Temporary - Senior Art 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 a Senior Art Director, you'll be a hands-on creative force within a multidisciplinary team led by the Group Creative Director. You’ll help bring big ideas to life, executing standout work across digital, social, and video with a sharp eye for craft, storytelling, and design excellence. This role sits in the details — designing, building, and refining creative assets — while contributing to broader campaign narratives and visual systems. You’ll collaborate closely with Creative Directors, Designers, Copywriters, Producers, and Strategists to deliver work that feels native to the platform, on-brand for a major client (one of the world’s leading e-commerce and technology platforms), and scalable across markets. We’re looking for a Senior Art Director who is fluent in digital design, strong in visual storytelling, and comfortable creating high-quality work at speed. You’ll bring both conceptual thinking and pixel-perfect execution, along with AI fluency to help evolve and activate an established brand system across multiple sub-brands and channels. This is not a role focused on building new brands from scratch. It’s about taking an existing brand system and bringing it to life — pushing it forward thoughtfully, expressing it with clarity and consistency, and elevating the work at scale. You’ll operate within a complex, multi-brand ecosystem, creating concepts, visual systems, and executions that feel fresh while remaining unmistakably on-brand. Working HoursThis role is remote, but the team operates on Pacific Time (PST/PDT). Candidates must be able to work primarily within these hours. Responsibilities: • Create and execute visual concepts across digital, social, and video formats. • Develop layouts, mockups, prototypes, and production-ready assets with a high level of polish. • Safeguard visual quality across all deliverables, maintaining consistency with Amazon’s design system and narrative tone of voice (“Charm and Disarm”). • Contribute to style frames and visual systems that scale across formats, regions, and channels. • Support campaign storytelling through visual development and storyboarding. • Help translate creative briefs into compelling visual narratives, particularly for motion, film, and animation-based work. • Partner with Copywriters and Creative Directors to ensure ideas land clearly and emotionally. • Use AI tools daily to support concepting, exploration, and iteration • Generate AI visual options efficiently without compromising brand accuracy • Apply strong judgment to when AI is helpful and when traditional craft is better • Work closely with the Group Creative Director and broader creative team to execute campaigns from concept through delivery. • Collaborate with Strategists, Account Leads, and Producers to ensure creative aligns with project goals and timelines. • Participate in daily stand-ups and creative reviews to maintain alignment and momentum. • Use Figma confidently for collaborative design, layout development, and feedback cycles. • Help produce assets at scale using tools and workflows, including AI-assisted production. • Contribute ideas to improve creative processes, templates, and efficiencies. • Stay current on design trends, platform best practices, and emerging creative formats. • Maintain high standards across all outputs, ensuring thoughtful design, strong storytelling, and attention to detail. • Take ownership of assigned deliverables from start to finish. About You The essentials: • 5+ years of experience as a Senior Designer, Lead Designer, or Art Director within agency, advertising, or production environments • Strong portfolio demonstrating both conceptual thinking and hands-on execution across digital, social, and video • Advanced proficiency in Photoshop and Figma, with experience creating high-volume digital assets at speed • Proven experience working within and evolving established brand systems across multiple formats and channels • Strong foundation in typography, layout, composition, visual hierarchy, and storytelling • Fluency in AI tools within a design workflow (e.g., Midjourney, Runway, etc.) — using AI as an amplifier for craft and iteration, not a shortcut • A strong visual and photographic eye, with attention to realism, detail, and brand consistency • Ability to balance speed and quality in a fast-paced, high-output environment • Comfortable working in collaborative, cross-functional teams and presenting ideas internally and to clients • Strong English communication skills and experience working with global teams What sets you apart: • A systems thinker who can translate brand guidelines into scalable, high-quality creative across channels • Comfortable iterating quickly and adapting work based on feedback without being overly attached to a single direction • Curious and up to date with visual culture, trends, and emerging tools • Hands-on across the full design process — not limited to retouching or a single discipline • Positive, collaborative, and proactive in contributing ideas Nice to have: • Film or animation production experience, including storyboarding and narrative development 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. Monks is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We believe in integration, and we are committed to meeting the needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and by meeting our accessibility requirements under local accessibility laws. #LI-HYBRID #LI-ZZ1 What We Offer Benefits • Excellent, full coverage medical, dental, and vision insurance - more about our coverage here! • 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!) 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. 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: $90,000—$110,000 USDAbout 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.