Paralegal, Product & Privacy

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Our flagship campus is in Sydney. We also have a campus in Melbourne and co‑working spaces in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, as well as offices in the US (Austin, TX and in San Francisco, CA). For this role, we are considering candidates in Sydney or San Francisco.

You have choice in where and how you work. That means if you want to do your thing in the office, at home, or a bit of both, it's up to you.

We’re setting crazy big goals and making them happen to help our 185+ million monthly active users create beautiful designs. Over 280 of them per second - that’s an agreed fact.

With big goals, come big ideas. And our Legal team is there every step of the way - ideating, providing strategic legal advice and collaborating with Canvanauts across the globe to bring our ideas to life.

That’s why when you join our Legal team, you’ll work on matters that matter. We aim to truly partner with our business and are always looking for ways we can support Canva’s growth and achievement of its goals. From product launches to compliance and beyond, you’ll be creating new solutions to help us continue to empower the world to design. Most importantly, you’ll see the impact of your work and your contribution will be felt by our communities, Canvanauts and our users (go you!).

So pull up a chair. This is Legal like you’ve never experienced before.

We’re looking for a motivated paralegal to join our close-knit Global Legal group and support our Privacy and Product Legal team across Australia, the US, the UK, the Philippines and China. In this role, you’ll help maintain and improve the team’s internal processes, systems and tools, manage record‑keeping requirements to support privacy compliance, and play a key part in enabling the team to partner effectively with the business.

You’ll thrive in a fast‑moving, fluid environment and be passionate about supporting product innovation in a commercial setting at one of the world’s fastest‑growing technology companies. This work is challenging and meaningful - our team has previously been recognised with awards at the Australian Corporate Counsel Awards, and your contribution will help Canvanauts be “risk aware” as they roll out new products, tools and features, ensuring Canva continues to grow as one of the world’s most trusted platforms.

• Privacy Assessment & Compliance Support: Assist the team with completing Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) and Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs), including gathering required information, managing workflows and maintaining documentation. You’ll support compliance operations such as maintaining the Record of Processing Activity, preparing DSAR responses, coordinating Local Representative/DPO appointments and assisting with incident notifications.
• Matter, Contract & Workflow Operations: Support the legal team by managing matter workflows, updating agreement and policy templates, helping triage incoming requests, and monitoring service channels (Slack, Jira, inboxes) to ensure issues are routed efficiently. You’ll help improve operational processes to keep legal advice timely and consistent.
• Project & Program Management: Help drive privacy and product legal projects and initiatives by coordinating stakeholders, tracking deliverables and maintaining project documentation. You’ll help to ensure work stays aligned to our highest priorities.
• Policy, Terms & Governance Support: Coordinate updates to terms and conditions, policies, internal standards and related documentation. You’ll support the review process, manage version control, maintain governance calendars and assist in ensuring timely updates ahead of launches and regulatory deadlines.
• Audit, Incident & Compliance Operations: Assist with evidence collection for ISO and SOC audits, manage privacy‑related operational tasks (such as Ops Genie pager workflows), support incident documentation, and ensure required…