Associate Director, Design (Remote)
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About the Role
Monks is looking to expand our creative service capabilities by hiring an Associate Director of Design. You will be helping to build the creative offering for a top performance marketing agency. You will partner with our media buying team and alongside clients to develop creative that drives results. We are looking for a fast, flexible go-getter with a sharp eye, adept skills, and the drive to deliver top-notch creative for our clients.
Responsibilities:
You’ll be responsible for concepting and designing post-production paid media ads for digital channels (including but not limited to Facebook, Google, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube) both net-new and from existing client materials.
This role reports to the Group Director, Performance Creative, and serves as the Unit Head of the Design Unit. You will be looked to for performance design expertise, service offering growth and support in hiring. Your input will be instrumental in staffing, ways of working and making our offering competitive.
We’re hiring a designer who not only creates beautiful work, but can collaboratively brainstorm iterations and next steps based on how the work performs. Our work drives meaningful performance improvements for our clients.
Creative:
- Concepting and designing Direct Response-focused design assets for paid platforms (Facebook, Google, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.), both net-new and from existing client materials.
- Creating proposals, sketches and mockups to kickstart new projects and win pitches.
- Aligning to client style guides in digital asset creation.
- Knowledge and application of paid media platform design best practices.
Soft Skills:
- Proven management track record: ability to provide helpful feedback, nurture designer growth, and provide support.
- Self-starter, problem-solver & team-player.
- Effectively, autonomously + confidently presents design content during client calls.
- Collaborates easily with media + creative teammates, and with clients when receiving feedback.
- Offer new angles, best practices and practical solutions to our design workflows.
- Openness to team and client feedback.
- Be eager to push the limits within your work and your personal development.
About You
The essentials:
- 5-10 years technical experience with paid media ad design, preferably at a performance-focused agency
- 3+ years of management experience
- Portfolio is required
- In-depth knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite with proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- 4 year college degree (preferably in design) or equivalent work experience
- B2C and B2B experience
Not a must, but a plus:
- Experience using Gen AI tools for ad builds and concepting
- Familiarity with Google suite
- Figma, Asana, Frame.io experience
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.
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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.
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.
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