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The Role

We are makers. We create because we are curious, and we believe that the best way to prove an idea works is to make it real.

As an Associate Creative Director, you are the driving force of our creative execution. You sit at the critical intersection of visionary leadership and hands-on craft. You are stepping into the ranks of creative management, but your primary value is still rooted in your ability to make extraordinary things.

Your mandate is to take high-level strategic direction from your Creative Director and translate it into flawless, tangible executions that meet our uncompromising standard for iconic work—clear, human, and useful. You will own complex workstreams, mentor junior and mid-level creatives, and serve as the first line of defense for aesthetic and narrative quality. Furthermore, you will be the day-to-day champion of tech-enabled creativity, proving how the integration of AI tools can accelerate the journey from a blank page to a brilliant outcome.

Key Responsibilities

Craft Excellence & Execution

• Translate Vision to Reality: Take the overarching creative vision and break it down into actionable sprints and deliverables. You own the execution phase, ensuring the integrity of the idea survives the production process.
• The First Line of Defense: Provide rigorous, daily quality control over your workstream. You must sweat the details—typography, pacing, UI interactions, and narrative flow—ensuring nothing moves up to the CD or out to the client unless it meets our highest standard.
• Concept & Pitch: Actively participate in high-level ideation. You are expected to bring "Big Swing" ideas to the table and possess the strategic clarity to help pitch them internally and externally.

The "Hands-On" Maker Mindset

• The Strongest Practitioner: You lead by doing. You spend a significant portion of your day in the tools (Figma, Adobe CS, etc.). Whether it is designing a key frame, writing a manifesto, or refining a digital prototype, you are the technical and creative anchor of your pod.
• Tech-Enabled Craft: Understand how to leverage modern platforms, digital ecosystems, and emerging tech to prove your ideas work in the real world.

AI as a Daily Unlock

• Operationalize Innovation: You are responsible for the daily integration of Artificial Intelligence within your pod. Utilize GenAI tools for rapid ideation, mood boarding, asset generation, and copy iteration to increase your team's velocity and creative output.
• Iterate at Speed: Use technology to solve creative friction. Demonstrate to your team how to move from concept to prototype at "machine speed" without sacrificing human taste.

Team Mentorship & Workflow Management

• Guide the Makers: Mentor, direct, and inspire Senior, Mid-level, and Junior creatives (Designers, Writers, Art Directors). You are responsible for their daily creative growth and for removing roadblocks that hinder their output.
• Manage the Micro: Partner closely with Producers and Project Managers to ensure your workstreams are delivered on time and on budget. You must be able to accurately scope the creative effort required for a sprint.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7-10 years of progressive creative experience in a top-tier agency or tech-forward environment. You must have a proven track record as an elite Senior Art Director, Senior Copywriter, or Senior Designer who has successfully led significant campaigns or platforms.
• Versatile Excellence: A highly crafted portfolio demonstrating your ability to execute across multiple mediums—from digital platforms and interactive experiences to brand campaigns and social ecosystems.
• AI Fluency: Demonstrated, hands-on experience using GenAI tools in your daily workflow. You must be comfortable teaching others how to prompt, iterate, and refine AI outputs.
• Emerging Leadership: Strong communication and delegation skills. You must be able to give constructive, actionable feedback to junior team members without taking over their files.
• The Maker Mindset: You are deeply proactive, resilient, and obsessed with the craft. You do not wait for permission to make something better.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Execution Velocity: Successfully guiding workstreams from concept to delivery efficiently, utilizing AI and modern workflows to reduce churn.
• Craft Quality: Maintaining a zero-defect rate on the fundamental craft elements (design, copy, logic) before work reaches executive review.
• Team Growth: Demonstrable improvement in the skills and output of the junior and mid-level creatives under your direct mentorship.
• Proactive Contribution: Consistently bringing net-new, tech-enabled ideas to the Creative Director that push the brief beyond its original scope.

About Monks 

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4 Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global Marketing and Technology Services to redefine how brands interact with the world. Through Monks.Flow, its flagship AI ecosystem for marketing orchestration, Monks transforms marketing into a growth engine, collapsing timelines and connecting brands to culture in real time. By deploying bespoke intelligent agents across disciplines and delivering culturally relevant, high-impact creative and digital solutions, Monks solves key critical business challenges across the entire brand enterprise to help brands sustain long-term impact.

Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services, ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-25) and remains the only partner featured in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). Named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023) and The One Show’s inaugural AI Pioneer Organization, Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2025 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in both the Organizational and AI Product categories. As a trusted partner to cutting-edge innovators in tech, Monks earned titles such as Optimizely Experimentation Partner of the Year (2025), runner-up for the Adobe Firefly Partner Award (2024), and Workato’s AI Visionary Customer Impact Award (2024). Additionally, Monks achieved a record-breaking number of FWAs and continues to hold the most of any partner.

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.