Take your Canva skills further. Create branded assets, short-form video and a content system that saves you hours.

This event is for pre-start and early-stage business owners in the South of Scotland who are already using Canva regularly and want to go further — particularly those who feel their content looks inconsistent, who are spending too much time creating designs from scratch, or who want to start creating short-form video and reels but don't know where to begin.

To get the most from this session, attendees should:

· Be using Canva already — this is not a beginners' session

· Have attended an Introduction to Canva session, or be confident navigating the editor, using templates and setting up a basic Brand Kit

· Ideally have a Canva Pro account — several of the tools covered, including AI features, content scheduling, bulk create and the full Brand Kit, are Pro-only. Attendees on a free account are still welcome but will have limited access to some exercises. A Pro account costs approximately £100 per year and is available as a free trial.

Advanced Canva for Marketing Assets and Reels is a hands-on, practical workshop for small business owners who are already using Canva and want to use it properly — faster, more consistently and with far more impact.

If you've been using Canva for a while but still find yourself starting from scratch every time, spending too long on designs that don't quite look right, or avoiding video because you're not sure where to start — this session is built for you.

In three hours you'll move beyond the basics and into the tools and techniques that genuinely save time and lift the quality of everything you produce. This is a laptop-on, sleeves-up working session. You'll leave with things made, not just ideas noted.

What we'll cover:

Setting up your full Pro Brand Kit — unlimited colours, custom fonts, multiple logos — so everything you create is on-brand from the start

Magic Studio — Canva's AI tools including Magic Edit, Magic Eraser, Magic Expand and Magic Design, and how to use them practically in your business

Creating a reel or short-form video from scratch — vertical format, text overlays, captions, transitions and exporting correctly for Instagram and other platforms

Content batching — how to duplicate and adapt templates to create a month of consistent content in a single session

Bulk Create — how to use a simple spreadsheet to auto-generate multiple designs from one template

Magic Switch — resizing and repurposing one design across multiple platforms in seconds

Scheduling directly from Canva — connecting your social accounts and publishing without leaving the platform

Organising your workspace — folders, Brand Templates and sharing designs with a collaborator

What you'll leave with:

A fully set up or refreshed Pro Brand Kit

At least one branded marketing asset ready to use

A short-form video or reel created in the session

A reusable content template system

Practical knowledge of Canva's AI tools and how they save time

What you need to bring:

A laptop or tablet with Canva open and logged in. A Canva Pro account is strongly recommended — several of the tools covered in this session are Pro-only including Magic Studio, Bulk Create, content scheduling and the full Brand Kit. If you don't yet have Pro, Canva offers a free trial. A free account is welcome but you will have limited access to some exercises.

You should be comfortable using Canva already — this session builds directly on the Introduction to Canva content. If you haven't attended an intro session or used Canva regularly, this workshop may feel fast-paced.

It is also suitable for anyone who has been in business a while but feels their visual content has drifted, looks inconsistent across platforms, or isn't saving them the time it should.

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