Using and Managing Multiple Brand Kits Effectively

Understanding Multiple Brand Kits

When to Use This Guide
If you're part of a large organization or an advertising company, managing separate brand kits for different teams or clients can streamline your workflow. This guide will help you set up, manage, and use multiple brand kits in Canva to meet your diverse branding needs.

Overview of Multiple Brand Kits
The Multiple Brand Kits feature empowers you to create and label more than one brand kit within your team. This is particularly beneficial for businesses with varying teams or clients, offering you the flexibility to maintain individual assets distinctly.

How to Set Up Multiple Brand Kits
Setting up multiple brand kits is easy and allows you to organize assets by brand or client effortlessly. Here's how you can create them:

1. Access the Brand Kit section from the homepage side panel.
2. Click on "+ Add Brand Kit."
3. Create your new Brand Kit by uploading logos, adding color schemes, and fonts.

How to Use Multiple Brand Kits
While editing, you can only work with one brand kit at a time. However, switching between brand kits is straightforward and can be done through the Logos or Text tabs, or from the Color or Font panels:

1. When you're ready, switch to the required brand kit using either the File button or the Styles tab.

Note: New features to enhance the usability of brand kits are anticipated in Canva Create 2024.

Sharing Brand Kits within an Organization
To ensure your team benefits from unified branding resources, share your brand kits using these steps:

1. Select "Brand," then navigate to the "Brand Kit" tab.
2. Choose the "More" option on the desired Brand Kit, and select "Share." In the dropdown menu, pick the organization.

Managing Shared Brand Kits
You can manage brand kits owned by different teams within your organization by editing within the owning team’s environment. Follow these steps to switch teams and access these kits:

1. From the Brand Kit tab, choose "More" on the kit you wish to manage.
2. Select "Edit in owning team" and confirm the team switch.

Linking Folders to a Brand Kit
For optimized asset management, link folders to your brand kits:

1. In the Brand Kit tab, select the brand kit, and the relevant element you wish to link.
2. Choose "Add new," then "Link a folder." Pick a folder from "Recent" or "All" and link it.

FAQs about Linking Folders

• **Who can perform this action?** Individuals with edit access to both the Brand Kit and the folders can link folders.
• **Can any folder be linked?** Yes, provided the user meets the access criteria.

This guide aims to ensure you utilize Canva's Multiple Brand Kits feature efficiently. If this doesn't address your queries, feel free to provide us feedback for further assistance.