The design software giant’s all-singing, all-dancing debut event in Los Angeles came with a host of new features – and rumblings of a cost to its tired staff.
In a luxury suite overlooking the 70,240 seat football stadium that is home to the Los Angeles Rams, some not-so-quiet lobbying is happening. A crew from the New York Stock Exchange, replete with a telegenic presenter, are interviewing the luminaries of Canva.
Canva loves confetti, one executive notes after the presentation by co-founders Cliff Obrecht, Melanie Perkins and Cameron Adams. Chris Little, from Canva’s IT help desk in Austin, Texas, bounds on stage in a double denim-style outfit to hype up the crowd, with mixed success as a single stairway in or out holds up proceedings. He’s followed by the company’s “global head of experiential”, Jimmy Knowles, who has masterminded the event, in a pink velour suite and designer Timberland-esque shoes that resell for about $800 a pair. Then it’s on to the real show.
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