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.

Job Description

This is a hands-on creative role with a lot of opportunity for influencing and shaping our digital product marketing initiatives for Square Japan. You will be at the heart of interpreting briefs, co-creating ideas and bringing them to life. You’ll be asked to connect dots, organize thoughts and develop strategy to match the teams’ expectations. You will lead projects from concept through execution, QA, and iteration. We work across platforms, with an emphasis on digital marketing campaigns including web, email, social, digital ads, animation/motion, as well as photography and video.

You’re conceptual, strategic, kind, can share and sell your ideas, and encourage others to share theirs. You sweat the smallest details, and understand what it takes to develop great creative work. As a senior member of the team, we’re looking for you to have had prior experience driving cross-discipline collaboration, and mentoring/guiding designers. This position will report to the Creative Director.

For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio and any relevant passwords.

You will:

Oversee and lead design concepts, assets, and visual treatments across spanning interactive, branding, digital, social, video, out of home and print.
Partner with the creative director, writers, designers and design technologists to lead the internal creative process and promote accountability for creative delivery.
Translate product marketing strategy into powerful and purposeful creative concepts for the Japanese market.
Create outstanding photography, videography direction, typography, branding application direction, and design direction
Foster partnerships with program management and a cross-discipline team of designers, writers, design technologists, product marketers, and strategists.
Maintain a high level of creative execution while meeting the needs of our partners.
Maintain a positive and supportive team mentality in an open environment while working to lead projects through concept to execution

Qualifications

You Have:

8+ years of relevant experience, ideally both in-house and agency.
Experience in art direction for aspirational brands from concept to execution leading to the development of integrated product marketing campaigns.
Advanced storytelling skills, covering multiple formats and channels.
Experience in the Japan market; you can speak to Japanese Square Sellers and translate to international Square colleagues.
Experience mentoring a diverse team of art directors, designers, copywriters
Expertise in typography, composition, color, layout, design thinking, and content strategy in the design solutions you create.
A solid understanding of awareness, performance, consideration, and product marketing strategies and tactics.
Fluency in Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, animation/motion.
Language requirements : English (Fluent) / Japanese (Native)

Additional Information

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.

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