Associate Creative Director (Social) Job at Monks in Los Angeles

About The Role As a Associate Creative Director you’ll assist Creative Directors with creative direction, organizing the narrative around ideas and function as a working teammate. ACDs will supervise teams and staff on multiple projects. The Associate Creative Director is a leader in their group, a creative juggernaut, and an air traffic controller all in one.

Our ACDs are muses as much as they are teachers. Staying up on the latest trends and social media fads is important for them to help guide the conversation with their teams, but it’s only the start. An encyclopedic knowledge of all sorts of influences will make your work more effective. You should demonstrate curiosity for the world and the things people create within it, whether it's a new platform, a tiktok, art, music, film, lit, greatest hits of advertising, or new, emerging thought leadership on media, tech, and creativity. To best serve their team, ACDs should continually dig into strategies, platforms, and technologies that might serve our creative goals.

Responsibilities Although specific positions (Art, Copy, Design / Craft) will dictate an ACD’s undertakings, there are several core responsibilities common to the role at Monks.

Concepts ACDs will work alongside the Creative Director to develop concepts and directions for creative ideas, campaigns, executions and positionings. This will require them to make conceptual and stylistic decisions. Creating comps, ad lobs and prototypes may be required to illustrate their idea to other members of the team or management. This work can be done in conjunction with teams they are delegating to or working with.

Managing Projects ACDs will oversee multiple projects at once. This will include managing creative teams, abiding by timelines, overseeing direction, ensuring all deadlines are met. They will also act as quality control for their projects by reviewing and editing their team’s work before it is seen by the larger agency group or clients.

Client Presentations & Presentations The ACD’s management of any given project gives them the best purview to craft the initial story around how an idea is sold to clients. It’s expected that the ACD will organize the work coming in from teams and create presentation decks for review both with those teams and their managers.

Skills Associate Creative Directors should have enough humility to listen to others and enough confidence to stand behind their ideas. They must be reliable and enjoy challenging and fast-paced work, while also being extremely motivated and having strong leadership skills.

About You At least 6-8 years experience in a creative field with some experience managing teams, managing up, managing projects, and working production.

Must have a social first background

Must be okay with travel 7-10 days per month

A well-developed creative point of view, and the ability to identify strong ideas and executions.

Patient and detail-oriented

Collaborative with strategic, brand, creative and production partners

Finger on the pulse of creative cultures and technologies.

Virtuoso knowledge of their own discipline, with a cursory knowledge of those that fall outside.

The ability to translate ideas for internal teams or clients, through decks and presentations.

Ability to lead projects from concept to completion.

Be an inspirational leader with the ability to guide diverse teams.

Proven track record in creating excellent work. Proof of ability to develop great ideas and up-level the work with their craft.

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.

Benefits What We Offer 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.

Salary Range $120,000—$147,000 USD

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. 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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