Senior Art Director, Social/Brand Content

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.

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

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