The social media design pathway
Level 2 assumes you can already find your way around Canva. If you cannot, start at Level 1.
Introduction to Social Media Design with Canva
No design background and no Canva experience needed. Start here.
Unlocking Your Creativity: Social Media Design with Canva
Work that looks designed rather than templated.
Social Media Design with Canva AI
AI in the production workflow, without losing control of the brand.
Design scroll-stopping posts and a reusable brand template set in Canva.
Posting regularly is hard when every graphic starts from a blank page. Posts end up looking different every time, and they take too long to make.
Participants learn the design basics behind good social content, then build a set of branded Canva templates their team can reuse every week.
- You manage social media for your team, department or business
- You spend too long making each post
- Your posts don’t look like they come from the same brand
- Apply layout, colour and type basics to social graphics
- Set up a Canva brand kit with your colours, fonts and logo
- Create reusable templates for posts, stories and announcements
- Use Canva’s AI tools to draft and resize content faster
What we cover
| 45 min | What makes people stop scrolling |
|---|---|
| 60 min | Design basics: layout, colour and type |
| 45 min | Setting up your brand kit |
| 90 min | Build your template set |
| 60 min | Canva AI: drafting, resizing and Magic tools |
| 45 min | Plan a month of posts, review and wrap-up |
Outline shown for the one-day format.
Upcoming public runs:
Unlocking Your Creativity: Social Media Design with Canva
If you're enquiring for 5 pax and above, we're able to offer you a private run. Ask us about it.
| Date | Time | Venue | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 November 2026 | 9.30am – 5.00pm | 3 Phillip Street, #17-01 | Class is full | Join the waitlist |
| 11 March 2027 | 9.30am – 5.00pm | 3 Phillip Street, #17-01 | Seats available | Register |
| 10 June 2027 | 9.30am – 5.00pm | 3 Phillip Street, #17-01 | New date | Register |
Small classes, better learning
We recommend 10 to 15 participants, and cap every run at 20. These are hands-on workshops — above twenty we can no longer get round the room, look at each person’s screen and fix the actual problem, which is the whole point of coming. Public runs are capped at 10.
Our office @ Raffles Place
- Where every public run is held
- Central, and close to Raffles Place MRT
- Capped at 10, so nobody gets lost at the back
A larger venue, or your own office
- External venues include Paya Lebar Square and the Synergy Room at 190 Clemenceau Avenue, subject to availability
- Or we come to you, which most corporate clients prefer
- Please give us 30 days’ notice for an on-site run, so the room and equipment can be sorted
Bring a laptop with a free or Pro Canva account. Participants leave with at least six finished templates they can use the following week.
Charmaine Lee
Charmaine Lee is an ACTA-certified trainer registered under TAEPP (AE250000925) with over 16 years of digital marketing experience and more than 4,500 learners trained. She specialises in practical, hands-on training in visual design, Canva, digital content creation, storytelling, presentations and generative AI. She also develops vocational curricula and supports educator training through international education initiatives.
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- Formats1 day
- DeliveryOn-site or online
- Group size12–25 people
- LevelNo design experience needed
Fees are quoted per group, based on format and size.
Inside a workshop
A short look at how our sessions run: less lecture, more making.
Every level, in detail
From opening Canva for the first time to running a campaign with AI. Level 2 assumes you can already find your way around the tool, so if you cannot, start at Level 1.
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For: Absolute beginners. No design background and no Canva experience needed.
- Finding your way around Canva
- Templates, elements, text and uploads
- Colour and type, enough to make good choices
- Sizing a design for each platform
- Making your first set of posts end to end
You leave with: A handful of finished posts you made yourself.
New course, in development. -
For: People already comfortable in Canva who want work that looks designed rather than templated.
- Design principles applied to social formats
- Building a consistent visual identity
- Layout, typography and colour with intent
- Designing a set that works as a campaign
- Adapting one idea across platforms
You leave with: A cohesive set of social media designs.
Assumes basic Canva familiarity. Level 1 covers that. -
For: Teams producing social content at volume who want AI in the workflow without losing control of the brand.
- Canva’s AI tools, and where they genuinely save time
- Briefing AI for on-brand output
- Generating and editing visual assets responsibly
- Building a repeatable production workflow
- Keeping judgement over what gets published
You leave with: A campaign produced end to end, and a workflow your team can keep using.
New course, in development. Corporate runs only. -
For: People who can already design a post and now need to turn information, data and processes into something an audience will actually read.
- Choosing a visual format for the information you have
- Icons, charts, diagrams and data visualisation
- Designing infographics that survive a small screen
- Adapting one infographic for social and for email
- Simplifying without losing accuracy
You leave with: An infographic built for a real campaign.
See this course
Create Business Presentations That Convince
Build a presentation that changes someone’s mind: one clear message, a structure that carries it, and slides that stay out of the way.
- Find the one message the audience has to leave with
- Structure the argument so each slide earns the next
- Design slides that support the point rather than decorate it
- Handle questions and objections without losing the thread
Business Presentations: Storytelling, Infographics & AI
Go past templates: structure the message with storytelling frameworks, then turn complex information into infographics, data visuals and AI-assisted drafts.
- Structure a presentation with SCQA, AIDA or STAR
- Build reusable layouts for recurring presentations
- Turn processes, comparisons and data into clear infographics
- Use AI to develop and critique presentation content
