We believe everyone should be able to participate and thrive in the economy, so we’re building tools that make commerce easier and more accessible to all. We started with a little white credit card reader but haven’t stopped there; we’ve been building an entire toolkit of both hardware and software products including Square Capital, Square Online, Square Terminal, and more. We’re empowering the independent electrician to send invoices, setting up the favorite food truck with a delivery option, helping the plant shop pay its employees, and giving the burgeoning restaurant chain capital for a second, third, and fourth location. Let’s shorten the distance between having an idea and making a living from it. Let’s find new and better ways to help businesses of all sizes succeed on their own terms.

This will be a casual position for up to 12 months, and you will be employed by our Australia based recruiting agency partner.

Square is looking for a contract art director to join our award-winning creative team. As an art director, you’ll collaborate to create inspiring solutions that tell Square’s story and educate business owners on how they can run and grow their business with Square. 

You’ll design work yourself across channels from video to social, and you’ll help shape the work of other creatives and external partners too. You’ll guide in creation and production, planning and executing initiatives from start to finish with your partners on the marketing team.

***For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio***

You will:

• Work with copywriters, designers, and cross-functional partners to translate content and marketing strategies into creative concepts. 

• Create campaign concepts that stretch across media and channels including broadcast, print, web, social, and retail

• Iterate and communicate ideas across various levels of fidelity (moodboards, concept statements, design explorations, art direction boards, styleframes, etc.)

• Deliver outstanding photography, videography direction, typography & branding application direction, and design direction

• Provide inspiration, mentorship, support, and direction to multidisciplinary creatives

• Cultivate cross-functional partnerships

• Work with project and program managers to develop project plans and ensure that projects are progressing and creative is exceptional and delivered on time.

You have:

• 5+ years of industry experience (preferably agency, design studio, production house, or relevant in house marketing experience)

• Familiarity with Figma

• An understanding of the Adobe Creative Suite with expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign

• Experience defining, building, and differentiating brands

• Expertise in typography, composition, color, layout, design thinking, and content strategy in the design solutions you create

• Proficient in preparing files for print

• General understanding of designing for web

• Ability to adhere to and build upon brand and campaign systems

• Experience managing or providing mentorship to junior creatives while still advancing individual assignments and goals

• Expertise in the fundamentals of design

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page. 

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.