As the fifth employee at Canva, the online design and visual communication platform used by some 180 million people monthly, an increase of 28% vPY, Kitschke has built the company's marketing organization from the ground up. With a remit including driving brand and growth internationally, product, content marketing, PR, and all components of communications and creativity, under his leadership, the company continues to empower individual creators and business creativity, evolving its growth strategy from its initial consumer focus in order to more actively focus on enterprise sales, a faster pat... Read More
As the fifth employee at Canva, the online design and visual communication platform used by some 180 million people monthly, an increase of 28% vPY, Kitschke has built the company's marketing organization from the ground up. With a remit including driving brand and growth internationally, product, content marketing, PR, and all components of communications and creativity, under his leadership, the company continues to empower individual creators and business creativity, evolving its growth strategy from its initial consumer focus in order to more actively focus on enterprise sales, a faster path to still greater scale. While the company's products continue rolling out AI-driven enhancements, Kitschke is equally focused on integrating AI tools across Canva's in-house marketing team. The privately held company's growth trajectory has been consistently strong in recent years, with their latest annual report indicating that, at the end of 2023, 90% of the 500 largest companies in the world were using Canva. Over 2 million people registered for the company's annual confab, Canva Create, held just one month ago. Read Less