Senior Designer of Hardware Marketing Channels, Block
$153-270k
Salary dependent on location. Plus equity
Financial services ecosystem
Job no longer available
Financial services ecosystem
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$153-270k
Salary dependent on location. Plus equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create better tools to help everyone access the economy.
Role
Who you are
- You’re conceptual, strategic, and kind
- You can share and sell your ideas — and you encourage others to share theirs
- You sweat the smallest details, understand what it takes to develop excellent creative work, excel in collaboration, and have a passion for inspiring team members
- You thrive independently, but appreciate solid feedback
- It fuels you to find a new approach that pushes but doesn’t break brand guidelines
- You cruise when collaborating on larger launches and also when working alone on smaller projects
- You understand and respect copy as an equal in the creative process and discipline, and you know great creative is dependent on how design and copy play together — always
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- An online portfolio that showcases web-based UI/UX design and integrated marketing campaign work across channels
- Experience leading photo and video shoots
- Advanced design and storytelling skills, covering multiple formats and channels
- Working knowledge of production and asset creation in print, digital, retail, packaging, and video workflows
- An understanding of performance and awareness marketing strategies and tactics
- Familiarity with new and traditional channels and media
- Experience partnering with copywriters, designers, engineers, program managers and product marketers
- An understanding of how to take different points of view and find common ground
What the job involves
- Square is looking for an experienced Senior Designer to join our hardware creative studio team
- You will shape the experience sellers have when they shop for hardware on public web
- You will lead the creative vision for the evolution of that experience, knowing when to quickly iterate and when to reimagine the path entirely
- You’ll find simplicity, structure, and meaning across the holistic seller journey. You will bring a grounded point of view to UI/UX design work, while also being able to easily shift gears to go-to-market work
- You will concept, collaborate on, and craft creative across public web, shop-owned channels, integrated campaigns, retail and packaging
- You will lead photo and video shoots, demonstrate key knowledge of Square products, and craft a visual language that is easy to understand
- Your work will help build awareness and brand affinity by driving the growth of Square hardware and telling the Square story in a meaningful and engaging way at every seller touchpoint
- This is a hands-on senior design role with opportunity to influence our hardware marketing creative and our path to conversion
- You will be at the heart of co-creating on-strategy ideas and bringing them to life
- You’ll be asked to connect dots, organize thoughts, and develop plans to match the team’s expectations
- You will lead projects from concept through execution, QA, and iteration. You will work across platforms - covering web and mobile experiences, visual design, photography, film, and animation
- You will report to the Creative Director
- Create well-thought-out and dynamic concepts that stay true to and elevate Square brand guidelines
- Lead design thinking for how sellers shop for our hardware and how that experience evolves
- Partner with copywriters, product designers, design technologists, production designers, project managers, and product marketing to develop and ship creative
- Translate brand and product strategy into powerful and purposeful creative concepts
- Approach the seller journey with curiosity and a desire to distill complex problems into simple paths forward
- Lead brainstorm concepts, design, and art direction across different media and marketing channels, working with both the creative team and external agencies
- Understand market nuances and partner to localize content across all of Square’s geos
- Foster partnerships with program management and a cross-discipline team of designers, engineers, writers, product marketers, and strategists
- Champion brand standards and brand traits in all creative
- Maintain a high level of creative execution and always look for ways to grow
- Use customer and industry data to inspire creative concepts
- Easily take on the biggest projects along with the smallest
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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