Senior Art Director, Social/Brand Content
- Full-time
Company Description
To solve this problem, we expanded into software and built integrated solutions to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, book appointments, engage loyal buyers, and hire and pay staff. Across it all, we’ve embedded financial services tools at the point of sale, so merchants can access a business loan and manage their cash flow in one place. Afterpay furthers our goal to provide omnichannel tools that unlock meaningful value and growth, enabling sellers to capture the next generation shopper, increase order sizes, and compete at a larger scale.
Today, we are a partner to sellers of all sizes – large, enterprise-scale businesses with complex operations, sellers just starting, as well as merchants who began selling with Square and have grown larger over time. As our sellers grow, so do our solutions. There is a massive opportunity in front of us. We’re building a significant, meaningful, and lasting business, and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.
Job Description
Square is looking for an integrated Senior Art Director who specializes in Social & Content to join our Global Brand Studio. As a Senior Art Director on the Brand Content team, you’ll concept, design, and art direct stories that are expressed through video, photo, interactive, and illustration. You may work on interactive visual storytelling, interactive tools, trend reports, social content series, branded films, organic social posts, testimonials, case studies, editorial content, sales kits, and developing creative platforms that come to life through “always on” content across many different owned channels. You’ll build relationships with some of our boldest editorial and social marketing partners, and help shape the perception of Square as a world-class, iconic brand.
You’re an expert in storytelling. As part of your professional experience, you will have worked on creative integrated advertising campaigns. You have work that has drummed up social sharing and PR attention. You have an understanding and love for social media and channel expertise across Tiktok, YouTube, and Instagram. You are comfortable on the production side of the house, with experience briefing photographers/directors, art directing on set, and working with editors to develop final cuts. You have played around with motion design, maybe have even cut together something yourself. You have experience working on beautiful experiences for the web.
Our team goes deep on different subject-matters related to entrepreneurship, community, financial independence, cultural impact of business. You will report to the Creative Director, Brand Content.
This position is remote from the United States or Canada.
You Will:
- Concept, design, and art direct content that are editorial/social-first, culturally relevant, and have a big idea
- Lead projects as the go-to art director, or only art director, on a diverse team of creative colleagues
- Develop visual identities and graphics for content series across content platforms
- Develop art direction for our new digital publication
- Create guidelines and templates for social series
- Create outstanding photography, videography direction, typography, branding application direction, and design direction
- Maintain a positive and supportive team mentality in an open environment while working to lead projects through concept to execution
Qualifications
Career/Education Experience
- 8+ years of industry experience; agency, design studio, production house, or relevant in-house marketing experience
You Have
- Ability to develop social-first campaigns with world class visual craft
- Cultural literacy – an understanding of industry trends and today's creative landscape—how users engage with content, and trends within the marketing
- An editorial/journalistic mind.
- Experience managing or providing mentorship to junior creatives
- Expertise in typography, composition, color, layout, design thinking, and content strategy
- Experience working in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite with expertise in Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. Experience with Premiere and After Effects.
- Experience on photo and film shoots
- Experience briefing photographers and directors
- Motion design experience is a nice to have
Please submit a deck or portfolio of work with your application that showcases your design process from exploratory stages through execution. If your portfolio site requires a password, please provide us with it in your application or on your resume. Thank you!
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Additional Information
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Zone A: USD $167,300 - USD $204,500
Zone B: USD $155,600 - USD $190,200
Zone C: USD $147,200 - USD $180,000
Zone D: USD $138,900 - USD $169,700
To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.
Benefits include the following:
- Healthcare coverage
- Retirement Plans including company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
- Paid parental and caregiving leave
- Paid time off
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D. and disability benefits
- Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources
This role is also eligible to participate in Block's equity plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies, and may be eligible for a sign-on bonus. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a commission plan subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.
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, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other 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.
Learn more about our efforts to promote inclusion and diversity at block.xyz/inclusion
Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, and always assess candidates on an individualized basis.
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.