Principal Copywriter

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, 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.

The Role

We're looking for a Principal Copywriter to join the Square Global Creative team in Australia on a full-time basis. Partnering with art directors, designers, other copywriters, marketing stakeholders, and agency partners, this copywriter will play a key role in expressing the brand voice to drive action.

The Square Global Creative team is responsible for developing full-funnel, integrated work to help achieve local marketing goals. This role will be based in Australia and will be required to work across all touchpoints, from concepting campaign ideas to rolling out assets and writing long-form content.

This role is fully remote for candidates based in Australia. This role is expected to collaborate with teammates on the west coast of the U.S., and marketing partners on the east coast of Australia. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role.

You Will

• Understand the Square brand voice and translate it into compelling creative
• Develop and refine new ideas in response to creative briefs
• Roll out ideas across all forms of advertising, social, and content channels
• Use AI and other technologies to develop and refine creative work
• Iterate and communicate ideas across multiple levels of fidelity (e.g. mood boards, concept statements, writing explorations, manifestos, and presentations)
• Write and ideate on short and long-form copy for top, mid, and low-funnel assets
• Collaborate with other creatives and producers on all aspects of video, photo, digital, and print production
• Drive multiple projects at once and serve as the go-to copywriter for certain tasks
• Understand industry trends and the current creative landscape in Australia
• Partner with stakeholders to shape creative strategy and marketing roadmaps
• Approach work with high levels of transparency and collaboration

You Have

• 8+ years of advertising agency and/or in-house experience
• Expert copywriting and concepting skills
• Experience working remotely and autonomously to meet expected deadlines
• Ability to present work clearly and sell ideas to key stakeholders
• Working knowledge of Google Workspace, Figma, and AI tools
• Portfolio of recent work including campaign concepting, writing samples for short and long-form content, and adoption of AI tools

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 identity or 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.

Block is a globally distributed company and this role will require working with other employees in multiple time zones. You may be required to perform work outside of normal business as part of this role.