[Hiring] Creative Director @Block

Role Description

Tidal is a small, nimble design team building at the intersection of music, technology, and culture—shipping across uploads, streaming, AI-powered creative tools, and financial services that connect artists directly with their audiences in 60+ countries. We're looking for a Creative Director to help set the vision and quality bar across Tidal's product and brand ecosystem. This is a rare opportunity to be a foundational creative voice on a small team where your work will have outsized impact—shaping not just pixels but the future of how artists build careers. You'll drive complex initiatives from concept to ship, influence cross-functional strategy, and directly elevate the craft of everyone around you. 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 360 activation
• Reposition, reshape the brand and bring a tapped in culture 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
• Design and when needed direct designers, writers, and production partners on the work
• Work with marketing, product, and partnerships leadership to get campaigns made

Qualifications

• 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

How to Apply

Please submit your application along with a link to your portfolio. If your portfolio is password-protected, include the password in your application.

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.

Application Guidelines

Candidates may submit up to 9 active applications within a 60-day period. Reapplications to the same role are accepted 90 days after a previous application has been reviewed.

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process

We may use automated AI tools to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency. These tools comply with local regulations, including bias audits, and we handle all personal data in accordance with state and local privacy laws.

Benefits

• Remote work
• Medical insurance
• Flexible time off
• Retirement savings plans
• Modern family planning