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# Associate Creative Director at Monks

- **Company:** Monks
- **Location:** Canada
- **Compensation:** $105k–$120k
- **Posted:** 2026-10-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-31
- **Apply:** https://www.monks.com/careers/6221138004/job?gh_jid=6221138004

## Job description

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](http://monks.com/careers)).

Associate Creative Director (ACD), Craft

## The Role

We are makers. We create because we are curious, and we believe that the best way to prove an idea works is to make it real.

As Associate Creative Director (ACD), GenAI, you will serve as a creative leader and technical pioneer within the Monks Google Studio, guiding and looking after our growing team of AI artists. Sitting at the intersection of traditional advertising craft and advanced generative AI workflows, you are responsible for leading the execution of exceptional stills, motion, and video content for major brand campaigns.

Reporting directly to the Group Creative Director of Craft & Innovation, you bring a high-craft background in traditional advertising storytelling combined with expertise in building well-defined, multi-model nodal pipelines. You deeply understand the "why" behind every story, ensuring that craft always serves the narrative. You go far beyond basic "prompt and pray" methods, bringing an uncompromising eye for detail to make every visual output beautiful and achieve invisible AI by seamlessly blending traditional craft with generative tools.

You will partner closely with ACDs and CDs across the creative organization during early creative development to help shape concepts that leverage GenAI effectively. As a dedicated teacher and mentor, you will drive knowledge-sharing initiatives across the broader creative team while actively nurturing the growth, skills, and careers of the AI artists in our studio.

## Key Responsibilities

Content Studio Leadership & Team Management

- AI Team Leadership & Mentorship: Direct and look after the AI artist team within the Google Monks Studio, fostering a collaborative, high-craft environment and supporting their ongoing creative and technical career growth.
- Creative Concept Partnership: Partner with Associate Creative Directors and Creative Directors during conceptual phases to shape, refine, and ground creative ideas that can be executed flawlessly using AI technologies.
- Studio Knowledge Sharing: Act as a key educator across the creative organization, developing training sessions, documentation, and best practices to upskill non-AI creatives and scale GenAI capabilities.

Craft Meets Compute

- Nodal & Multi-Model Pipeline Architecture: Design and build sophisticated, repeatable AI execution pipelines (combining models in nodal environments) to produce high-end stills, motion graphics, and video content.
- Detail-Driven Craft & Quality Control: Apply rigorous artistic taste and technical oversight to ensure generated imagery and motion maintain pixel-perfect fidelity, moving past basic generation into polished, production-ready assets.

Proactive Prototyping & Client Partnership

- Identify & Prototype: Do not wait for a brief. Proactively identify Google brand and product initiatives where emerging tech and novel production techniques can be leveraged. Act as a rapid-prototyping engine to build proofs-of-concept.
- Confident Presenter & Internal Buy-In: Serve as a frontline strategic partner to Google clients and internal leadership. Confidently present, gain internal buy-in, and demystify complex workflows, translating technical capability into business and brand impact.

Industry Pulse & Organizational Upskilling

- Cultural & Tech Radar: Maintain a relentless pulse on the industry, constantly bringing outside inspiration, emerging tools, and novel methodologies into the agency.
- Teacher of Curiosity: Share new workflows, establish training frameworks for the Studio team, and elevate the collective capabilities of the entire account.

## Qualifications

- Portfolio & Campaign Craft: Proven portfolio showing high-craft traditional storytelling for major brand advertising campaigns, alongside strong demonstrations of advanced generative AI workflows across stills and video.
- Advanced GenAI Expertise: Deep technical fluency in standard-setting AI tools and software (e.g., ComfyUI, Runway, Flow, Weave), building nodal pipelines, combining multiple AI models, and implementing structured generation workflows for consistent visual output.
- VFX & Traditional Software Background: Strong background in traditional visual effects and motion tools (e.g., After Effects, Nuke, Fusion, Photoshop, Blender, Cinema4D) is highly desirable.
- Mentorship & Communication: Natural passion for teaching, team development, and presenting complex AI methodologies clearly to creative leadership and cross-functional teams.

## Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

- AI Team Growth & Development: Effective mentorship and skill expansion for AI artists on the team, maintaining high engagement and craft quality.
- Pipeline Reliability & Output Fidelity: Successful deployment of repeatable nodal workflows delivering top-tier stills, motion, and video across client campaigns.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Active collaboration with creative leads to successfully integrate GenAI concepts into approved campaign workstreams.
- Proactive Pilot Adoption: Unlocking new creative briefs and client workstreams through proactive prototypes and proofs-of-concept.

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. 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 $105,000—$120,000 CAD

## About Monks

Monks is the global, digital-first, data-driven, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc, where our culture centers on how we show up for the work and for one another. That begins with the commitment to strive for mastery—taking deep pride in our craft and creating work that sets the bar. In everyday execution, we drive momentum by choosing bold action rather than waiting for certainty. Above all, our teams are stronger together, bringing diverse perspectives into a unified team that communicates with clarity, trust, and mutual respect.

This commitment to craft and innovation translates directly into widespread industry acclaim: Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services and a leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Global Digital Marketing Agencies. It 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 (2025), Monks was also awarded Business Intelligence Group’s 2026 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Award in the Human-Machine Interaction Team category. Additionally, Monks.Flow earned AI-based Marketing Solution of the Year at the 2026 AI Breakthrough Awards and a 2026 Global Generative AI Award in the Agentic Marketing Innovation category. Finally, 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.

## About Monks

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Monks is a global digital-first marketing, technology services, and consulting company that connects content, data, and digital media to help ambitious brands grow.
- **Entity Type**: Public (Wholly owned subsidiary of S4 Capital plc, LSE: SFOR)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2001
- **Founders**: Wesley ter Haar, Gin Roberscheuten, Terrence de Kat (formerly Terrence Koeman)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Advertising Services, Marketing & Technology Consulting, Digital Content Production
- **Target customers**: B2B, primarily large Enterprises and global brands (Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including Netflix, Meta, HP, Dove, and Mondelēz) [monks.com]
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To be a catalyst for change in the industry and communities through technological innovation, creativity, and impactful work, aiming to "win the decade" by making best-in-class work and being the best place to work. [monks.com/careers]

## Products & Services
- **Monks.Flow (AI Platform)**: An AI-powered operating system designed to orchestrate marketing and technology into unified, intelligent systems for real-time brand management. [linkedin.com]
- **Marketing Orchestration**: A service that boosts efficiency and creativity to accelerate marketing results at any scale.
- **Glass Box Media**: A service offering total visibility and control for smarter, more impactful media investments.
- **Technology Services**: Modernizing infrastructure, accelerating product and platform innovation, and delivering next-generation customer experiences.
- **Content Production**: A global studio model blending strategy, talent, and production for effective content with cost savings.
- **Data & AI Consulting**: Services focused on transforming data to fuel customer experience, including AI-powered tools for creative asset production.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for the subsidiary. Parent company S4 Capital plc has a public market cap.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$1.5 Billion** (as per LinkedIn data) [linkedin.com]
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Parent company S4 Capital plc (Founded by Sir Martin Sorrell). Key Technology Partners include Salesforce, Meta, NVIDIA, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Marketing Platform, and Google Cloud. [monks.com/what-we-do]
- **Growth Signals**: Despite a -6.4% YoY headcount decline (now 4,787 employees), the company maintains a massive global footprint across 62 countries. It is actively investing in its AI transformation, highlighted by the "Monks.Flow" platform. The company recently rebranded from MediaMonks to Monks in 2024, signaling a strategic shift. [linkedin.com]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Scale & Global Reach**: Operates in 62 countries, giving it a unique ability to execute complex, global campaigns from a single P&L. [linkedin.com]
- **AI-First Approach**: Has aggressively moved into AI-powered services, including training custom AI models for clients (e.g., Dove's Real Beauty campaign) and building its own AI operating system (Monks.Flow). [monks.com/what-we-do]
- **"One P&L" Model**: Unlike traditional holding companies, Monks offers a unified, non-siloed approach to content, data, and media, which it markets as "foundationally different." [monks.com/careers]
- **Premium Client Roster**: Partners with 24 of BCG's 50 most innovative companies, including tech giants like Meta, Netflix, and HP, creating a strong "halo effect" for talent and capabilities. [monks.com/what-we-do]

## Strategic Focus
- **AI Acceleration**: The company's clear priority is embedding AI across its entire workflow ("from strategy to supply") and scaling its "always-on agents" to change how work is done.
- **Winning the Decade**: Pushing to become the dominant digital partner for brands by unifying marketing and technology into one performance system.
- **Radical Transparency**: A focus on data-driven performance and clear measurement, moving away from traditional opaque agency models.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture of Innovation**: Describes itself as a "digital-first" powerhouse that is "disrupting the industry." The emphasis on AI and technology suggests a challenging, forward-looking environment for engineers and data scientists. [monks.com/careers]
- **Diversity, Equity & Inclusion**: The company explicitly states a commitment to being a "catalyst for change" with a purpose-driven culture focused on DEI. [monks.com/careers]
- **Global & Hybrid Work Environment**: With offices in over 30 cities globally (including London, New York, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Singapore, Buenos Aires, and Tokyo), the company offers significant opportunities for international exposure and likely supports a hybrid work model. [monks.com/careers, linkedin.com]
- **Focus on Engineering & Tech**: With job postings for roles like "Fullstack Engineer," "Implementation Engineer," "Battery Test Engineer," and "AI Craft Director," the company is actively building its technical practice, offering opportunities to work on complex systems at scale. [linkedin.com]
- **Warning**: The company states it will never ask for payment as part of the recruitment process. [monks.com/careers]

## Sources
1. [Monks Official Website](https://www.monks.com/)
2. [Monks Careers Page](https://www.monks.com/careers)
3. [Monks LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/monks)
4. [Monks "What We Do" Page](https://www.monks.com/what-we-do)
5. [Monks Careers Search Page](https://www.monks.com/careers/search)

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