Open Position · Contract
Competition
Manager
LIFT is looking for someone to run Canva’s national design challenge in Pakistan.
Our partner Canva is bringing a national design challenge to Pakistan, and LIFT is looking for the person who will run it: the plan, the partners, the marketing push, the participants, the numbers. Early in your career is fine. No degree or years of experience required. What you have started, grown or shipped matters more than any title.
About the role
A national design competition is a lot of moving parts: a launch, thousands of participants, partner universities, judges, deadlines, prizes and a partner team at Canva who wants to know how it is going. The Competition Manager is the one person who holds all of it and keeps it moving. It starts as a 3-month contract and extends as the programme grows.
Your responsibilities
Plan and run the competition
- Own the competition calendar from announcement to winners: registration, submissions, judging, results
- Keep every moving part on track each week and flag risks early, with a fix in hand
Marketing and participation
- Build and run the plan that gets students and creators across Pakistan to register and submit
- Shape the hook, the channels and the content; brief designers and creators; test what works and double down
Partners and judges
- Bring universities, communities and campus contacts on board and keep them active
- Coordinate the judges and the judging process so results are fair, on time and well explained
Communication
- Write clear emails, posts and announcements for participants, partners and the Canva team
- Answer participant questions fast and keep one source of truth for dates and rules
Reporting and ideas
- Track registrations, submissions and reach, and send the Canva team a short, honest weekly update
- Bring new ideas every week, then make the good ones happen
What we are looking for
- An out-of-the-box thinker who is also a doer. Ideas are great, shipped ideas are better.
- A clear communicator in writing and on calls, in English and Urdu
- Someone with a feel for marketing: what grabs attention, what spreads, what converts
- Organised without being rigid. You keep a plan and adapt it when reality changes.
- Hungry to learn fast, comfortable working remotely and owning your outcomes without someone checking in every hour
- Early in your career or switching lanes? Good. Show us something you started or grew: a campaign, a community, an event, a side project, a launch. That counts for more than a degree or a title.
What we offer
- An attractive salary that reflects what you bring, paid monthly
- 3-month initial contract, extendable based on performance and the programme
- Remote first. Most of the work happens from wherever you are, with occasional in-person meetings in Islamabad
- Work directly with the Canva team on a national-scale programme, early in your career
- A small, fast team where your ideas reach the decision maker the same day
How we hire
A short form. No CV, no cover letter. The best thing you have made happen, five quick scenario questions and a 60-second voice or video note.
If you are shortlisted, we send you a small real task from the programme and a few days to do it.
We talk about your challenge and your ideas with the team. Then we make it official.
Role Details
- Position
- Competition Manager
- Reports to
- Programme lead at LIFT
- Location
- Remote (Pakistan), hybrid light
- Type
- Contract, 3 months, extendable
- Experience
- Not required
- Degree
- Not required
- Salary
- Attractive, monthly
- Company
- LIFT