Hybrid Product Designer / Art Director

Company Description

Since we opened our doors in 2009, the world of commerce has evolved immensely, and so has Square. After enabling anyone to take payments and never miss a sale, we saw sellers stymied by disparate, outmoded products and tools that wouldn’t work together.

So we expanded into software and started building integrated, omnichannel solutions – to help sellers sell online, manage inventory, offer buy now, pay later functionality through Afterpay, 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.

Square Go is Square’s new consumer marketplace app, and one of our most exciting new products. It puts the power in consumer’s hands to discover, connect and book self-care experiences that make them feel their best. Download the app and try it out. [link]

We are looking for an experienced hybrid product/creative designer who will be one of 2 full -time designers on the team. You will help define product and creative strategy, and produce designs and assets yourself for branding, illustration, motion design and product design.

Reporting to the Product Design Director, we are looking for someone who is excited about the range of design responsibility and the prospect of balancing high-level strategy with detailed design work and production.

You Will:

• Advocate for our consumers and a first class design experience
• Work on and help define one of Square’s most exciting new products designing end-to-end flows for iOS, Android and web.
• Work on a collaborative and fast team. Your closest peers will be engineers, product, data, marketing and product design.
• Design assets for marketing use including emails, social, videos and public web pages
• Lead the vision and execution of the Square Go brand, including illustrations and icons and motion for use on web and in app.
• Contribute to the wider product and marketing strategies alongside your peers

Qualifications

This role is for you if:

• Are comfortable with sharing early and often, and iterating.
• You are someone who sees opportunity and acts on it. You assume everything is your responsibility
• You know when to go deep and when to move fast, and enjoy both
• You are very hands-on and can produce work quickly and always find a way forward.
• You are excited about working on everything and anything across product and creative, we don't believe in lanes.

You Have:

• A portfolio of visual design work including branding, illustration and motion design
• Strong storytelling skills.
• At least 6+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Startup experience a plus
• A portfolio of product design work that includes multiple shipped projects where you were the primary contributor
• Experience collaborating with product, design, marketing and engineering.

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 $202,500 - USD $247,500

Zone B: USD $192,400 - USD $235,200

Zone C: USD $182,300 - USD $222,800

Zone D: USD $172,200 - USD $210,400

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.

Full-time employee benefits include the following:

• Wellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowance
• Paid parental and caregiving leave
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account
• Retirement Plans including company match
• 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)
• Additional Perks such as WFH reimbursements and free access to caregiving, legal, and discounted resources
• Paid time off (including 12 paid holidays)
• Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)
• Learning and Development resources
• Paid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

These benefits are further detailed in Block's policies. 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, veteran status, 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. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page.

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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.