Senior Copywriter

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 3 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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 wouldnt 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 weve 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. Were building a significant meaningful and lasting business and we are helping sellers worldwide do the same.

The Role

Were looking for a senior 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

Were 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 were doing to build a workplace that is fair and square Check out our ID 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.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

The 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

Required Experience:

Senior IC