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About The Role

Our work is bundled by teams, not by organizational layers. Everyone at Monks contributes to a positive culture. If you’re intrigued, read on as we may have the dream job for you.

As the AI Creative Solution Director you are accountable for direction, motivation, and financial impact of a newly formed team that focuses on content and innovation (AI development).

You oversee the delivery of pitches and execution of ideas within or across platforms by providing expert knowledge of the AI production process, techniques, and technology necessary to execute the content work.

You are responsible for attracting, developing and deploying internal production talent to ensure the best content and production value possible for the idea and the client. You are accountable for the overall quality of work, ensuring goals are met and projects are delivered on time and on budget and delivering within the margin targets.

The AI Creative Solution Director has 10-15+ years years of experience in an agency capacity.

You are a creative problem solver and your production expertise allows you to guide complex development efforts across AI / Innovation funnels.

You possess strong leadership skills to help build out the Innovation Center of Excellence team activities, with a focus on comms management, R&D, education, sales and execution.

You are a great communicator, motivator, and project manager with an innate ability to "get things done". Leading from the front and setting a strategic environment that allows for producers to excel.

As a result, you wear many hats. You take a very proactive role in business development efforts, helping to prepare and present both written and oral presentations. You advise project teams and clients on best practices, process, scope, schedules, and pricing, while building strong, resilient relationships along the way.

You develop, build and / or evolve operational processes and workflow documentation, for all successful R&D to be implemented into the LIVE pipeline. You manage quarterly goals briefed by global Head of Content & Innovation and manage micro squads (R&D teams) to deliver product innovation on quarterly timelines. Quarterly you track and review and set new goals based on how the AI landscape develops in markets.

You will work closely with the operations & casting teams in conjunction with the Production Leads regionally to manage current workloads as well as best forecast incoming projects to secure adequate resources.

Responsibilities

• Sales : Drive sales and creative development processes with an AI enabled / forward production led mentality. Ensure pitches are connected to the global vision and strategy. Represent the studio to other caps and disciplines to share the latest capabilities.
• Vision : Innovation is at the heart of all work; provide digital first solutions and ensure pitches include detailed production approaches aligned to the vision.
• Innovation : Deploy AI processes in collaboration with EPs and an SME team to move at market pace.
• COE : Initiate and shape the Innovation COE with operations and SME enablement.
• Operations : Build, implement and enhance the Studio AI production process.
• BenchMarking : Track cost savings and implement savings structures.
• Client Service : Deliver AI service enablement to Monks teams for growth.
• Partnership : Collaborate with regional leads to deliver end-to-end client experiences and protect production funnels.
• Cross-functional Collaboration : Work with growth, account, and social monks to identify opportunities.
• Risk Management : Identify and mitigate legal risks; develop contingency plans.
• Comms : Manage yearly AI communications plan for studio.monk in collaboration with leads.
• R&D : Develop regional squads to deliver AI products and ensure accountability.
• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : Project / Pipeline Management; Deploy new processes; Support sales and lead production strategies; Define and document best practices; Implement global AI pitch intake.

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Salary Range : $160,000—$200,000 USD

About Monks

Monks is the global, purely digital unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. It combines a wide range of marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands interact with the world, powered by AI and diverse digital talent.

We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to contribute to our mission.

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