Associate Creative Director at Monks

Please note that we will never request payment or bank account information at any stage of the recruitment process. As we continue to grow our teams, we urge you to be cautious of fraudulent job postings or recruitment activities that misuse our company name and information. Please protect your personal information during any recruitment process. While Monks may contact potential candidates via LinkedIn, all applications must be submitted through our official website (monks.com/careers). About the Role Monks is expanding with key senior creative roles. We are looking for an Associate Creative Director who is a special category of conceptual thinker who can generate pitch-winning and award-winning creativity across any and every contemporary discipline of execution. You will be part of building and defining a new breed of creative agency with some of the most innovative digital, social, technology, and production expertise at your disposal. The EMEA team is growing, and it’s a great opportunity to help shape the direction and future of one of the world’s most innovative brands with career-defining work. Responsibilities: • You’ll join a newly formed team that is guided by a local CD • As part of our team, you’ll be collaborating with creatives, copywriters, designers, animators, and developers, as well as with PMs, operations managers, and a lot more talented Monks from all over the world. • Working across teams and time zones, you’ll be developing concepts across a variety of innovative products. • Pitching and presenting directly to our clients, you’ll be shaping and selling concepts for brand content, social media, and campaigns. • Our Lead CD can rely on you to run a pitch or project independently. • You’ll create not just what the client asked for but what their campaign needs, working with designers to produce beautifully designed decks that are in line with the project’s objectives and requirements. • Working on multiple projects at once, you go above and beyond each brief to push what’s possible on both a creative and technical level. • You have proven experience creating effective concepts for social (content) campaigns, using film, animation, and imagery. • Leading multiple projects from conception to completion in accordance with deadlines. • You can forecast production and concepting issues in order to ask the right questions to the client and team and give solutions to future problems. About You The essentials: • As showcased in your award-winning portfolio, you bring 7-8+ years' worth of high-level experience working for A-list brands, including tech. • Social first approach, but with ideas big enough to transcend paid media. • A start-up mentality - always spot opportunities and proactively pitch ideas. • An advocate and champion for AI tools, helping to get to great work more efficiently. • Proficient in English (presentation and communication skills). • Work flexibility from home & 2-3 days in our office in London, with occasional travel for shoots and productions. • An impressive conceptual outlook and ability to produce original ideas beyond the brief. • You are nice with positive vibes that can inspire coworkers to go the extra mile. 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. #LI-RE1 #LI-Hybrid 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.