Canva Restructuring to Cut 1,271 Jobs, 22% of Staff
WHO:
Business Insider - Perkins said Canva’s platform is used by “hundreds of millions of people around the world.”
The Verge - Canva co-founder and CEO Melanie Perkins announced the restructuring and workforce changes.
The Verge - The changes affect 1,271 people, or 22 percent of Canva’s staff.
The Age (via Techmeme) - Canva is the design company undertaking the restructure.
WHAT:
Business Insider - Employees leaving Canva will receive at least six months of salary, inclusive of statutory entitlements, regardless of location.
Business Insider - Canva is dedicating a significant portion of its Talent Acquisition team to help departing employees review résumés and practice interviews.
Business Insider - Canva will hold individual meetings between affected employees and senior leaders to discuss next steps and available support.
Business Insider - Canva asked organizational leads to wait until after the company-wide meeting to bring their teams together.
Business Insider - Canva said the restructuring is the hardest moment in its 13-year history.
Business Insider - Canva will reduce subspecialization and fold narrower specialties into broader roles, aiming to give teams ownership of goals from start to finish.
Business Insider - Canva has teams across 37 countries; the timing and process for employee discussions may vary to meet local requirements.
Business Insider - Departing employees will retain Slack and Gmail access until the end of the week, and Canva canceled non-critical meetings for the rest of the week.
Business Insider - The US$10,000 Canva Collective Fund grants will not require recipients to give Canva ownership or equity in what they create.
Business Insider - Canva reduced its 2026 revenue-growth forecast from 30% to 20% in August.
Business Insider - Departing employees will have the one-year vesting cliff removed if they joined Canva within the past year, and will receive 12 months of Canva Care, including coverage for family members, in countries where the program is available.
Business Insider - Canva will provide departing employees with one-on-one career coaching, interview preparation, one year of LinkedIn Premium, and the option to join an alumni talent directory shared with investors, partners, and industry contacts.
Business Insider - Departing employees can keep their Canva MacBooks and may apply for US$10,000 grants from the Canva Collective Fund to start a business or support a local community project; applicants must register interest by December 14.
The Verge - Canva’s restructuring is its first mass layoff, according to Mashable.
The Verge - Squarespace announced layoffs affecting 19 percent of its staff the day before Canva’s announcement.
The Verge - Canva is restructuring, affecting 1,271 people, or 22 percent of its staff.
The Verge - Changes may include employees being moved into different roles or asked to relocate to centralized hubs; some employees will leave the company.
The Verge - Canva plans to combine its Product, Growth, and Platform teams into one product organization.
The Verge - The company plans to simplify management layers and consolidate overlapping responsibilities.
The Verge - Employees leaving Canva will receive at least six months of salary, 12 months of healthcare coverage, and career-support resources.
The Age (via Techmeme) - The restructure will affect 1,271 workers, or 22 percent of Canva’s workforce, and includes merging its product, growth, and platform teams.
The Verge - Perkins said the changes would mean “saying goodbye to teammates and friends who have helped build Canva into what it is today.”
WHERE:
The Verge - Canva is making Sydney the “primary home” for more product teams and for roles in other specialties where shared context and close collaboration are important.
WHEN:
Business Insider - Canva scheduled a company-wide all-hands meeting for November 10 and organizational all-hands meetings from November 11.
The Verge - Beginning in January, Canva will expect most hybrid employees to work from an office two to three days per week, depending on what makes sense in their area.
The Verge - Employees leaving Canva will receive 12 months of healthcare coverage and at least six months of salary.
WHY:
Business Insider - Perkins said Canva’s success in its first chapter does not guarantee success in the next.
Business Insider - Perkins said new technology is changing what people can create, how they create it, and what they expect from products.
Business Insider - Perkins said the existing structure created extra handovers and coordination between Product, Growth, and Platform, making it harder to take ownership of broader problems and build a unified product.
Business Insider - Melanie Perkins said Canva’s growth had slowed for the first time in a decade and described the year as the company’s “hardest year yet.”
Business Insider - Canva has faced competition from AI image-generation tools from OpenAI and Google.
The Verge - Perkins said small changes would not be enough to prepare Canva for the next decade, and that the company needs to “refound Canva,” returning to small, empowered teams with freedom to make decisions, take ownership, and focus on its community.
The Age (via Techmeme) - The restructure is described as a response to slowing growth at Canva.
HOW:
Business Insider - Canva said it based restructuring decisions on its mission and future goals, then assessed the structures, skills, and locations needed before considering effects on individual roles.
(UPDATED November 4, 2026 13:05 UTC)
Canva is cutting 1,271 jobs, or 22 percent of its workforce, in a major restructuring. CEO Melanie Perkins cited slowing growth and plans to combine product, growth, and platform teams. Departing staff receive at least six months’ salary, healthcare, and career support.
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(UPDATED November 4, 2026 12:01 UTC)
Canva is cutting 1,271 jobs, nearly 22 percent of its workforce, in its first mass layoff. The design company is merging teams as growth slows and technology reshapes work. Departing staff receive salary support, healthcare, and career services.
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(UPDATED November 4, 2026 10:00 UTC)
Canva will restructure, affecting 1,271 workers, or 22 percent of its staff. CEO Melanie Perkins cited slowing growth as the company merges three teams. Departing employees receive at least six months’ salary, healthcare, and career support.
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(UPDATED November 4, 2026 04:02 UTC)
Canva is restructuring, affecting 1,271 workers, or 22 percent of its workforce. The company is merging product, growth, and platform teams, while simplifying management. Departing employees receive at least six months’ salary and a year of healthcare coverage.
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(UPDATED November 4, 2026 02:08 UTC)
Canva is restructuring, affecting 1,271 workers, or 22 percent of its workforce. The company is merging product, growth, and platform teams, while simplifying management. Sydney will anchor more product teams; departing staff receive severance and healthcare coverage.