Juan Córdoba

Canva

Group Product Design Lead · Ecosystem

• Led the design direction for bringing apps into Canva AI. Helped shape and launch MCP connectors so people could create with the context they already had in other tools.
• Led the design of Canva Intents so people could find apps where they needed them. With Data Connectors, people could bring their data into Canva Sheets, turn it into charts or use it to create personalised designs in bulk.
• Helped shape API Everywhere, Canva’s strategy to make its creative tools AI-ready and easier to build on. Led the ecosystem design team and worked directly with engineers and product leads to decide which tools to expose through public APIs, how partners, enterprise customers and AI assistants could use them, and who would maintain them.
• Led design for Apps SDK v2, Canva’s toolkit for app developers. Worked with the Growth team to design the monetisation model and APIs that enable developers to earn from premium apps.

Selected work   Connecting tools to Canva AI · Making apps discoverable · Tools for app developers

Gumtree

Product Design Manager · Gumtree Australia / Adevinta

Led the team in shaping a vision for Gumtree’s transactional strategy, exploring how buyers and sellers could pay, arrange delivery and track an item. Hired and led five product designers across Gumtree, CarsGuide and Autotrader.

View the Gumtree vision study

CarsGuide & Autotrader

UX Manager · eBay

Led design for the Autotrader mobile app from concept to launch. Redesigned how people browsed vehicle listings on the web and improved the reading experience on CarsGuide.