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 As Creative Director for one of the largest automotive companies in the world, you will work with the GCD and ECD on the evolution of all creative and marketing expressions for the brands and sub-brands. You will be collaborating with a team of creative practitioners that develop work for broadcast, print, digital, experiential engagements, asset production, and future innovation opportunities, working in both traditional and non-traditional mediums. In practice, this means steering the team towards excellence while also actively participating in hands-on creative development and production. This pivotal position requires you to navigate multiple responsibilities, serving as both creator and supervisor simultaneously. You have exceptionally high standards in your work, elevating craft and inspiring impact in your team and their skills. You bring a progressive creative instinct and bold vision to the work and you know how to nurture teams and talent to do the best work of their careers. You will always be across multiple projects. Also pivotal to your success in this role is having a strong partnership with the other discipline leads and contributing to an environment of teamwork and mutual understanding. You will need to work collaboratively and inclusively across brand, strategy, product, content and integrated marketing teams through a variety of opportunities while also supporting your ever-growing creative team. Of equal importance is your influencing prowess with clients while being humble and adaptable. Key Responsibilities • Creative Leadership and Accountability: • Partner with the Group Creative Director and other Creative Directors in elevating creative expression of the client brand to new levels of creative excellence. • Provide creative direction and inspiration to projects and teams. Guide the conceptual and aesthetic direction of campaigns, experiential or design projects. • Provide input into the allocation of creative resources and talent to ensure optimal team performance and project success. • Encourage accountability across your creative teams through stellar management, building strong morale and cultivating a positive creative environment. • Active contributor for ideation on all projects and pitches for our key client brands. Client Interaction and Building Trust: • Work closely with senior and day-to-day clients to understand their vision and objectives. • Present creative concepts and ideas persuasively. Foster strong relationships with clients, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded. Client Strategy and Business Growth: • Work closely with senior business leaders to shape growth strategies for creative services and team up with cross-functional teams to tackle client goals, challenges, and opportunities. • Maintain and manage positive client relationships, serving as a reliable creative ally, and guaranteeing client satisfaction and retention. • Collaborate with clients to devise creative strategies and solutions that align with their business objectives and catalyze results. Innovation and Creative Process: • Contribute to the creative process from concept ideation to production, ensuring high-quality, consistent, and innovative work. Critique all major deliverables, ensuring they meet our standards. Participates and presents work in Creative Leadership reviews of in-production work. • Drive innovation and creativity, setting new industry standards and ensuring that the company's work is smart, creative, and innovative. • Support and aid the GCD in the development of our creative practice, with a focus on evolving processes in our own ways of working and creation. Quality Assurance: • Provide clear, focused, feedback to your creative teams regarding improvements that could be made to the work, the department and the agency. • Oversee the creation of high-quality, impactful work, from campaigns to design to assets at scale to experiential work and more. • Ensures that the work is best-in-class and award worthy. Qualifications: • 10+ years experience working for a wide range of clients and brands, with a background in art direction. Automotive experience is required. • Extensive experience with production and post-production for automotive is required. • Experience and interest in working with generative AI tools. • A strong desire to build and nurture diverse teams and perspectives, empowering the voices that are both close and abroad. • You think way beyond traditional ad formats and budgets, with an exceptional creative background. • Ability to think clearly and contribute constructively to discussions and strategy during the entire creative process, from concept through production. • Self-motivated, hard working, and works well in a fast-paced environment. • A people first mentality and experience in mentoring a best-in-class creative team. Your Work Style: • Highly creative and imaginative with a strong visual and design aesthetic. • Collaborative approach to getting the work done. • Strategic thinker with the ability to connect creative ideas with business objectives. • Self-motivated, resilient and adaptable, able to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. Working Conditions: • The role may involve long hours and tight deadlines, requiring flexibility and a commitment to maintaining high standards under pressure. Collaboration with teams across different locations and time zones is frequently necessary. Some travel will be necessary. 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. This role is subject to our Return to Office (RTO) policy. If you reside within a commutable distance of one of our office locations, you will be expected to work from the office a set number of days per week. The specific details, including the number of required office days, will be in accordance with the company’s then-current RTO policy, which is subject to change from time to time. #LI-HYBRID #LI-ZZ1 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.