Canva’s Recipe for Creative Consistency: Go-to Marketing Templates for Your Team

Canva gives teams a reliable way to create content that’s not only polished but purposeful. From social posts to sales materials, it offers a structured environment to build professional, on-brand visuals without needing a background in graphic design. With its intuitive tools, teams can work more efficiently, maintain consistency, and meet the demands of content creation with confidence.
As an official Canva partner, Design Pickle can deliver your design requests directly in Canva format, making it easy for your team to edit, update, and reuse assets as needed. You get the flexibility of a do-it-yourself platform, supported by a done-for-you creative foundation.
To simplify your workflow even further, we’ve gathered Canva’s most requested templates into a ready-to-use project inside Design Pickle. It’s a practical starting point for building a library of branded templates your team can easily maintain.
This Design Pickle project includes Canva’s recommended templates, tailored for the most in-demand content types—all ready to request in the Design Pickle platform.
Flyers
- 8.5x11” for print handouts
- Square (1080x1080) for digital promotions
- Story (1080x1920)
- Feed post (1080x1080)
- Feed image (1200x627)
- Company page banner (1128x191)
Facebook
- Ad (1200x628)
- Event cover (1200x628)
Ads
- Google display (300x250, 728x90, 160x600)
- Social ad (1080x1080 or 1080x1350)
Presentation Template
- 16:9 widescreen layout
- Include title, content, and section break slides
Sales Sheets
- 8.5x11” for print or digital
Blog Graphics
- Feature image (1200x628)
- Pull-quote or callout image (800x800)
Posters
- 11x17” for event signage
- 24x36” for larger displays
Cards
- 5x7” greeting or thank you card
- Square (5.25x5.25”) for social or invites
Brochures
- Tri-fold (8.5x11”)
- Bi-fold (11x17”)
Newsletters
- One-pager PDF (8.5x11”)
- Email header graphic (600x200)
YouTube
- Thumbnail (1280x720)
- Channel banner (2048x1152)
- Kitchen prep: Grab your brand guidelines, colors, logos, and fonts. Load them into the brand profile section of your Design Pickle account to set the foundation.
- Prepare your ingredients: In your Design Pickle account, hit “Create” and select “Projects.” Scroll through and choose the Canva Project. This will auto-populate all the asset request types you need to get started.
- Submit your requests: Fill out the design brief for each request. Use the specs above as a guide, and make sure you select “Canva” as your preferred file format. Once you're ready, send each request off to your Design Pickle team!
- Start cooking: Your team will get to work, handling one request at a time.
- Simmer & season: You’ll receive your designs back on the platform. Track your project’s progress, give feedback, or approve assets as they’re ready.
Serve them up: Once delivered, you can open your completed templates directly in Canva. From there, you can quickly edit colors, fonts, images, and more to keep your content fresh and ready to go.
*Total turnaround time for projects may vary depending on each request, revisions, and account specifics.
Now that your templates are secured in Canva, you’ll have them on deck and ready to edit, copy, and share whenever you need. Use them to refresh your online presence, build new marketing materials, or kickstart your next campaign!
Having Design Pickle create your Canva templates gives you a professional foundation built by experienced designers. Once you receive your custom templates, you can open them directly in Canva to make quick edits, duplicate them for multiple projects, and customize any elements using your existing Canva subscription.
This means you achieve:
- Time-saving designs: No need to start from scratch, just plug and go.
- Creative flexibility: Customize every aspect of your template within Canva.
- Brand consistency: Ensure all your marketing materials align with your visual identity and design best practices.
- Seamless collaboration - Share templates with your team for quick edits and approvals.
Don’t have a Canva subscription? Jump on board today!