Senior Sales Recruiter

The buzzing Canva London campus features several buildings around beautiful leafy Hoxton Square in Shoreditch. While our global headquarters is in Sydney, Australia, London is our HQ for Europe, with all kinds of teams based here, plus event spaces to gather our team and communities. You will experience a warm welcome from our Vibe team at front of house, amazing home cooked food from our Head Chef and a variety of workspaces to hang out with your team mates or get solo work done. That said, we trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals and so you have choice in where and how you work.

Recruiting is a core strategic driver of Canva’s success - we’ve hired some of the best people from all over the world and it takes a curious, tenacious and creative Recruiter to make sure we’re always discovering talent that will take Canva into the future. As the GTM Recruiter, you will develop meaningful relationships with stakeholders to understand Canva’s continually evolving Product organisation. You will own the hiring efforts for our Sales, Customer Success and other specialised roles within our GTM teams. You will develop creative recruiting strategies while focusing on global sourcing, diversity hiring, and innovative approaches to engaging passive candidates. You will be passionate about delivering an exceptional candidate experience and act as the primary advocate for candidates, leading them through the recruiting and interviewing process and connecting them to the magic of working at Canva.

You will be the subject matter expert partnering with the business to continuously educate us on the what, where, and how of sourcing strategies, including market data, trends, and the best sourcing channels to engage top talent. You will pioneer and lead the usage of new tools for talent mapping, candidate nurturing, and building market intelligence to share with the Canva teams.

At The Moment, This Role Is Focused On

• Hiring Strategies: Work with your key stakeholders to develop a proactive hiring and sourcing strategy and to understand the core role requirements for GTM roles.
• Sourcing: You will be responsible for developing and executing on sourcing strategies that deliver the strongest results and make sure we’re bringing top talent into the GTM teams. Identifying top talent through a variety of passive channels including bespoke country social platforms, market research, Boolean, referrals, events, and sourcing campaigns.
• Full life-cycle recruiting: You will get to own the recruiting process from start to finish, sourcing, interviewing, and hiring top talent.
• Hire the best: Your focus will be on hiring quality candidates with agility and speed. We regularly do Global searches to find the best talent for Canva.
• Partner with your hiring managers: You will work closely with your hiring managers to gain a deeper understanding of how each role fits into Canva.
• Obsess about candidate experience: At Canva we care deeply about our People. Our candidate experience isn’t anything different. You are well-spoken on the phone and articulate over emails. You can effectively share the Canva story, vision and culture and act as a brand ambassador.
• Data-driven: You are always trying to improve our hiring process and you will think with a data-first approach.

You’re Probably a Match If

• As a GTM Recruiter, your superpower is building relationships. You thrive on building partnerships both within our organization and externally, recognizing the immense impact relationships have on achieving our goals.
• You bring experience with high-volume GTM recruiting, consistently delivering quality hires at scale. You’re confident in analyzing recruiting metrics to drive decision-making and implementing impactful process improvements.
• With a process-oriented mindset, you know how to improve and scale recruiting operations effectively.
• Strong closing skills are second nature to you, and you navigate multiple priorities with ease in a fast-paced environment. You’re a hustler — independent, adaptable, and highly motivated.
• You love what you do and dive into the details, consistently delivering quality results on time while wearing many hats.
• Creativity and proactivity are at the core of your approach. You enjoy researching and staying up to date with the ever-evolving art of sourcing talent, and you’re not afraid to explore different platforms, technology tools, social networks, and databases to uncover the best talent in the world.
• Your understanding of Canva’s product, culture, and mission gives you the ability to attract the right candidates. You know how to leverage our unique offerings to showcase Canva as an enticing employer.
• Tact, diplomacy, and professionalism guide your approach, and you place strong importance on creating exceptional experiences for both candidates and hiring managers.

Additional Information

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills and passion, as well as how you can enhance Canva and our culture. When you apply, please tell us the pronouns you use and any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. 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! Please note that interviews are conducted virtually.