relevant for your audience.
• Work closely with local cross-functional teams to align on strategy and market goals.
• Track performance, gather insights, and iterate quickly to improve what lands.
• Be a brand guardian — upholding Canva’s tone of voice and values across all channels.
• Please note that contractor-accreditation meetings are conducted virtually.
• This role is a 12-Month contract, working full-time hours.

Skills & Experience

• A creator mindset: you’re comfortable shooting, editing, writing, designing, and posting your own content.
• Deep platform knowledge, especially of TikTok and Instagram, with an instinct for what works where and why.
• A strong eye for design and storytelling, with hands-on experience using Canva to bring ideas to life.
• A sharp sense of what’s trending (and what’s tired) in your local culture and social landscape.
• Experience collaborating with agencies, freelancers, creators, communities and cross-functional marketing teams.
• Analytical thinking, with the ability to draw insights from content performance and optimise accordingly.
• Highly organised, self-motivated, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
• You’ll be part of the International Marketing group, working closely with the local France team and the global social media team. Together, we’re on a mission to empower users everywhere to design—your storytelling will help make Canva one of the most loved and culturally relevant brands in France.

The Ideal Candidate?

We’re looking for a creative and strategic storyteller to shape how Canva shows up on social in France. In this role, you’ll own Canva’s local social presence from the ground up; creating culturally relevant, scroll-stopping content that connects, entertains, and inspires. You’ll bring a sharp understanding of local culture, trends and creators, and know how to translate that into platform-native content that builds community and brand love. Be a local culture-vulture: spotting trends and jumping on moments that matter in real-time A sharp sense of what’s trending (and what’s tired) in your local culture and social landscape Highly organised, self-motivated,.

Why Join Us?

• 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.

Salary

Negotiable.