Associate Creative Director (Art Director, AI)

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We are seeking a talented AI Artist - Art Lead to join our innovative team. This role merges artistic vision with cutting-edge AI technologies to produce exceptional illustrations and enhance artistic workflows.

RESPONSIBILITIES / PRIORITIES

PITCH

- Support ongoing client pitches; pitches often enable various levels of R&D against actual client challenges which, these pitches help us define the in market need, challenges, into buyable & winning proposals that are pushing our craft towards transformation on every level of the creative execution flow.
- Pitch teams will have various discipline leads collaborating on workflow and R&D so that we represent the best of NOW.

R&D

Push creative craft and development of R&D projects that showcase creative excellence through AI-enabled workflows.
Engage in both client-directed R&D as well as proactive R&D to explore meaningful transformation in craft.
Collaborate with a wider studio transformation team to ensure rapid and effective results across disciplines.

PIPELINE TRANSFORMATION - MONKS FLOW INTEGRATION

Drive generative AI art and illustration workflow transformation, ensuring production processes are updated and tested for optimal craft delivery.
Support automation teams to ensure integration of new processes into existing Monks AI-related workflows & toolstacks.
Proactively review and test new tools to keep workflows current in a rapidly evolving landscape.

SOCIAL AMBASSADOR

Represent our craft voice in social media channels, sharing insights and developments in the AI Art and Illustration space.
Lead net new R&D and maintain a weekly posting cadence into the new and unknown to shape the conversation on where “art and illustration” are heading.
Review new tool stacks and features as part of the ongoing jobs and workflows

CREATIVE CRAFT EXCELLENCE / AWARDS

Champion excellence in craft, pushing the boundaries of making day to day, project to project. Ensuring that we activate creative workflows that are new and pushing transformation of craft into the “never been done before area.”
Proven track record in winning awards and recognition.

EDUCATION & KNOWLEDGE SHARING

Lead internal and external education; developing BTS and educational case studies that allow us to craft transformation in art and illustration.

PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS

Compelling portfolio showcasing creativity, technical skills, and AI-integrated work.
Proven experience in production environments, such as art studios, illustration, or creative agencies.

TOOLS SKILLS

Proficient in the Adobe toolstack.
AI toolstacks MUST: MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, Magnific / Krea.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Creative solutions are what you live and breathe, transitioning ideas to transformation by tech is what you love.
Excellent oral, written and presentation communication skills
Must be extremely organized, detail-oriented and capable of self-managing and multitasking in a fast-paced, demanding environment
Excellent creative problem-solving skills
Able to apply critical and strategic thinking
Stress-tolerant, quick-thinking and accurate
Able to quickly understand new technology concepts
Strong interpersonal communication skills as a team leader and team player
Flexibility, initiative, dedication and the ability to work with minimal supervision
A sense of humor, outgoing, articulate, well-informed, intelligent, confident and possessing common sense
A skilled, creative, confident presenter and negotiator
Fluent in spreadsheets (Google Sheets preferred)
Strong abilities in Google Workspace

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About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.