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We are seeking a skilled and passionate Creative (Writer/Director) to join our team and bring ideas to life across multiple social platforms. You are a natural storyteller with a keen eye for compelling visual narratives and an instinct for collaboration. You thrive in fast-paced environments and are just as comfortable behind the camera as you are in the editing bay.

You’ll work closely with our Associate Creative Director to conceptualize and execute content that breaks through the noise—staying ahead of social trends, solving problems in post, and delivering across a variety of formats and specs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Content Creation: Develop and direct visual content across multiple social platforms using a variety of cameras and film equipment.
• Storytelling: Translate briefs into compelling narratives that elevate brand voice and connect with audiences.
• Editing: Apply post-production skills to problem-solve, address feedback, and fine-tune content for distribution.
• Collaboration: Work closely with creative leads, strategists, and production teams to ensure creative excellence.
• Trend Awareness: Stay up-to-date on the latest social media formats, delivery specs, and creative trends.
• Cross-Functional Support: Step in during critical moments to support your team with fast turnarounds and creative solutions.
  
  

What Makes You Great:

• Reliability: You’re dependable under pressure and can jump in to help when deadlines are tight.
• Solution-Oriented Mindset: You help remove roadblocks, both creatively and logistically.
• Creativity: You consistently bring fresh visual ideas to the table that help elevate the work.
• Professionalism: You understand timelines and capacity, ask for help when needed, and support your team when you can.
  
  

Qualifications:

• 3+ years experience as a writer, director, or similar creative role
• Strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling across social/digital formats
• Proficient with a variety of cameras, lighting, and film equipment
• Skilled in editing software (e.g., Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to multitask and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  
  

Bonus Points:

• Experience with branded content and/or working with agencies
• Background in social-first video production
• Animation or motion graphics experience

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At Monks, we believe in fostering an environment where a diversity of perspectives can thrive. We proactively work to design hiring processes that promote equity and inclusion while mitigating bias. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage qualified applicants, from all backgrounds, who are excited to contribute to our mission.  

What We Offer

Benefits

• Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer-paid HRA
• Generous PTO and 15 company-wide holidays
• 401k with company contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Work-life balance with an emphasis on personal well-being
• Career growth in a disruptor space & entrepreneurial opportunities within the Monks network 
• A globally diverse & inclusive culture with employee resource groups such as S4 Melanin, Pride.Monks, Cultura.Monks, and more!
• Authentic commitment to DEI efforts and sustainable growth. (Why Sir Martin Sorrell signed The Climate Pledge here!)

Monks has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what Monks may pay for the position at the time of posting. Monks may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on job-related factors, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Salary Range$80,000—$100,000 USD

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.