Why hire a Canva Verified Expert? Who they are and how to work with them

Canva Verified Experts are uniquely qualified Canva Experts worldwide – endorsed by Canva. In this post I share my experience as an Australian Canva Verified Expert, how Canva Verified Experts differ from a Canva Expert, and why you should work with us.

BY DONNA MORITZ | PUBLISHED 15 JULY, 2025

Looking to engage a Canva expert for your speaking enagement, conference, training, workshop, or perhaps training your entire team with Canva teams or Canva Enterprise? You need a Canva Verified Expert (CVE). I'm one of them. My name is Donna Moritz and I am the lead creative at Socially Sorted and a Visual Content Strategist. I'm here to help you learn more about what we can offer. 

Canva Verified Experts are highly skilled Canva experts who know Canva like the back of their hand – from product to features to using Canva's entire visual suite in creative and efficient ways. And they have specialised training skills. 

Key Takeaways

  • Canva Verified Experts are top-tier trainers endorsed by Canva, with unique qualifications and skills.
  • Canva Verified Experts provide tailored training, workshops, and consulting for teams to use Canva effectively.
  • A Canva Verified Expert is different from a standard Canva Expert; only 45 exist worldwide and they offer guaranteed expertise.
  • Canva Verified Experts also have exclusive access to Canva resources and feedback opportunities for product improvement.
  • Working with a Canva Verified Expert ensures high-quality training for both designers and non-designers in your organization.
  • Donna Moritz is a highly sought-after Canva Verified Expert who trains companies to use Canva Teams and Canva Enterprise to create on-brand high impact visual content at scale.

So let's dive into the world of Canva Verified Experts. We're engaging, entertaining and “live and breathe Canva” – and we are vetted by and endorsed by Canva themselves. Hence… Canva Verified Experts. 

There are countless people calling themselves Canva “experts” on the internet. But only 45 Canva Verified Experts worldwide. So you know you are in the best Canva hands if you engage us for your business, company or organisation. 

I am one of only two Canva CVEs in Australia and the only Australian Canva Verified Expert who is also a Super Creator of templates for Canva's template library (an exclusive group of Canva Creators who create specific business templates for Canva's library). More on that later. 

I'm also a Certified Training Partner for Canva (Canva Teams Training and Canva Enterprise Training). So you're in good hands.

Yes, hello, I'm Donna Moritz, Canva Verified Expert. Let's break this down. 

What is a Canva Verified Expert?

According to Canva, a Canva Verified Expert (CVE) is highly knowledgeable about Canva's complete range of products and features. This group of CVEs includes content creators, educators, workshop facilitators, and presenters who play a vital role in empowering and inspiring communities both online and offline. 

Canva Verified Experts gain exclusive benefits designed to help grow their businesses and support their audiences, including early access to beta features, opportunities to provide feedback that shapes upcoming products, paid collaborations, special travel experiences, and more! They don't work for Canva but they are endorsed by Canva. 

They're quite honestly the best of the best when it comes to training and education around Canva.

I guide your team to utilize powerful Canva features to streamline content production, enhance collaboration, and maintain brand consistency. Transforming teams of non-designers into confident Canva users is my jam.

Who are Canva Verified Experts?

You can find out more about the program via this Community Page on Canva.

We have Canva Verified Experts based in the US, Canva, France, Germany, Brazil, Ireland, Scotland, Czech Republic, Israel, India, France, Turkey and more! Some of the Canva Verified Experts are close friends of mine and I refer you to their services if I feel like they are a better fit for your needs.

 

Donna Moritz, Canva Verified Expert (Australia)

Find out more about me here and the program in general on my Canva Verified Expert landing page.

You can also get a free trial of Canva Pro on my landing page or via the button below. Access Canva's full feature-set for your business including all elements, templates, videos, images, features, access to Magic Resize, all Magic AI features and more.

What can a Canva Verified Expert provide for my team or organisation?

Canva states that a Canva Verified Expert (CVE) is someone who is highly knowledgeable about Canva's complete range of products and features. This group of CVEs includes content creators, educators, workshop facilitators, and presenters who play a vital role in empowering and inspiring communities both online and offline.

We gain exclusive benefits designed to help grow their businesses and support their audiences, including early access to beta features, opportunities to provide feedback that shapes upcoming products, paid collaborations, special travel experiences, and more!

They're quite honestly the best of the best when it comes to training and education around Canva. This is why I am in the program – to give my clients the assurance that they are hiring the best of the best Canva trainers when it comes to their organisation. They know they are getting a Canva trainer who knows the product intimately and how to educate, entertain and empower Canva users of any level.

Canva Training, Template Design, Workshops, Speaking and More - Donna Moritz

There are a number of ways I work with clients as a Canva Verified Expert. Here are a few examples of ways :

  1. Canva training, workshops and seminars – my agency Socially Sorted is a Canva Certified Training Partner and helps teams of all size create on-brand, high-impact visual content at scale with (including Canva Teams and Canva Enterprise). You can find out more about my workshops here.
  2. Training with your brand/design team to set up Brand Kits, Brand Protections, Brand Assets and Brand Templates (incl. signature training system for Template Design Mastery). We also provide best-practice template design consultation.
  3. Training in Team Collaboration Tools and Canva Organisational Systems.
  4. Canva Video, Canva Presentations/Whiteboards and Canva Magic AI Training.
  5. Canva template design services including migration of your current visual assets into Canva brand templates.
  6. Keynote speaking and presentations
  7. Brand collaborations featuring Canva

Like many other Canva Verified Experts, I work:

  • worldwide as an in-person speaker and Accredited Canva Training Partner.
  • on-line or virtually via streaming or workshops and webinars.
  • in-person and online as a keynote speaker and trainer.

I guide your team to utilize powerful Canva features to streamline content production, enhance collaboration, and maintain brand consistency. Transforming teams of non-designers into confident Canva users is my jam.

Why work with Australian Canva Verified Expert, Donna Moritz?

I am one of the only Canva Verified Experts who is also a Super Creator of templates for Canva's library. This means that I bring skills in Canva training as well as design to your team. With over 3,000 templates used 27 million times by Canva users, you're in good hands. 

My clients have me work with them on template design as well as consulting and training their brand design teams to create brand templates using my signature training for best-practice template design in Canva. I am a proud Australian CVE and I work with clients worldwide from the US to India to China to the UK to Europe to Canada and of course Australia. From in-person training for hundreds of people to workshops for small to large groups… you're in good hands. Why?

Learn about what I can offer to your team as a Canva trainer, workshop presenter and keynote speaker with 15 years experience working with organisations worldwide:

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What is the difference between a Canva Expert and a Canva Verified Expert?

A Canva Verified Expert is vetted by and endorsed by Canva and there are only 45 of us worldwide. If you engage a Canva Verified Expert you know that you are getting the best possible Canva trainer for your business. There are plenty of experts on the internet selling Canva services, but if you want to know you are in good hands – a CVE can offer that. They are skilled Canva product experts, hand-picked by Canva.

We get early access to Canva's product features as well as having the opportunity to provide feedback to Canva's team about product development. We know Canva! We also have access to exclusive Canva resources and training materials to better help you and your team create amazing on-brand visuals with Canva.

In many cases we also have signature training, workshops and courses that we offer and are highly skilled educators, trainers and speakers. In true Canva values, we make complex things simple and we are skilled at training beginners through to advanced Canva users. Put simply, we are trusted by organisations worldwide to be the go-to experts on Canva.

The added bonus of a Canva Designer

The perfect blend of skills for training teams of designers and non-designers is someone with both training and design skills that can lead your team. There are nuances to training a brand design team as well as a team of non-designers and this is what I specialise in. 

When you work with me as a Canva Verified Expert you also get my extensive experience as one of Canva's top template designers in your back pocket. 

A top Canva template creator in your pocket - Donna Moritz

What is the difference between a Canva Verified Expert and a Canvassador?

Currently there are over 1000 Canvassadors worldwide, but only 45 Canva Verified Experts.

Where a CVE is a verified Canva trainer and educator, a Canvassador is more of an “ambassador” for Canva – someone who loves the product and shares it with their communities. They are recognised for being community leaders and often represent Canva users from different Canva communities like Education, Creators and the Design Community.

You can find out more about Canvassadors here. 

How do I become a Canva Verified Expert?

Want to know how to become a Canva Verified Expert? Currently there is no clear path to becoming a CVE. Canva Verified Experts are recommended by Canva's team and their Community Managers throughout the year.

Key Takeaways

  • Canva Verified Experts are top-tier trainers endorsed by Canva, with unique qualifications and skills.
  • Canva Verified Experts provide tailored training, workshops, and consulting for teams to use Canva effectively.
  • A Canva Verified Expert is different from a standard Canva Expert; only 45 exist worldwide and they offer guaranteed expertise.
  • Canva Verified Experts also have exclusive access to Canva resources and feedback opportunities for product improvement.
  • Working with a Canva Verified Expert ensures high-quality training for both designers and non-designers in your organization.
  • Donna Moritz is a highly sought-after Canva Verified Expert who trains companies to use Canva Teams and Canva Enterprise to create on-brand high impact visual content at scale.

Ready to work with me?

Find out more about working with me here by booking a meeting to chat about your needs today! I'm working with some amazing clients to help them onboard onto Canva – working with their brand design teams and their non-designers to empower everyone to create on-brand, high impact visual content at scale (in-house so they can ditch the agencies). Will you join them?

Why use a Canva Verified Expert for your training?

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Donna Moritz

Visual Content Strategist & Canva Verified Expert at Socially Sorted
Donna Moritz is a Canva Verified Expert and Founder of Socially Sorted (a Certified Canva Training Partner). She helps organisations create on-brand high, impact visuals using Canva and is a sought-after keynote speaker and trainer in the marketing and tourism industries.

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