The Challenge
Marketing teams running multi-channel campaigns face an overwhelming amount of repetitive design work. Every campaign requires assets in different formats—PNG for web banners, PDF for print, MP4 for video ads, and social-specific dimensions for various platforms. Doing this manually is slow, error-prone, and leaves room for brand inconsistency.
- Manually creating and resizing designs for each channel consumes hours per campaign
- Brand assets become scattered across folders, making retrieval slow
- Inconsistent application of templates leads to off-brand deliverables
- Exporting to multiple formats is a tedious, repetitive process done by hand
- Teams struggle to scale design output as campaign volume grows
The Autohive Solution
With the Canva integration on Autohive, marketing teams can build automated workflows that handle the entire campaign design lifecycle—from asset upload to final export—programmatically and without manual steps.
Automated Asset Upload and Tagging
Upload images, videos, and audio files directly to your Canva library with metadata tags aligned to each campaign phase. Assets are organized automatically so teams can find what they need instantly.
Template-Driven Design Creation
Generate new Canva designs from pre-approved brand templates on demand. Insert the right assets automatically, ensuring every design is on-brand from the moment it’s created.
Multi-Format Export at Scale
Trigger simultaneous exports to PNG, JPG, PDF, and MP4 formats with platform-specific quality and dimension settings. The integration handles all asynchronous processing and retrieves download URLs when complete.
Folder-Based Campaign Organization
Create dedicated campaign folders, move assets between them, and maintain a logical, clean workspace that reflects your campaign structure—all without manual file management.
Benefits
- Faster campaign launches - Eliminate bottlenecks caused by repetitive manual design tasks
- Guaranteed brand consistency - Every design is generated from approved templates with the correct assets
- Scalable output - Produce high volumes of campaign designs without adding headcount
- Multi-format readiness - Deliver designs in every required format in a single automated run
- Organized asset libraries - Campaign assets are always tagged, categorized, and easy to find
How It Works
- Upload brand assets - Programmatically upload campaign images, videos, and audio to a dedicated Canva folder, tagged by campaign name and phase
- Create designs from templates - Generate Canva designs from pre-approved brand templates, automatically inserting the correct assets
- Trigger multi-format export - Export each design to PNG, JPG, PDF, and MP4 simultaneously with the right settings for each channel
- Monitor job completion - Track export job status asynchronously and retrieve all download URLs once complete
- Deliver and archive - Distribute finished designs to the relevant teams or systems and archive the campaign folder for future reference
Getting Started
- Sign up at app.autohive.com
- Connect Canva from the Autohive marketplace
- Configure your campaign design workflow and template settings
- Deploy your automation and launch campaigns faster than ever
