Legal Counsel - Content Safety, Product & Privacy

Canva • Austin, TX

4d • $190,000 - $290,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

This role is a unique opportunity to join the exciting Product and Privacy function for Canva and work at the intersection of AI, product counseling, legal strategy and governance. Your colleagues will be all over the world meaning comfort with time zones is a must! Canva is looking for a Legal Counsel for our Product and Privacy team. This role supports our product and engineering teams to launch exciting products and ensures we comply with applicable online safety and platform laws, particularly in relation to content safety and content moderation. You will need to have a solid foundation in global laws in these areas as well as general experience and familiarity with other laws relating to digital products, emerging technologies and generative AI (e.g., privacy).

Requirements

• Legally qualified
• 8+ years practicing law with some experience in-house
• Familiarity with key online safety laws and regulations, as well as privacy, platform and consumer laws relating to digital product and generative AI (e.g., Digital Services Act, Online Safety Act (UK and AU), GDPR).
• Deep understanding of modern AI technology and products
• Comfortable collaborating with team members in other time zones
• Collaborative, pragmatic, business-minded lawyer who wants to help the Canva group grow and be a part of its exciting journey
• Brings clarity to complexity and simplifies compliance without compromising standards
• Loves collaborating with engineers and PMs — and thrives in fast-moving environments
• Creative, curious, and motivated by meaningful work
• Experience with data incidents and government authority requests

Nice To Haves

• AIGP, CIPP/E or similar qualifications highly regarded (and willingness to obtain at least one certification within 6 months of joining is a must)
• Knowledge and understanding of Canva
• High level of comfort with technology and AI experimentation
• Hands on experience advising rapidly growing technology companies on privacy and product related regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Identify and advise on legal issues in key areas including online content and product safety (including youth and AI), platform, privacy, intellectual property, AI regulation.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, advising on product development (including Generative AI products), go-to-market strategy, and risk mitigation, with a particular focus on safety issues.
• Contribute to the development and operationalization of company-wide safety policies, and processes, including regulatory, government and law enforcement inquiry handling, scalable risk assessment frameworks, and regulatory monitoring (with a focus on online and child safety).
• Draft and maintain legal playbooks and internal guidance.
• Collaborate closely with policy, IP, security, product, trust and safety regulatory and engineering teams.
• Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review to enable the launch of new products.
• Participate in the review and coordination of potential safety, privacy or data security incidents (including on call), including investigations, notifications, and other resolution efforts.
• Stay up to date with global AI, safety and privacy regulations and relevant industry standards, conduct impact mapping of incoming regulations, and drive compliance projects including annual online safety risk assessments.
• Respond to and triage incidents and escalations.
• Support with Canva-wide privacy and legal training and awareness initiatives.
• Help us redefine the role of in-house counsel - build tools and processes for continued growth and success.

Benefits

• Equity packages
• Health benefits plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
• Inclusive parental leave policy
• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance
• Flexible leave options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed