Creative Director, Block

It all started with an idea at Block in 2013. Initially built to take the pain out of peer-to-peer payments, Cash App has gone from a simple product with a single purpose to a dynamic ecosystem, developing unique financial products, including Afterpay/Clearpay, to provide a better way to send, spend, invest, borrow and save to our 50+ million monthly active customers. We want to redefine the world’s relationship with money to make it more relatable, instantly available, and universally accessible.

Today, Cash App has thousands of employees working globally across office and remote locations, with a culture geared toward innovation, collaboration and impact. We’ve been a distributed team since day one, and many of our roles can be done remotely from the countries where Cash App operates. No matter the location, we tailor our experience to ensure our employees are creative, productive, and happy.

The Role

Block's in-house creative team builds the brand platforms and campaigns behind Cash App, Square, and Afterpay. We're hiring a creative director who originates the big idea (brand platforms, repositionings, campaign concepts) and stays with it until it's in market.Strategy sits inside creative, so you shape the brief rather than answer it, then carry the idea across every medium it lives in: film, social, experiential, copy, and online and offline activations.

This is an individual contributor role. You'll lead project teams and set the creative standard.

You Will

Originate brand platforms and campaign-level ideas, and own them from concept through activation

Reposition brands, and keep the platform coherent across brand and product surfaces

Hold the idea intact from first cut to final placement

Shape the brief alongside an embedded creative-strategy team

Direct designers, writers, and production partners on the work

Work with marketing, product, and partnerships leadership to get campaigns made

You Have

A portfolio of work you led as a creative director: brand platforms, repositionings, campaigns, activations

An art direction background and the visual judgment to lead the idea in any medium

A track record setting creative vision and quality standards for a brand, while staying hands-on with the work

Credibility with cross-functional leadership as a peer

A history of catching cultural shifts early and putting them in the work

Experience carrying brand thinking across multiple products or business lines

Experience working in agencies, in-house, or both

To Apply

Submit your application along with a link to your portfolio. Be sure to include the password in your application if needed.

EEOC

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 an equal opportunity employer evaluating all employees and job applicants without regard to identity or any legally protected class. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances.

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.

While there is no specific deadline to apply for this role, U.S. roles are typically open for an average of 55 days before being filled by a successful candidate. Please refer to the date listed at the top of this job page for when this role was first posted.

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.

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.

Zone A:

$251,600—$377,400 USD

Zone B:

$251,600—$377,400 USD

Zone C:

$251,600—$377,400 USD

Zone D:

$251,600—$377,400 USD