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About the Role As an Art Director, you'll be part of a nimble creative team for a fast-growing and fast-moving communications brand account. You'll be responsible for delivering primarily social media creative that speaks the language of trends and culture fluently, and has a strong passion for music, entertainment, and pop culture. You'll work with a talented team of conceptual creatives, makers, content creators, strategists, and account services to see creative development through from ideation to execution. The ideal candidate will be decisive, capable of bringing a wide range of options and thinking under tight deadlines with a high caliber of craft.
Responsibilities: - Creative conception, ideation, and brainstorming with other team members
- Execution and production of final creative assets like static digital ads and video content
- Participating in client meetings, occasionally presenting your own work, and listening to and ingesting client feedback
- Contributing to the design of presentation decks and key visuals
- Providing a POV and guidance during the internal and external production of video assets, including attending shoots, preparing pre-production materials, capturing social content, and digital motion and animation content
- Assisting with the executing of primarily social ad campaigns, with the ability to flex into traditional advertising and other digital marketing asks as necessary
- Organizing and managing creative product in collaboration with Project Managers
- Tracking and reporting weekly hours to help ensure projects and managed properly
About You The essentials: - Must have 3-5 years of experience as an art director in a conceptual role, preferably in an agency environment
- Must be fluent in art direction, design, and productivity tools including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Figma, and Google Suite (especially Google Slides)
- Must be dependable, self-motivated, and flexible, and capable of driving work forward with minimal supervision
- Must have the ability to work collaboratively and independently to successfully manage concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment
- Must be willing to receive and process constructive feedback, and action it thoughtfully with a solutions-oriented mindset
- Must come with a deep love of culture and social media, with a curious mind that's adept in not just mining trends and references, but extrapolating them into something new
- Experience working in a nimble content creation environment is strongly preferred
Not a Must but a Plus: - Los Angeles-based is strongly preferred
- Experience creating both paid and organic social creative is strongly preferred
- Strong design sensibility, with knowledge of layouts, graphic fundamentals, typography
- Curiosity about or experience with generative AI tools for tasks like presentation visuals is a plus
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.
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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:
$85,000-$95,000 USD
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.
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