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title: 'Digital Media Lead at Monks'
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# Digital Media Lead at Monks

- **Company:** Monks
- **Location:** Sydney, Australia
- **Posted:** 2026-07-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://www.monks.com/careers/6117148004/job?gh_jid=6117148004

## 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)).

Media Leads are a strategic leader responsible for optimising the overall health, performance, and revenue growth of a client portfolio, rather than managing day-to-day operational account delivery. Operating with an aerial view across multiple client relationships, the Media Lead identifies macro trends, recurring client needs, commercial opportunities, and systemic risks that isolated account teams cannot see. The role involves high-level stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, AI adoption/usage and leading organisational best practices to drive growth, client satisfaction and team effectiveness.

Internally and externally, the Media Lead functions as a critical orchestrator and feedback mechanism. Externally, this roles own the executive partnership strategy, maintaining long term business alignment through high-level "Top-to-Top" meetings with senior client stakeholders; internally, they collaborate with Capability Leads, Senior Leadership, and major Technology platform partners to translate portfolio insights into scalable, coordinated action plans. Success in this role is measured not by operational output, but by the quality of organisational decisions they enable, resulting in healthier portfolios, stronger cross-capability collaboration, and high-performing client teams capable of operating independently.

## Role Responsibilities

- Oversee large, complex client accounts’ strategic planning, growth initiatives, and delivery. Cultivate strong senior stakeholder relationships and act as a trusted advisor to grow existing clients.
- Lead in formulating and executing the AUNZ media strategy, ensuring alignment across teams and influencing strategic direction for key accounts and internal initiatives.
- Build a cohesive, inclusive, and motivated team environment. Lead internal initiatives, promote knowledge sharing, and develop team capabilities through training and mentorship.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, profitability analysis, and operational efficiencies to ensure sustainable growth and resource utilization.
- Via AI adoption and usage manage resourcing, delivery, and financial management at the organisational or client level. Implement standard processes, lead retrospectives, and optimize workflows.
- Maintain in-depth awareness of media products, industry trends, and competitive landscape. Support development of collateral and thought leadership materials.
- Foster strong relationships across departments such as sales, strategy, and operations. Lead initiatives to align efforts and optimize client outcomes.
- Dedicate time to understanding market dynamics, sharing insights to inform strategic planning and client engagements.
- Demonstrate advanced decision-making, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, and proactive problem-solving. Promote a positive, innovative, and high-performance culture.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree or higher in marketing, business, communications, or related fields.
- 6+ years in roles within media, marketing, or advertising organizations, with robust experience managing client portfolios, teams, and strategic initiatives.
- Proven success in developing and executing integrated media strategies, leading organizational change, and inspiring cross-functional teams.
- Strong ability to build and maintain C-level relationships, influence decision-makers, and manage complex stakeholder landscapes.
- Extensive experience in resource planning, project delivery, profitability analysis, and process standardization.
- Deep knowledge of media landscape, emerging channels, digital platforms, and industry innovations.
- Skilled in team management, coaching, mentoring, and creating a high-performance culture that attracts and retains talent.
- Excellent at delivering strategic presentations, thought leadership, and stakeholder communications.

## #LI-CX1

## 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.

## 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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