We believe everyone should be able to participate and thrive in the economy, so we’re building tools that make commerce easier and more accessible to all. We began with a little white credit card reader but haven’t stopped there.

We started Square Capital to serve as a trusted partner to our sellers, facilitating the funding they need to take the next important step in their business. Our role in the Square ecosystem puts us in a unique position to expand access to capital to more businesses of all sizes. Using technology and data, we bring simplicity, flexibility, and transparency to financial products, creating a more inclusive financial system.

And with Square Installments we’re redefining consumer financing with products that allow shoppers to spread the cost of large purchases over time, with clear and transparent terms. In addition, Square sellers are seeing significant growth by offering this flexible new payment method.

Learn more about Capital’s mission at https://squareup.com/capital/access.

***For consideration, please submit a link to your portfolio***

As the Brand Design Lead, you will be responsible for establishing Capital’s visual identity and executing it in external communications. You will report to the Head of Design and work closely with Marketing, Product, and Copy leads to craft experiences for our customers, both consumer and business facing, across a variety of channels.

From our earliest days, Design has played a central role in Square’s product development. Whether it’s crafting the products our Sellers rely on to run their businesses or designing a website for a new launch, the Design team is involved at every step. We’re responsible for creating the brand promise customers have in their first interaction with Square Capital and ensuring we deliver on that promise in every aspect of the experience. It’s crucial we communicate confidence and credibility at every step.

This is a hands on role with a huge opportunity to define and extend the Square Capital brand.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and evolve Capital’s visual brand in all external communication

• Extend the visual brand of Capital across various mediums with visual design, illustration, photography, iconography, web design, video, and print

• Contribute as a skilled visual designer to create marketing content for websites, landing pages, emails, print materials, sales and trade show collateral.

• Recruit and manage talented designers to build out Capital’s Brand Design team.

• Partner with and direct external creative partners to extend our brand

• Oversee print design, working closely with vendors for production

• Collaborate closely with engineers to ensure your designs are implemented precisely

• Partner with marketers to develop creative concepts for programs to meet business goals and further the brand

• Clearly articulate your design decisions and embrace constructive criticism as part of the design process

• Partner with all parts of the Capital organization including marketing, copy, product, engineering, and support to maintain a consistent brand experience and create beautiful designs in an agile environment

• 7+ years of professional visual design and web design experience with an emphasis on brand development

• Exceptional portfolio featuring detailed design work including branding and identity design systems, websites, and illustration and iconography

• Degree in graphic design, or related field, and fundamental understanding of the formal elements of design including color, typography, and layout

• Experience brand building with a strong emphasis on the relationship between design and copy

• Detail-oriented, pixel-perfection obsessed, and blessed with good taste

• An absolute pro with the Adobe Creative Suite and Sketch or Figma

• Familiarity with web technologies and how to design for them - (you should know which parts of designs will require HTML, CSS, or JavaScript, but you don’t need to be a coder)

• Thinking in scalable systems, not one-off solutions

• Thorough design process for discovering edge cases and removing assumptions

• Experience recruiting and managing marketing and communications designers

• Confident art directing photographers, videographers, illustrators, and other designers

• Positive attitude and a passion to build products that drive economic empowerment

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and analytical skills.

• Experience designing for a content management or marketing automation system (Wordpress, Hubspot, etc.)

• Experience designing for a variety of platforms (web, mobile, print, email, video) and a familiarity with product design

At Square, our purpose is to empower – within and outside of our walls. In order to build the best tools for the businesses and customers we support all over the world, we have to start at home with a workforce as diverse and empowered as our sellers. To this end, we take great care to evaluate all employees and job applicants equally, based on merit, competence, and qualifications. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and always consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance(at)squareup.com. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible.