This Essentials course shows learners how to design professional content in Canva – from social posts to flyers and simple reports – and how to keep everything on-brand. Professional-looking posts, flyers and reports – made in-house!
Charities and social enterprises, SMEs, schools’ communications staff and council or NHS comms teams.
- Materials look inconsistent and off-brand
- Relying on one person — or paying a designer — for simple graphics
- Too long spent on posters and social posts
- Staff unsure about images and copyright
- Create social posts, flyers, posters and simple reports in Canva
- Set up and use brand kits and templates
- Apply basic design principles — layout, colour, fonts
- Use Canva’s AI features sensibly
- Export files correctly for print and web
- Can use your own brand colours, logo and templates
- Two afternoons (Wed and Fri, 1–5pm) — no full day out of the business
- Small groups — up to 12
- At our Richmond campus, at your workplace, or live online
- Practical and hands-on, led by an experienced tutor
- Consistent, professional materials
- Less spend on outside design for everyday items
- Faster turnaround on communications
- More staff able to produce content
- Book individual places on a scheduled course, or book the whole course for your team
- Team bookings: at our Parkshot campus in Richmond or at your premises, on dates by arrangement
- Free pre-course check: pre-course form: brand assets, platforms used
- Parkshot campus is a short walk from Richmond station (train, tube and Overground); parking is limited
- Contact [employer enquiries contact] for group rates