Product Designer, Block
Foundations, Connected Devices
$129.3-185.9k
Salary dependent on location
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$129.3-185.9k
Salary dependent on location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- Around 5 years of professional design experience
- A portfolio of work that reflects your strengths in both UX and visual design skills in which you were the primary designer, with moderate guidance from design leadership
- Experience connecting your design work with product, team, and company goals
Desirable
- You can connect your work to larger team or company initiatives
- You plan, scope, and create work that contributes to a larger, long-term plan
- You think holistically about complex systems, empathize with users, and understand goals to create compelling user experiences
- You propose and participate in usability and field research
- You work on challenging, wide-reaching projects for your team
- You communicate your ideas and work to your direct team and other teams
- You know when to compromise without sacrificing user experience or design principles
What the job involves
- In this role, you'll collaborate closely with a diverse team of UX researchers, product managers, engineers, and data analysts
- You will lead the end-to-end design process, including discovery, information architecture, rapid prototyping, and high-polish visual design to influence the product roadmap to define and deliver a long-term vision for connected devices
- You will report to the Design Lead for Foundations and work with a team of five other Product Designers
- Create end-to-end product design approaches on features that empower businesses and the people behind them.
- Guide design execution, improve the seller experience, and work with team members (think researchers, product managers and engineers) to launch features.
- Think holistically about complex systems, empathize with users, and understand goals to create compelling user experiences.
Our take
Block is a financial services technology company comprising of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD. Its biggest brand, Square, offers hardware and software for small to medium-sized businesses enabling them to manage the entire payment lifecycle. It functions similarly to Shopify and Stripe, but has paired online payment processing with physical devices such as registers, payment terminals, and mobile card readers.
The business was originally founded as Square in 2009 by Jack Dorsey of Twitter fame. Already well-established with SMEs all over the globe, Square has significantly benefited from the increased demand for mobile payment systems. Its order management feature remains a go-to tool for small businesses that otherwise didn't have the proper infrastructure in place when demand for home delivery surged.
Square rebranded as Block in December 2021, with the Square brand name remaining in place for their seller business. The company has since come under fire for its security practices, facing lawsuits in relation to a major breach of CashApp user data, and in 2024 announced plans to reduce its workforce in order to cut costs. Despite these setbacks, there is every chance the business will move past this, though it may take some time to rebuild trust in its product.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
- 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 (including 12 paid holidays)
- Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)
- Learning and Development resources
- Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jack Dorsey
(CEO)Having studied at and dropped out of New York University, Jack founded Twitter in March 2006, where he has served as CEO since. He co-founded Square with Jim in February 2009, and has remained its CEO ever since.
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